#rpg dev

[sarawritesif]

Ardenia Online is a fully immersive virtual reality MMORPG set in a fractured world where two realms collide — the techno-industrial sprawl of Abelion and the myth-touched wildlands of Ioyeni.

Players jack in to escape a dying Earth, finding power, meaning, or madness in the neural depths of the game. Every decision matters. The people you meet — they’re more than just code. They remember you. They rival you. They might even fall for you.

➤ Two Worlds, One Avatar

Switch between Abelion’s neon chaos and Ioyeni’s ancient magic. Your choices ripple between both worlds — forging quests, unlocking new identities, and altering destiny itself.

➤ Build Your Legacy

No rigid classes. Develop your character through stats, implants, magic, and choices. Everything from cybernetic spines to divine mutations is on the table.

➤ Romance That Evolves

Companions grow with — or against — you. Rivalries can become romances. Betrayals can become obsessions. Every connection is dynamic, memory-driven, and meaningful.

➤ Consequences Are Real

No reset buttons. Your wins and failures echo across the server. The world is reactive, persistent, and built to remember who you are.

Amelia/Abel [F/M]: Your best friend since childhood. Grounded. Steady. Comfort in human form. Amelia/Abel is the kind of person who brings you soup when you're sick and threatens your enemies with a shovel. Loyal to a fault — but that same loyalty can be classified into blind stubbornness. They want things to stay how they were, even if the world is changing too fast to hold onto. Quietly brave, a little anxious, always watching you for signs that you're slipping away.

Age: 23

Height: 5'6"

Skin: Fair with freckles

Hair: Curly (brown, Back Length for Amelia, blonde, Neck Length Abel)

Eyes: Hazel (Amelia), Amber (Abel)

MBTI: ISFJ

Enneagram: Type 6

Love Type: Friends to Lovers, Fast Paced

Raven [M/F/NB]: The mysterious strategist who sees through you. Intense. Razor-sharp. Elusive as hell. Raven doesn’t open up — they unfold slowly over time. They're analytical and cold on the surface, but their silence hides emotions. Observant to the point of discomfort. They remember everything. Will never admit they care, but they care so deeply it aches. The romance feels like solving a puzzle with your hands tied behind your back by barbedwires.

Age: 24

Height: 6'0"

Skin: Pale

Hair: Black, straight, Shoulder Length

Eyes: Onyx

MBTI: INTJ

Enneagram: Type 5

Love Type: Strangers to Lovers, Slow — slow Burn

Kai [M]: The firestarter. Charisma incarnate, walking serotonin and chaos. Kai’s your ride-or-die adrenaline junkie. He jokes through danger, flirts through fire, and fights like he has nine lives. But there’s depth under the bravado — fear of failure, a need to be seen, and an almost desperate hunger for connection he masks with swagger. He’s loyal, but unpredictable. You'll laugh with him. You might will cry too.

Age: 22

Height: 5'9"

Skin: Tanned

Hair: Dyed red, natural brown, Ear Length

Eyes: Turquoise-green

MBTI: ESFP

Enneagram: Type 7

Love Type: Fast-paced, Flirty Disaster

Nova [F]: The Healer. Warm. Empathic. A soul like moonlight on water. Nova is gentle with others, sometimes too gentle with herself. She listens more than she speaks, and when she does speak, it’s with weight. A natural healer, emotionally and physically, but struggles to prioritise her own needs. She’ll hold your hand through storms but might forget she’s getting wet too.

Age: 24

Height: 5'8"

Skin: Dark

Hair: Dreadlocks

Eyes: Deep brown

MBTI: INFP

Enneagram: Type 9

Love Type: Gentle Romance, Emotional Healing

Iris [F]: Tactical, graceful, deadly. Commanding. Strategic. Hot enough to burn and cold enough to freeze. Iris exudes competence and doesn’t suffer fools. She’s brilliant, blunt, and often a step ahead. She demands respect — but the real challenge is earning her trust. When she opens up (rare), it’s like standing in a sunbeam. She feels deeply but doesn’t always know how to show it without turning it into a battle plan.

Age: 36

Height: 5'10"

Skin: Brown

Hair: Wavy black

Eyes: Dark brown

MBTI: ENTJ

Enneagram: Type 8

Love Type: Power Couple, High Stakes, Slow Burn

Howard [M]: Scarred and silent. Grim. Stoic. Quietly haunted. Howard’s the type who keeps his back to the wall and watches exits. He doesn’t talk much unless it matters. But when he lets you in — it’s real. He’s not brooding for the aesthetic, he’s seen things he can’t explain and carries guilt like armour. Underneath that: surprising softness. The kind of man who’ll sit in silence with you because he knows sometimes that’s enough.

Age: 38

Height: 6'1"

Skin: Tanned, scarred

Hair: Short dark brown

Eyes: Grey

MBTI: ISTP

Enneagram: Type 1

Love Type: Protector Dynamic, Stoic Softie

Arlo [M]: Grumpy. Tired. Always one snarky comment away from becoming your problem. Arlo’s the kind of guy who rolls his eyes while patching you up, mutters "idiot" when you make a reckless choice, and then stands in front of you when things go bad anyway. He will protect you — just don’t expect him to smile while doing it. He has a soft side, but it’s buried under layers of deadpan, reluctant affection, and brotherly grumbling. Low tolerance for bullshit, but infinite tolerance for the people he secretly cares about. Especially his sister.

