@mettepoe
Currently world designer on unannounced project at Funday Games. GDC speaker (Hitman level design stuff) Game director on "Wild Indigo Ranch". I write and illustrate "Heltene fra Avadore" a danish ttrpg for kids (looking for US/UK distributor)
Went on the road this weekend to showcase Heltene fra Avadore! ♡ I got to chat with some amazing kids (and parents) ❤️ It was a short drop by but it's soo good to experience it first hand and see the exitement in their eyes 🥰 I wish I could be a kid again.. 🧚♂️🧞✨️⚔️
Hey #indiedevs !
I'm starting a new "writing database" from scratch. It will be a mix of voice lines (no dialoge or dialogue trees) and UI text.
What's the nicest and simplest way to do it? Excel? Or directly in unity ? Or a simple and cheap tool?
#writing #gamedev #tooling #voicelines
Ohh my god there are TWO ! 😍🥳
Step by step role playing adventures for kids with colorful illustrations 🧚♂️
English translation of Heroes of Avadore: The First Adventure is almost done! ✨️
#ttrpg #GameDesign #Roleplaying #Boardgame #Kids #play #games #design #illustration #fantasy
From the perspective of myself sitting at a table in a roleplaying store. There is a book open with the whole roleplaying scenario explained in a flow like layout. There is a big picture book in the middle with a large sea map on it. A man in his 70'ies is sitting at the far side reading his roleplaying character - to his right an 8 year old boy is sitting and reading his.
Weird Bucket List Flex!
Played my roleplaying game in a roleplaying store! ✅️
Dm'ed for my dad ✅️ and son! (Not the first time though)
Sat at a signing table with my name on it. ✅️
Had zero people in line for my signature ✅️ (This is a rite of passage... right??)
I found you @jerrytron.com ! Thank you for the talk and the chat back in '19! ♡
I very often think about @andrew-yoder.bsky.social s playgrounds as level design talk ♡ I now frequently use playgrounds to explain skill checks and rewards to non-designers
It's conveniently bundled with the enlightning "Real World Level Design" by Jerry Belich ♡
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn27...
I think some people have trouble seeing fascism as anything other than 1940s Germany.
But I think 'people going to a comic convention needing to have a plan in case the government's goons show up to disappear people' is a pretty good demonstration of what it can look like in 2025.
Totally agree regarding old RPG's - but thank god never ones (and adventure point and clicks) went in a different direction. I personally loathed deadly traps 😅😅😇 I get that there is an allure to hard consequences but it's only fair imho if the player is in on it ♡
Hehe - I get it! I love consequences - they are very important! But I would always prefer a different ending than stopping the experience ♡ Bit let's see! It might be inevitable :D
Two reasons (but let's see if it ruins the format :D) So my target audience is 7-10 year olds - 7 yr olds are still learning to read and might feel a bit fragile. Second reason is that I always found it quite off putting when reading "Sværd og Trolddom" as a kid - It often felt a bit arbitrary?
Right... Oof, I really want to avoid it. I was thinking maybe structuring it more like an adventure game... where you can go back to previous places/pages - but it might be too "muddy" and complex...
Maybe three possible endings and you gather scores as you go and see which one it is ?
Ohh that's an excellent idea - thanks, Mads!
This is really nice, Fergus! Thank you♡
It's interesting to see how many will result in a "dead end"! I'm gonna try to weasle my may out of those... There should be consequences but no dead ends... (old mantra from sandbox leveldesign I live by ! :D) - I hope it's not a "must" for CYOA design 🤔
This is great! Thank you, Fergus!! ❤
I started working on a "choose your own adventure" book for kids (age 7-10). If anyone have any recommendations or tips I would be overjoyed! Like... How do I keep track of everything?
#Writing #ChildrenLiterature #Fantasy #GameDesign #Books #Adventure
A boardgame box titled :"Heroes of Avadore and the Golden City" "A roleplaying adventure for the whole family - by Mette Pødenphant Andersen" the box art shows a coastal fantast town with big stormy purple clouds closing in, painted in a naive style. All in danish
The backside if the box showing all the elements in the box : character sheet, picture book, cards, masterscreen and a d10 die
Another one! More roleplaying adventure for 4 to 10 year olds ✨️
I'm so excited! This time I'm taking the heroes to the sea to look for the lost "Golden City"⚓️🌟 I can't believe this started with a little idea and a doodle and now there are TWO roleplaying adventure games for kids 😍🥳
the other night I legit dreamed that I was explaining to some people I looked up to where the hell I've Been Lately, so I wrote about it, possibly a waste of several hours but people are talking about game journalism so
Got a call from my editor with a plea to get a roleplaying test ready for tomorrow.
One of the kids had to go on vacation and didn't want to miss it 💔 She loves one of playable characters so much. She wants to be called "Kalla" and pretends to be "super strong like her"
😍😍🥰🥰😭😭
Just finished it!🥰
I'm thinking about going to #Spiel2025 in Essen this year - mostly to connect with EU/Uk/US distributers about my #Roleplaying Game for #Kids (It's marketed as a #Boardgame in Denmark)
Can anyone recommend it? Any good tips are really appreciated ❤❤❤
A digital painting of a goose standing in the middle of a pond. It's got It's wings slightly out and is tilting It's head and looking at the viewer. Its wearing a green hat shaped like the top part of a dragon, with flappable wings. It's supposed to look a bit mean but the painting is work in progress.
I know it's a fantasy #TTRPG but geese are universally great (enemies), right ?
#Design #Kids #BoardGames #DanishGames #Writing #Fantasy #Geese #Procreate #DigitalPainting
So happy to have been part of this years @baftagames.bsky.social Game Design jury ❤ My Imposter Syndrome had a freaking field day but it was a great getting to play some amazing games and to discuss them with some very inspiring people ♡ thank you @jonny-w.bsky.social for including me ♡♡♡
Oof I am trying to make an open world roleplaying scenario with stealth rolls and disguise gameplay for kids.... What am I doing... This will be absolute madness 😵🥸🤯🤸
Everyone have a great #GDC2025 ! Remember to look out for each other. Watch your drinks. Make sure your fem co-workers are safe ❤
This has got to be the most #MonkeyIsland -esque thing I have ever worked on...
#wip #procreate #ttrpg
Yes! ❤️🔥This is the way
The picture is showing two images on my screen roughly depicting the same landscape painting - one is showing a sandy path leading to a mountain shaped like a dragon, the other is showing a river leading to a temple like city with a waterfall instead of a door. Both with blue sky and palm trees.
I'm working on my next #TTRPG for tiny humans, and I'm trying out some different things... I feel like my process is just constantly deciding on the ratio between "Relatable" and "Epiiiic!" While trying to avoid "Meeeh".. or "whaa...?".
#design #painting #procreate
Algorithm: I noticed you lingered on this picture of a frog for 14 seconds
Me: I was busy sneezing
Algorithm: I've got some more frogs for you
Me: I don't w--..."
Algorithm: Frog freak
Eugh... this industry..
RIP #MonolithProductions I feel like we should be having funurals honestly. There is so much legacy in a company like that.
My favourite #Monolith game growing up was Shogo ❤ I had never seen anything like it.
I hope something new and beautiful will rise from the ashes ❤
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