Yes, the information is first person, in a sense (were not talking moving about a 3D or even 2D world here, as the game will still rely on the acoustic centers reinforced with a few still images or simple animations), but the AI is strictly human, generating an infinite amount of content, not through programmatic procedural generation, but with a few simple tools in their GM Suite and all the data provided in the ‘rules database.’ Character creation would still be of the standard RPG variety, but once that is complete, the UI should endeavor to take them out of the ‘roll’ and immerse them in the ‘role.’ The only person with pure game info should be running the game and making all the magic happen behind the scenes, presenting the players with dramatic representations of the raw numbers they’re generating on the fly.ĭon’t confuse this with a video game of the first person variety. The answer to this, of course is to make sure that the player interface should remain as thematically ‘pure’ as possible. Making the game less of a game and more of an ‘experience’ for the players. The answer to this issue involved really looking back at the research I did long ago on what RPGs offer us that computer games don’t, and vice versa, and coming to the realization that what I was attempting did not go far enough in moving the game further into the acoustic space that RPGs inhabit. This could be why it received such a ‘meh’ response from the RPG community. so it really is no more than your standard RPG, just with less stuff to carry around. You’re still looking at a screen with numbers and dials and lists, etc. But it doesn’t really innovate as far as it needs to. THE DIGITAL DIVIDEįirst, what I was trying to create with the BoHM digital game was basically a digital charactersheet/dice roller/rulebook/GM Suite combo, which, in itself is not a bad idea. Over time, I have come to the realization that the problem with the DTTRPG concept is two fold. It is simply too much to do on my own, and the type of people I need to develop it with me are generally more interested in using their skills for fully fledged video games, not hybrids. It just seems that no matter how many times I’ve tried to get that concept flying, from trying to Kickstart the idea to almost having an independent team ready to realize the proposal (before they backed out at the last moment), it just doesn’t seem to be able to peak the level of interest necessary for it to become a viable product.

Now, of all the things I’ve been trying to get done lately, none have seemed so out of reach as the concept of the Digital Table Top Role Playing game.

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