Development Update: August 2021

Hello there!

This is the first monthly development update for Voidfarers. I'll be doing these each month, detailing where I am with the various sheets and other bits of game design I'm working, as well as giving a rundown on any major design decisions I'm contemplating.

Sheets:

No new sheets this month, but I'm currently working on a number of different sheets.

The initial region sheets are the closest to being finished. They'll include an overview of each region, the major stations, and important landmarks. In addition, they'll also detail the region's ongoing situation, major NPCs, and region specific factions.

As I work on the region sheetsI'm also working a lot on the station sheets, outline details about the various stations and making them feel different in both construction and culture. Just about every station has a major industry or two outlined, and details on station architecture and design.

The faction sheet is well on its way. I am planning for it to be similar to the Blades in the Dark faction sheets, detailing factions by Tier and type, as well as including all of the different citizenries. Voidfarers has more factions than Blades, so I may need two sheets.

The GM sheet is going well. A lot of information I can carry straight over from Blades in the Dark with a few minor adjustments, such as the GM Goals, Principles, and Actions. These will be adjusted as Voidfarers is playtested, but its a good starting point.

Layout:

Overall sheet layout is going to change a well. I'm slightly reducing the size of the title bar on sheets, so it uses less ink and I can fit more text on the sheet.

What Comes Next:

Voidfarers v0.4 should ready by the start of September, which will include the aforementioned sheets (sans the station sheets) with layout changes and corrections for the existing sheets.

After that I will be working to finish v1.0 as quickly as possible. It will essentially be a the v0.4 sheets, the system sheet, a rules doc, andhopefully new character and crew sheets.

I have a clear idea about what I want to try for v2.0. Its significantly different from what I have currently, but all the sheets I'm currently working on will be carried over to v2.0 and I have most of a rules doc done from previous work.