Hi everyone!
With the release of Champions of Chaxia, I conclude the “Brick and Rock” trilogy that I started working on in 2022.
The games in question are these:
Greymarsh (2023)
Bloodwood Dungeon (2024)
Champions of Chaxia (just released)
These games are in the style of the old gamebooks from the eighties and nineties. I’ve noticed that veterans of the genre seem to connect, while others, not used to the format, react strongly against a couple of unfair deaths and other out-of-fashion aspects.
These games are all retro, except I included some modern niceties like savepoints and revisitable locations. When I wrote the games, atmosphere was the key quality I was aiming for. For game 1 and 3, think sun-drenched mediterranean coastal cities. For the second, think Forest of Doom.