Age: 26

Height: 5'10"

Skin: Deep caramel

Hair: Cropped dark brown

Eyes: Warm brown

MBTI: ISTJ

Enneagram: Type 1

Love Type: Protective Romance

Alex [F]: Absolute gremlin. Tech goblin. The chaos engine. Alex is clever, snarky, loud, and borderline feral. He will roast you while fixing your hair and probably break into your heart by accident. He talks in memes, flirts in saracsm, and runs on caffeine and spite. Underneath the noise? Loneliness. Insecurity. Genius. And a weird sweetness he pretends doesn’t exist. If you romance him, it’s like dating a livewire with a crush on you and a grudge against god.

Age: 19

Height: 5'2"

Skin: Pale

Hair: Long ash-brown

Eyes: Pale blue

MBTI: ENTP

Enneagram: Type 4

Love Type: Banter-Filled Chaos, Fast Burn

Elara [F]: Elara is radiant — a bold idealist with a poetic soul. She speaks with passion, acts with purpose, and believes deeply in love, beauty, and people. There’s fire in her, and she’s not afraid to fight for what she believes in. But for all her confidence, she’s also deeply trusting — sometimes to a fault. She sees the best in others, even when they don’t deserve it, and her heart leads her into places her head maybe shouldn’t. She’s fearless in pursuit of what feels right — even when it puts her in danger.

Age: 22

Height: 5'5"

Skin: Fair

Hair: Blonde, wavy

Eyes: Blue

MBTI: ENFJ

Enneagram: Type 4

Love Type: Whimsical Soulmate, Artistic Romance

Sora [F]: Still waters run deep — and Sora is deep. Thoughtful. Unshakably calm. She's blind, but nothing escapes her notice. She listens like it matters. She moves like a whisper. She sees people more clearly than they see themselves. Getting close to her is like entering a quiet place in your mind you didn’t know you missed. But her calm hides storms — and some scars she doesn’t talk about yet.

Age: 23

Height: 5'5"

Skin: Pale beige

Hair: Soft grey

Eyes: White and clouded

MBTI: ISFP

Enneagram: Type 9

Love Type: Quiet Romance, Tranquil Connection, Soul mates

DEMO: TBA

[arcadekitten]

IT'S OUT!! My Neighbor Enide is my latest short game! It's a light horror RPG/visual novel about living across the street from a very lovely neighbor🧡 It's free to play and linked below, I hope you enjoy it!🐚🐌

[sincerely-sofie]

Forever thinking of this moth knight I came up with for a video game concept called THIMBLEQUEST

[thornebelrose]

My new Wrestling TTRPG, Bookers!

I have been a fan of wrestling since I was barely grown. My dad introduced it to me as a kid through the PS2 games and I was hooked immediately, buying DVDs to watch it, playing all the games, wrestling my cousins just like my favourite wrestlers.

When TNA was on channel 125 on Sky, I would watch it with my mother and got hooked on the style of wrestling they did, as well as watching the WWE highlights on a Sunday morning on Sky 1.

My first Wrestlemania I got to see live was Wrestlemania 32. And it was terrible! But it showed me just how much I could love wrestling because, despite how awful that show was, I had fun with it and the people I watched it with!

I ran a Twitch channel when I was 16 with a friend where we would play wrestling games together and book crazy storylines and, at the end of one stream, they chokeslammed me onto the couch to end the stream after I beat them in a match. We said then that they were going to go on to wrestle and I'd be their manager.

When I went to university, I introduced my flatmates to wrestling and we got to watch Wrestlemania together during the pandemic, where I was introduced to my favourite match of all time, the Firefly Funhouse match. Bray Wyatt was such an inspiration to me that I got his logo tattooed on my arm as my first tattoo after his passing.

When they got into it, we started writing a wrestling company together. Dragon Pro Championship Wrestling. A company that, over the past five or so years, has changed quite a lot, evolving much like a real wrestling company would.

All of this is to say, I love wrestling.

I love wrestling so much that I'm making a TTRPG all about it!

Bookers is a timeline TTRPG inspired by Microscope, all about timelining a point in the history of a wrestling company. As players, you will create segments, becoming the head bookers of them, where the other bookers will suggest moments within these segments or pose questions that will be uncovered by watching the segments.

I've wanted to do something with this passion for a long time. Those dreams I had of being a wrestler or a manager never really came to be. But I can still put that passion for the industry into something fun for all wrestling fans out there.

It's going to be a long road ahead. But if you're interested in wrestling, ttrpgs, or even just the words I have the pleasure of writing, then please follow along with this journey.

[burpfish]

Some screenshots of my monster battling game, Interalios. I've ported it from a custom engine to Godot and given it quite the facelift in the process. A playable demo/sandbox should be available soon, so if it piques your interest be sure to follow for more updates!

[arimiadev]

oh shit rpg maker xp is completely free to own this week on steam??

