Primer drafted!
So the primer is drafted. I’ll be taking a few days off and then I will dedicate ten days, starting on Monday to re-write the whole thing. Once that is done, it will be for my proof-reader to check it. It will be a piece of cake for Davina, I’m sure. It’s about 8,000 words now, and it will not be one word over 10,000. In about 30 pages you will have everything you need to play an adventure, including four pregenerated characters, the character sheet and an adventure script. I have taken great pains (ask my eyes) to make the e-book readable. A nice standard font, single...
Read MoreCharacter Sheet 2nd Prototype
Well, here it is, not yet the final thing, but pretty close. As you can see under these lines, I have chosen an informal, hand drawn frame. I wanted something simple that could be have made by a dedicated newsboy of the early XX century. As for the software used, I emplyed Scribus, which is the best free desktop publishing software around for this kind of non standard documents. For ordinary books, I still favor LyX, though. You’ll notice we begin with the character’s name in a box, then his age and pace — that’s a game stats that tells how fast your character is...
Read MoreA tip I was given to sell this game (and yours)
Write a primer. A primer is a booklet with a condensed version of the game and a sample adventure. In other words, it allows the player play a short, simple game with no preparation time and very little investment. In the e-book business is the equivalent of letting a reader browse a book in the aisle, or the first chapter booklets that some good publishing house print and let you take away home for free. I believe it is a fantastic tip, and it’s one I am gladly taking, only with a minor change. I will charging for it, I don’t know yet how much, but less that $1. I want to...
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