Thursday - Only Scattered Things
=== Thoughts ===
It's official! I have released a game!
Only Scattered Things was created for the One Page RPG Jam 2026. It's my first Finished Game and it's been an incredible experience getting it done. From initial design, to stumbling playtests, to redesign, to better playtests, to art (thanks Jaylus!), to release.
I should probably tell you what it's about. From its front page:
You're exhausted. You've spent the last of your funds to get here.
Your cairn-pick hungers. The cold, packed earth squirms.
You have three days.
Only Scattered Things is a one-page, solo journaling RPG about an archaeologist and their cairn-pick. Surface dead objects from the Dig. Consign souls to the Cairn. Discover what should have stayed buried, and find what you're looking for before your three days are up.
A huge thanks to everyone who gave this game a go during its creation. Jay, Jaylus, WeirdingtonEsq, and everyone else who checked it out.
I'm super excited to launch this and I hope you enjoy playing it!
=== What I'm Writing ===
- 01/07/2026: Mostly a TTRPG Project day. This is something I've had in the works for a little while now and I'm really excited to share more, but it's not in a shape that I want to put forward for public consumption just yet. Today I've scribbled down some bits I might want to add to it, thanks to some inspiration from Quinns Quest.
- 02/07/2026: Another TTRPG Project day, with a little bit of some commission design briefs on the side. I'm trying to get back to commissioning art, since it brings me so much joy, and I've found a project I'm really excited for.
- 03/07/2026: Not quite writing, but today I've spent my creative efforts on a commission brief. How exciting!
- 04/07/2026: More TTRPG Project writing, but also made progress on one of my Commissions! Good day all told.
- 05/07/2026: Still more TTRPG Project writing. Little and often is the way.
- 06/07/2026: Say it with me, folks: TTRPG Project writing!
- 07/07/2026: Fourth verse, same as the first? Fifth? Sixth? I did TTRPG Project stuff today, is what I'm saying.
- 08/07/2026: I finished up the first draft of a Commission and drafted some TTRPG Project ideas. Having physical notebooks has really helped me in getting thoughts out of my brain.
- 09/07/2026: More TTRPG Project writing!
- 10/07/2026 - 12/07/2026: I spent my downtime on the holiday scribbling more ideas for the TTRPG Project.
- 13/07/2026 - 14/07/2026: It's the One Page RPG Jam 2026, and I'm going to be submitting something. I've been drafting the 0.2 version of my One Page RPG, and it's been super exciting to get something out there.
- 15/07/2026 - 16/07/2026: Final edits, layout and publishing of Only Scattered Things, my One Page RPG!
=== This Month's Finds ===
- 01/07/2026: Why is Everything Boring Now?
- 01/07/2026: neal.fun
- 02/07/2026: The Decade-Long Quest For Shadow of the Colossus' Last Great Secret
- 03/07/2026: Stochastic wage suppression on gig platforms and how to organize against it
- 04/07/2026: Bit Socket Podcast
- 05/07/2026: FFXI: Braver
- 06/07/2026: Pathologic, For Those Who Will Never Play It
- 07/07/2026: The DM Trick I Stole From Aabria Iyengar
- 08/07/2026: Monster Hunter Freedom Unite's Horrendous Completionist Challenge
- 09/07/2026: No Genres, Only Play: A Talk By Quinns
- 14/07/2026: One Page RPG Jam 2026
- 15/07/2026: Creature Comforts, by Jaylus
- 16/07/2026: Black Forager
=== This Month's Tracklist ===
- 01/07/2026: Through the Darkness, composed by Nao Sato and performed by Colin & Caroline
- 02/07/2026: Bleak, by IMANU
- 03/07/2026: Sand Drawing, by Judah Earl
- 04/07/2026: Suja, Peaks of Accord (Day), by Yuko Komiyama
- 05/07/2026: Through the Darkness, composed by Nao Sato and performed by Colin & Caroline
- 06/07/2026: FAVE, by Hiroyuki Sawano
- 07/07/2026: Sixteen Bells, composed by Masayoshi Soken
- 08/07/2026: Pokke's Theme, composed by the Capcom Sound Team
- 09/07/2026: Basically all of Don Broco
- 14/07/2026: Through the Darkness, composed by Nao Sato and performed by Colin & Caroline
- 15/07/2026: Return of the Obra Dinn Soundtrack
- 16/07/2026: Arcane Confinement, composed by Akira Yamaoka
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