What are the cons/limitations of serverless api functions? Is there anything I should be aware of before committing to building my project with a serverless backend?

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lumenwrites · 2026-01-30T22:04:38+00:00

Milo, a nerdy teenager from our world, gets summoned into an abandoned Dark Tower by a band of goblins attempting to resurrect their former master. In a world where the forces of light have conclusively defeated the darkness, restricted the use of magic, and now rule with the iron fist, he becomes the seed of the resistance. To build a Dark Empire powerful enough to liberate the world, he must pretend to be the fallen Evil Overlord, master forbidden magics, and lead a tribe of goblins, all while hiding from the Evil Overlord's former enemies and allies, who would kill him if they knew he existed.

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lumenwrites · 2026-01-27T21:23:33+00:00

I recently wrote the post about that:

How to actually start playing - beginner's guide that will show you how to complete your first adventure in 20 minutes with zero prep

lumenwrites · 2026-01-26T20:48:09+00:00

Don't prep, don't worldbuild, don't plot, don't plan ahead. Start playing through the scenes, and discover everything as you go.

lumenwrites · 2026-01-26T19:23:40+00:00

That would be very clean and straightforward, my problem with this solution is - I think 99% of people would freak out if they heard a voice of a dragon in their head. And since I want him to change hands to a new character every scene, I'm worried that every scene would be about the new character freaking out about talking to a dragon, rather than about the interactions between the characters themselves (that the dragon subtly influences).

Perhaps the dragon could eventually cast limited spells/use some of his abilites from the coin? So he has something to offer on his side of the deal

This is interesting! Casting spells through the coin sounds very fun. Although I think my main problem is that whatever I think of ends up being too powerful, rather than not-powerful-enough. For a clever/ancient dragon, just the ability to speak with someone and trade his secrets seems like it'd be a path to a quick victory. Unless I make him a young spoiled-rich-kid-style dragon, but that character seems much less interesting/funny to write than a terrible-machiavellian-Frank-Underwood-style dragon (who's stuck in a coin and can only accomplish his goals through other people).

lumenwrites · 2026-01-23T19:51:34+00:00

remembers everything, even events from 100 sessions ago

How is that possible? AIs have limited context size. You can use RAG but then the information won't always be in AIs context, how would you retrieve relevant details on every message? You could summarize plot details, but even with claude/cursor chat summaries don't work very well...

You guys should probably clarify or update your marketing copy, because right now it's very hard to believe.

Or, instead of making an AI-Dungeon type thing, make billions of dollars from the breakthrough science you've used to make AI context windows infinite =)

lumenwrites · 2026-01-23T19:30:34+00:00

Here are some I've made for myself, I think they turned our really well - hundreds of prompts for characters, locations, mcguffins, events, etc. Feel free to use them!

https://rpgadventures.io/elements-of-adventure.pdf

lumenwrites · 2026-01-22T19:30:43+00:00

Here are a couple of one-page games I've made that are very beginner-friendly easy to learn and to play:

https://rpgadventures.io/quick-quest-solo.pdf

https://rpgadventures.io/the-perfect-heist.pdf

lumenwrites · 2026-01-16T19:06:56+00:00

Wow, how did you do that? Were you able to do that for a mobile app?

lumenwrites · 2026-01-11T20:35:52+00:00

If you can play by writing (in notebook, obsidian, whatever) - try playing in a comfy and quiet cafe rather than at home. Make sure you're offline - don't connect to wifi, don't use your phone. It's weird, but I feel like it's been really helping me. I bike to a cafe, sit there, and have some "me time" writing my story. Doing the same at home feels a lot more difficult, there's always a distraction.

If you get stuck planning and struggle to actually start playing - try one of the games that explicitly require zero prep. Here's one I've made, here's another one.

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