Nomad (or JC)

New pinned! Howdy howdy everyone! My name is Nomad (JC) and Im a solo dev of a TTRPG thats been built for accessibility. I also take care of my grandparents, so my time is divided between them and development. Hoping to have the game out this year though. Be kind, and be safe.

@SwarmMeGame I’m making a ttrpg, so this may not apply. Been working on it for five years solo, just started the first draft January 5th. Since then I’ve finished first draft of the player handbook and am wrapping up the first draft of the DMs guide soon. Character sheet alone 50+ iterations.

Planning a game is mostly guessing. The real design only starts once you build it. How much your designs change during development?

@sensational965 Marketing. Obvious reasons. 😅 I suck at social media, so this is gonna be a major struggle for me.

Hey game devs, I wanna know what is the one skill, You wish you could master, What would it be and why? #gamedev #indiedev

@elisemaxo I live with this everyday. I forget the actual term, but it’s basically chronic loneliness. Some days it’s worse, some days it’s not. Either way, I just keep going. Don’t really have a choice to not. 🤷🏻‍♂️

you ever feel alone, even when you know you have so many people there for you? like feeling alone in a crowded room? yeah… 🫠

@kumxem My first “real” memory is my 13th birthday. Beyond that, it’s flashes and glimpses or stories told to me. I think it’s more common than not to not remember your childhood. Since I didn’t have one, it makes sense I wouldn’t remember.

JUST FOUND OUT IT’S NOT NORMAL TO NOT REMEMBER MUCH ABOUT YOUR CHILDHOOD, MIND YOU, I THOUGHT WE ALL DIDN’T??

@Riftwalkergame Dude, it’s already badass! You got a hell of a thing going here. 😁

@NomadsRespite Yes! I'm going to do what I can to make it badass!

Umm… so dual wielding pistols are in now. Be honest… is this badass or too much? Wishlist store.steampowered.com/app/4109980/Ri…

@bonniepetitex I primarily listen to music from the classic era: the Ratpack. And basically a bunch of other artists from that era. I’m only 34 btw, so when I get there, they’ll be having to play Dean Martin me. 😁

did you know nursing homes play music from people's youth to reduce stress and help with dementia? so our future nurses are gonna have to play minecraft ost, assassin's creed theme, naruto and pokemon openings just to get us to take our meds 😭 what music should play for you?

@_Ava_VT Weirdly enough, I play survival games. The stress they cause, makes me calm down. Not sure why, but it works for me. 😅

People who don't drink and smoke, how do you manage stress?

@BeanJuiceStudio For me, it’s the thought of someone that wasn’t able to enjoy the hobby, now being able to for the first time.

QOTD for all game devs... What's the best part of making games?

@sean_gause This is a digital piece I did on a remarkable paper tablet. It’s the base image of a creature design I’m doing for my ttrpg. It’s not the best by any means, but that works in my favor cause the rule book is meant to look hand drawn from medieval times.

I want to see art on my timeline and follow more artists. Less negativity and bait. Artists, use this as an excuse to show off and tell me about your art. Illustration, 3D models, animation, music, whatever you're making.🎨

@YunalesckaGames I have started and stopped and restarted many times cause of how the game goes. It touches on things that take me back to a place I don’t like being. I love the game even though I haven’t been able to beat it, but I will beat it one day.

I started streaming The Last of Us part 2 tonight and I was not prepared for what happened. My whole night was ruined. I felt so fuckin sad that I had to switch games. 😭 I’ll be continuing tomorrow. I’m not ok.. 😔

@GamewithDave I forget what the name was, but you played as a mouse trying to avoid getting eaten by a cat. You moved blocks to make barriers and if you trapped the cat, he’d turn into cheese. It was a 2d game, but I lost tons of hours to it. I wish it was still on computers.

For anyone who used a computer between 1990 & 2005… what’s the one game you still think about?

@_TheImpureKing_ Myself. While I watch and listen to almost all media about a game, I’m going it cause I want to play it and I want to consume every piece of media about it that I can. I’ll watch a streamer if I’m not sure what the gameplay is, just to make sure it’s up my alley.

Gamers, Who do you tend to trust most when it comes to video game reviews and opinions?

@BeanJuiceStudio A friend was having a hard time understanding dnd, so I started working on making it easier to play. Even though he doesn’t want anything to do with it, I shifted to making it for the masses. I feel like it’s potentially the most accessible ttrpg still in development.

Question of the day for all game devs... Why did you start making games?

@Riftwalkergame It looks really good man! I can’t wait to see the other characters as well.

Here is an updated outfit for Devin, the other one was a placeholder. I’m using Metahumans a tool inside UE5.7 for all of my characters in the game. All characters will have facial rigs for lip-sync animations for gameplay and cinematic cutscenes. Everything everyone has seen up to this point has been placeholder art, next I will start revealing all of the new characters one by one here very soon, starting with Aston Mercer🙏💜

@BeanJuiceStudio That’s one of the reasons almost no one knows what I’m working on. The main reason is cause I have so much riding on this, if it did get stolen, I’d have to start basically from scratch, and I don’t have the time to put another 5yrs into starting over. Not on this at least.

Game devs should never be scared of sharing their ideas with the fear of it being stolen. Getting early validation and interest is far more important than the potential risk of being copied. Even if a hundred devs made the exact same idea, the execution will never be the same.

@sensational965 I’ve been working on my game for 5yrs, and while that’s important, the thing Im most proud of is the accessibility of the game. I designed the entire thing from the ground up to be as accessible as possible. It means the world to me that when its ready, almost anyone can play it.

Hey game devs, I wanna know what is your proudest achievement so far, And why is it special to you? #gamedev #indiedev

@sensational965 Honestly, outside of being a solo dev, I’m a caregiver for my grandparents. I play games, but that’s primarily to allow for background processing of design. It is fun still, but I think it falls into a creative element of the design process more than just for fun.

Hey game devs, I want to know what do you do in your spare time for fun, To avoid burn out on your game development, how do you balance it? #gamedev #indiedev

@MrsLuclin @Riftwalkergame Of course. My heart truly goes out to you guys. 🙏🏻

@NomadsRespite @Riftwalkergame Thank you so much for your kind words. Means more than you’ll ever know. We appreciate you. 💜🙏

For my son Devin’s heavenly birthday today, I spent it creating this in memory of him. Everyone meet my son, now forever in my game… Devin the Lightwalker. Every world needs a light. Today, I gave mine a name.