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Riot in the Stars on Hiatus
🕑 Added 2019-11-27 00:07:00 +0000 UTCHey rioters,
So for the last month or so I've been making a game called Riot in the Stars. It's an RPG where you play as members of an alien resistance fighting against a colonizing human empire. I was trying to get this finished by the end of the month but pretty much since I started I had a voice in my head saying,
"You shouldn't be doing this."
That voice is right. I'm not comfortable telling an anti-colonialist story. Not because I think there's anything wrong with it, I do still think it's a great idea for an RPG, but because I'm not the right person to make it. I'm a settler on land that doesn't belong to me, my ancestors built empires on other people's countries, and honestly I only *think* I know what I'm talking about with regards to what its like to live with this sort of oppression.
I could do this better in the future. I could hire consultants and take the time to learn and listen and maybe partner with someone who has experience with this sort of thing. I don't have the resources for that, and it would be irresponsible of me to continue making this game without that, so I'm stopping.
If anyone reading this comes from that sort of background and would like to make an RPG, hit me up. I have a half-finished sci-fi solo rpg to give you.
This means that for the first time since April I'm not going to be releasing a game this month. Sorry about that. I like to give my patrons something tangible every month for their support and I feel like I'm letting you down.
Next month should see the release of UnrestrAIned (though it might be by a different name). And I'm working on another solo RPG that might be finished in December. I'm seeing if I can salvage some of the design work I put into Riot in the Stars for something else.
Also, A Few Degrees of Warming and Spooky Action at a Distance are currently part of a bundle supporting a designer who is having some costly surgery. You can pick those games up and several more for an absolute steal. Get some good games and support a good cause!
Thanks, as always.
-Michael