[necronatural]

The last version of my guide is 2 years old, and doesn't account for some new features, new competition, and some rebrands, so once again;

Here's a purchase guide for when RPG Maker is on sale, as well as the Visual Novel makers available.

[slotttralist]

⸻⸻⸻ ⟡ ABOUT ⟡ ⸻⸻⸻

Kandinhale is a story-driven short RPG game in which you'll have to escape from the clutches of Kandinhale, the company that owns almost the entire consumable market in this idyllic candy world.

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PLAY IT FOR FREE ON STEAM!

PLAY IT FOR FREE ON ITCHIO!

[mirrutatep]

Large set of tropical fruits from neopets!

[insertdisc5]

Free the land from a terrible curse with your friends, while making sure they don't notice the time loop you're trapped in…

✨ Timeloop RPG In Stars and Time is OUT NOW!!! ✨

Steam ✨ Switch ✨ Playstation 4&5

[stonegearstudios]

On the Ruins of Giants

A small RPG about a big, decaying world

Art by @bedupolker / @bedupolker.bsky.social

Well, I went and got big art for a project I was only fiddling with so far, so I guess I need to make a proper post for it

Well, I went and got big art for a project I was only fiddling with so far, so I guess I need to make a proper post for it

Being small mice exploring the decaying ruins of the human world

Building up your colony so that it can survive

Traversing dangerously decayed and overgrown environments, as well as figuring out how to get your salvage back home

Dealing with all manner of mutants as well as seemingly unremarkable threats magnified by your stature

I have a lot of mechanic ideas that need testing (What dice to use, combat and positioning, character creation, exploration and more), and to do that I need to actually write them down outside of jot notes, so i guess I should get back to that

I have a few other posts about it (check the tags) but that's where I'll leave it for now. Little mutated lab mice in a big, hostile world. Coming whenever my ADHD lets me make progress on it. If you want to keep up, follow me here or on my bsky I basically never post unless it's about a project :V

One final thing, there's actually two versions of that pic, the original and one digitally tweaked, which do people like most?

[wishbonegame]

Wishbone Summer Y1 Beta Release!

At long, long last, the Wishbone Summer Year 1 Public Beta is COMPLETE! Download it here!

For those who haven't been following the project: Wishbone is a character drama-slash-farming sim game that takes place in a wild west-inspired setting. The player takes the role of a farmer, fresh off the wagon in a new town and tasked with building a successful ranch. The town of Wishbone might seem sleepy and mundane--albeit full of weirdos--at first, but there’s trouble brewing on the horizon: a fierce, prolonged standoff between the lawmen and the outlaws that will decide the fate of the town itself.

The Summer Year 1 beta represents a complete vertical slice of the first 25% of the final game. It contains around 10-20 hours of playtime, depending on how thorough you are.

[arcadekitten]

First game of the year, Fia's Night Out is out now! A short, simple, and sweet (pun intended) winter romp that only takes about 10 minutes! There's 3 endings, you can check it out through the link below! I hope you like it!❄️

[azulhamsandwich]

wine and dined.

[anim-ttrpgs]

Y'all state in the Eureka rulebook (at least the version I have) "In our experience, the more preparation,the better, no matter the genre." I was wondering if you've expanded on that anywhere? I've been rambling in my drafts about how different games talk about prep, including PbtA games which often state outright that you should only make limited preparations.

Yeah this is something that it would be a good idea to expand upon, because “GM prep” is word that has been so diluted and corrupted by D&D5e and its toxic critical role play culture, where “GM prep” means “they will do this, and when they do, the music will be timed just right and the battle map will be so impressive, etc.” PBTA is telling you to avoid prep because it doesn’t want you doing that kind of prep (and no good RPG does). This can work for PBTA for a number of reasons that I actually don’t want to get into in the interest of time but it has a lot to do with the pure genre emulation and the limitedness of the playbooks.

Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy, however, cannot get away with this because it is both a much more expansive “toolbox” game and because it is explicitly a mystery-investigation game. There are many other games that do also really benefit from the type of prep that Eureka wants from its GMs, such as dungeon crawlers, but Eureka needs it the most.

But the kind of prep Eureka wants isn't “they will do this and when they do it will be perfectly timed and look so impressive,” it is “what if they do this? What if they do that? What if they do some other third thing?”

A Eureka GM needs to have something ready for the shed behind the house, in case a PC decides to go to the shed behind the house, because this is a mystery game. You can’t just improv it, if you make something up on the spot, then and that thing doesn’t perfectly adhere to the facts of the case, the case can be ruined. That’s why we push for using adventure modules so much, because they’re literally designed to do that prep for you.

TL:DR

TTRPGs are games where anything can happen, so instead of being extremely meticulously prepared for one possibility, a good GM is moderately prepared for a wide variety of possibilities. In a game where “the facts” not 100% lining up doesn’t fully matter or isn’t likely to be pried into, you can get away with lower prep in each of your possibilities you’ve prepped for, but in a game where “the facts” and tiny little details are all that matters, you should have a high level of preparedness for each possibility, and the best way to do that is to use an adventure module.

[witchmarsh]

🔥 Wishlist on Steam. 🔥