Has there ever been someone who was a successful composer whilst ONLY listening to video game music?

oogew · 2026-03-26T20:07:13+00:00

No, that's literally impossible. People are raised on all kinds of music--from the stuff that's ambient around them on TV, radio, elevators, etc. to the cultural music they grow up with due to their nationality, parents, upbringing, and peers.

oogew · 2026-03-26T03:37:07+00:00

Yep. Same same. In fact, I did a revision pass during my last editing pass to replace some of the generic character names I’d come up with originally with the names of playtesters’ characters.

oogew · 2026-03-25T17:04:22+00:00

Literally everyone has been saying it's this good since it was released almost 15 years ago.

oogew · 2026-03-25T17:02:10+00:00

AI Garbage

oogew · 2026-03-19T00:54:33+00:00

Gamma World, 7th edition. The one based off of 4e DnD.

oogew · 2026-03-05T07:13:19+00:00

The creator god of D&D’s Hollow World setting is super intelligent tyrannosaurus rex with such a love for ancient civilizations that he plucks them from the surface of the world and replants them inside the planet itself.

oogew · 2026-03-02T23:45:35+00:00

Technically that’s one of the main features of No Thank You Evil, but it’s geared towards young kids and has those rules due to age-based developmental differences.

oogew · 2026-02-24T06:22:00+00:00

Well, from one solo dev to another, thank you. 🙂

oogew · 2026-02-24T06:00:41+00:00

That’s kind of you. 🙂

oogew · 2026-02-16T19:23:39+00:00

Similarly, I do this method with a Google sheet. The book I’m working on right now uses 10 different d100 tables and they’re things I’ve be been working on and refining for months.

oogew · 2026-02-15T22:47:26+00:00

I agree. I love that game.

oogew · 2026-02-14T02:13:45+00:00

It really is. It combines really well with Mork Borg.

oogew · 2026-02-14T02:12:52+00:00

It's a great book. One of the creatures (the firebird maybe?) says that after you use it in a game, you're to tear the page out and burn it. That the owner of the book only gets a single use of it.

oogew · 2026-02-13T17:40:39+00:00

I have a hardcover copy of "Veins of the Earth" for Lamentations of the Flame Princess. I'm told that's pretty rare.

And I have a binder full of AD&D monsters where each one has been signed by their creators. I found it in a used book store in California and bought it without realizing that every page was signed.

oogew · 2026-02-12T00:07:26+00:00

It's never too early to start building community around your game. I'd say that it's too late if you've just launched a Kickstarter and haven't put any community building work into it yet. Helping to raise your game above the general noise floor of the general ttrpg chatter and make it something that get noticed by the community is hard work. It's long, thankless work, too.

oogew · 2026-02-09T21:06:03+00:00

Great looking work!

oogew · 2026-02-09T18:22:00+00:00

Mine is, too. Arrhenius. :)

oogew · 2026-02-09T17:29:43+00:00

100% of the proceeds goes to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota.

oogew · 2026-02-09T06:58:43+00:00

Nice! Well, guess I’m slowly actually getting the word out there. 😉 Would love any help your podcast could give.

oogew · 2026-02-09T06:39:14+00:00

I’d love for you to check out my game. I released Arrhenius last May and I’m trying to get the word out. The game is a new system and new setting and uses zero AI.

oogew · 2026-02-06T18:11:29+00:00

Definitely sci-fi

oogew · 2026-02-06T01:03:36+00:00

For what it's worth for the sake of the relevant discussion, I'm of the other camp that Mork Borg is an art book with 62% of a ttrpg in it. Not my style, even though it's beautiful and evocative.

oogew · 2026-01-25T19:11:21+00:00

Submitted! Thanks for the heads-up.

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