Category: Game
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Who is Player One?
My first game, Game of Runes 1: The Swamp of Nok, is a fantasy narrative adventure. With combat, traps, encounters with strange folk, it’s a fun example of the genre. Give it a go and let me know how you get on. But while I love. love. love narrative fiction games, playing Game of Runes is limited to people with a reasonable…
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Art inspiration for Game of Runes
A huge decision for Game of Runes was how it should look. My previous game, Nemo’s Fury was full of bright primary colours with costume design of the submarine suits very much influenced by the work of the late great Carlos Ezquerra on the comic strip adaption of Harry Harrison’s sci-fi romp, The Stainless Steel Rat,…
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Medieval futurism
2023 ends on a high as we begin a new project with Hugh, a talented young writer with immense passion for storytelling – I can’t wait to share his game with you. We had a great initial zoom meeting where we established our goals, that is to create an online game which we can translate into…
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How I drew Game of Runes
I was asked if I used any AI when creating Game of Runes. The short answer is no. Here’s my process for creating the images: I start with a rough sketch using the cheapest possible biro pen and A4 notebook, both bought from the local supermarket while doing the weekly shopping. Using this sketch as a reference…
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Game of Runes is live!
Our latest game is a free to play sword and sorcery fantasy quest for your desktop, laptop or tablet! Game of Runes is an addictive solo adventure which sees you hired by the terrified townsfolk of Pigginmud to recover a fabled magical goblet. The goblet is the only hope of defeating the tyrannical Bone Baron…
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Nemo’s Fury the gamebook!
Nemo’s Fury is the thrilling new gamebook, available exclusively from Amazon. Join the mysterious Captain Nemo on board his remarkable submarine the Nautilus and experience a wild voyage of monsters, mayhem and murder! You can order your copy of the book with this button: Download a copy of the journal below to make notes and…
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Nemo’s Fury book launch
It’s a momentous day for us here on the Nautilus, as we’ve delivered our manuscript for the physical gamebook of our science fictions adventure, Nemo’s Fury to Amazon. Nemo’s Fury launches on Thursday 30th November and here’s a preview for all you lovely people of the cover. We hope you like it! * Over 900…
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Coming soon.. Game of Runes
Game of Runes is an online click-and-play fantasy adventure designed to fill the gap between DnD sessions. Simple to play yet difficult to win, you’ll choose and dress your character and roll for your vital statistics before encountering traps, monsters, magic and characters to test your wits and combat ability. Plus you’ll have to keep…
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Nemo’s Fury journal
This is the character sheet journal you can use to keep track of your personal scores, weapons found, items gained etc while playing Nemo’s Fury. (You won’t need this journal if you’re playing the app version of the game.) Please feel free to download this journal and make as many copies as you need. If…