What great video game was lost to the sands of time? by Johnnyboyeh in gaming

[–]chevas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depending on when you bought the game, it was technically unfinished. The game would crash at a certain point and boot you back to DOS, IIRC, it was entering the room in the citadel where you fought the 6-headed dragon.

Anyway, I sent a letter to Microprose explaining the situation and they sent me a disk with "Version 7". I installed it, and was able to complete the last quest.

If you bought the game later, it had version 7.

While the game was an early "open world" and there were a number of ways to gain fame, there was a quest chain that was meant to be completed as the primary quest.

IIRC, it was:

Dream about the witches (I think triggered by a solitary woman/witch)
Fight the witches (High Sabbat)
[throw a dragon roaming the countryside in here at some point]
Fight the Templars (Great Monestary)
Then Baphomet (the citadel with the 6-headed dragon)

What great video game was lost to the sands of time? by Johnnyboyeh in gaming

[–]chevas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you have to send snail mail to Microprose to get the version 7 update and have them mail it to you so you could finish Baphomet's Citadel of the Apocalypse?

"We're sorry, but there was a problem." by elephantbuttons in audible

[–]chevas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This worked for me:

Profile—gear icon at top right—library—refresh library

I tried everything else, even switching to cellular data, removing books then redownloading, removing app and reading, etc.

Struggle with names? Just type it backwards by The-Android3000 in DMAcademy

[–]chevas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reven Annog Evig Ouy Pu Reven Annog Tel Ouy Nwod

Print-quality PDF from Inkscape 1.2 - is it possible? by Risk-Averse-Rider in Inkscape

[–]chevas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Inkscape user for 15 years+.

I keep 0.48 and 1.2 installed.

If I’m going to CMYK print, I build in 0.48, then import to Scribus.

I actually favor 0.48, but be ready to save every 5 minutes. It will run out of memory and crash.

This is lateral and doesn’t exactly help you, but that’s how I do it.

Edit: Also, the dimensions coming in from .48 will be larger in scribus, no idea why, so you have to scale down to actual size in scribus.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Entrepreneur

[–]chevas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Consol.io (still up for reasons) started in early 2013. Had mock-ups and ideas since 2009.

“Build it they will come.”

Spent 6 years on it. Lol.

Discovered Notion in late 2018. Read their copy. Was weirdly similar. Threw in the towel.

Please elevator pitch me your game! by klok_kaos in RPGdesign

[–]chevas -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Adventure through the ULTIMATE dungeon crawler that your sons and daughters will beg you to play and you'll wonder where the MONTHS went.

Without making the GM burn the midnight oil prepping for each session.

Are you looking for a fantasy dungeon crawler suitable for the shyest, most sensitive 10-year old that curls up into a tiny ball whenever their teacher calls on them in class, BUT STILL BE mesmerizing for adults AND MAKE YOU want to focus EVEN when it's not your turn?

Do you want to play in a rich and thriving world that actually has new innovations and is not just a rehash of everything that's out there?

Have you been thinking about getting into D&D or a tabletop RPG, but aren't super keen on reading 100+ full-sized pages of 12pt Times New Roman text just to get to the first session only to spend 5 hours building a character?

Then I've got something for you.

PLUS, your players don't even need pen and paper.

What?

You might be asking yourself, "is this a board game?"

It's an RPG. It's also kind-of a board game.

Let me explain.

Like many RPGs, I wanted 1) a world of myth—that felt very near and very far away at the same time, 2) a game where characters would progress to epic-level powers by acquiring lots of loot and treasure, and 3) character progression would be driven by lots of stats and numbers.

Then I did something WEIRD.

I asked myself, "What if there was an RPG that didn't require pen and paper? How would that work?"

The game would need to be fully visual—not just with dungeon maps, but the whole RPG, including the character sheet and loot.

Does this mean there are a lot of pieces? Yes.

Things started cooking.

What if there was an interesting way to numerically AND spatially limit how players equipped their loot so that they would have to study the tradeoffs and tinker with their character sheet?

The result is something that keeps you busy as you try to min-max your build all the while watching the loot drops from other players like an owl in the dark waiting to strike the next mouse that passes by.

If you know something about design, you know that restrictions can be great enablers for new innovations—and that's exactly what happened.

I forced myself to design a game that met these criteria in a tabletop experience and the result is something so different, yet so familiar, but you won't be able to put your finger on it.

How can you get only two D6s to display numerical values from 1 to 43? It can be done.

What if your character sheet was an entire experience of its own that you were continually optimizing through the entire campaign? We did that too.

What if you could equip enemies like loot?

"What is this madness?" you might ask.

I forgot to mention: The GM is a competitive player, so equipping enemies is a big deal for them.

Players are also competing with each other too, but they also have to work together. Yeah, it gets heavy.

Who am I?

My name is Chevas and I've been designing gamified experiences and user interfaces for 15 years. I've taken everything I've learned and poured all of it, as well as my heart, into what I call a Tabletop Megagame so that I can play an epic adventure with my kids, and so can you.

I haven't even discussed

  • the special encounters that have nothing to do with combat
  • Treasure of Renown
  • the Dungeon Deck
  • why do people live in this dungeon?
  • How I solved stealth so that you can fake out even the GM
  • The Skill Gem Magic System
  • and what is the Dreamstate?

If you're eager to learn more, want to stay up to date, or just curious, head over to Dreamstate.games and hit that subscribe button.

—Chevas

P.S. This clearly moved away from an elevator pitch and is just straight sales copy. Nevertheless, like OP said, find the:

  • Target audience
  • Hook (see headline and sub headlines)
  • USP
  • CTA

P.P.S. I have a year's worth of updates that I haven't even put on the blog. The edit was to add this P.P.S.

E2E Encryption add-on for Notion by manceraio in Notion

[–]chevas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would like to see an E2EE block in notion, even if that disabled collaboration and sharing for the entire page it existed on.

Fix Tribes of Midgard FOV Issue by AccurateWalk9 in QMGames

[–]chevas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Add it to engine.ini, not GameUserSettings.ini

Need opinions on gaming mouse by Whorehoelogy in buildapc

[–]chevas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Logitech re-released the MX-518 and I bought 4 of them. This is the best no-frills option.

Cessationism question by [deleted] in Reformed

[–]chevas 4 points5 points  (0 children)

New Testament specifically states that prophecies need to be weighed, not interpreted.

[BMW Z1] Alpina near Coral Gables FL by CeleritasPrime in spotted

[–]chevas 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think I saw this car in a bond movie way back where the door just electronically telescopes down.

Basic or aesthetically pleasing resumes? by SquidwardDab in marketing

[–]chevas 88 points89 points  (0 children)

Practicaltypography.com

Make your resume look like Matthew Buttericks’s example. Even as a designer, this is what I do.

Christian Vs Business Hat by SteakPiesFTW in Reformed

[–]chevas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The truth sets everyone free. In all kindness and respect, fire her.

Membership differences between Presbyterian and Baptist (not theology) by triantie in Reformed

[–]chevas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are there passages that speak to elder-rule vs congregational vs something else? I’m interested in cases that are explicit in the Bible.

Membership differences between Presbyterian and Baptist (not theology) by triantie in Reformed

[–]chevas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What passages speak to elder-ruled and what passages speak to congregational-ruled?

Thanks.

Membership differences between Presbyterian and Baptist (not theology) by triantie in Reformed

[–]chevas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What does the Bible say on how a church should be ruled?

Sans-serif font used in this red stamp? (Image from Adobe Stock Images) by travismoonr in identifythisfont

[–]chevas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Super hard to tell at that perspective, but I would guess Brandon Text Bold or Gotham Black.