Animal companions, familiars, risen undead from the necromancer and pets in general usually add work for the GM.

In my experience most players treat them mechanically rather than as a narrative tool.

I allow it and even build rules for it, but I would be fine getting rid of pets in RPGs.

Quest Nexus has 172 pieces. It is expensive, but art takes time and artists need to be paid.

I had an idea for a game with no art at all, but that idea is a fair way down the road.

Taking a break is necessary sometimes. Jumping between projects can help with the monotony, but you will still find yourself being pulled in too many directions.

You started a national movement. That is enough to exhaust anyone.
Enjoy your rest. We will all be here when you return.

I do like that you are showcasing some of the weird stuff. In the first season I correctly guessed every game you were going to discuss.

While I am familiar with many of the recent games, I do enjoy seeing the lesser known stuff get the spotlight.

I am looking forward to the 2 player games.

Sweet! I get to keep all the money!, ...umm, my game is free, so 0+0, ...umm, carry the 0? comes out to ...0.

Anyways, enjoy some undead chaos with Reanimated.
There is a print version if people do actually want to pay for it.
trapped-chest.itch.io/reanimated
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The community keeps everything up to date. Drivers are never an issue. Generally, performance should be better than Windows, due to less bloat.

The only time something doesn't work is when a developer has gone out of their way to prevent it from running on Linux.

Been running Linux full time for years. At first some tinkering was needed, but thanks to Valve I can't remember the last time something didn't just work out of the box.

I will say, don't use the Microsoft method. It's not hard to install Linux. Just look it up and do it the old fashioned way.

As someone who grew up with the Disney Afternoon I approve of this.

Art is not usually a selling point for me in games, a game using this style would convince me.

Unsure. There are a few pieces of art left to do, then I am going to be starting a big marketing push.
I need to line it up in a way that does not step on any toes or run at the same time as more prominent creators.
I am thinking either Q3 or Q4 is realistic.

My upcoming game is Quest Nexus, a universal system meant to replace cumbersome systems like Shadowrun.
Has been in production since 2019.
Art is being done by the wonderful and talented @klurarts.bsky.social
Hoping to crowdfund in 2026.

Manitoba based developer of TTRPGs and board games.

-The Nullam Project: Star Trek: DS9 inspired hard sci-fi about a colony in orbit of an alien planet.

-Reanimated: Zombies! A big sandbox in a small package, with many options.
It does in 20 pages what AFMBE took 260 to do.

1/2

It's more of a D&D thing. Several of the 5e writers I work with swear by specific stat blocks, which take up a fair bit of page space, but I have always gone the more wing it approach.