Yesterday's links:

Obligations, compulsions, and player agency
https://periaptgames.blogspot.com/2025/09/when-player-agency-meets-character.html

Missions helping the rebels
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@yora/115260963700949697

Review: Ruins of Myth Drannor
http://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2025/09/forgotten-realms-reviews-ruins-of-myth.html
Once a height of Elven civilization, now a blasted, cursed, haunted city.

#TTRPG #PlayerAgency #GameDesign #seeds #AdventureReview

When player agency meets character compulsions

When you're playing a role, sometimes your character  ought to act in some way. The goodly hero has a moral code regarding the treatment of...

Do you prefer linear storytelling or open-ended narratives in games? Which do you think offers more to players, and why? #Unity3D #narrativedesign #playeragency
Have you ever built a mechanic that was intentionally left for players to discover without tutorial guidance? How did that secret mechanic shape the experience? #Unity3D #gamedesign #playeragency
Do you think there’s such a thing as too much player freedom? How do you design open worlds or sandbox games without overwhelming players with too many choices? #Unity3D #gamedesign #playeragency
Have you ever built a mechanic that was intentionally left for players to discover without tutorial guidance? How did that secret mechanic shape the experience? #Unity3D #gamedesign #playeragency
Do you think there’s such a thing as too much player freedom? How do you design open worlds or sandbox games without overwhelming players with too many choices? #Unity3D #gamedesign #playeragency
My patrons just got the section on Cyclical Observances in the Religion chapter. Everybody else now gets the early draft of the History section, talking about the fall of the Northern continent, and why the Southern continent people live the way they do, originally posted on May 22nd. Want more? Want to help get this game up to playtest level, and take it to Discord? Click through.
#ttrpg #fantasy #patreon #playeragency
https://www.patreon.com/posts/27045402
History | Andrew Ragland on Patreon

Official Post from Andrew Ragland: First draft. Comments welcome but be gentle, this is early sketching. HistoryA long time ago, civilization arose on both the northern and southern continents. Each took somewhat different directions, the northern pushing ahead with innovations in tools and magical techniques, the southern taking a s