Last post has me thinking about crpgs. If BG, Divinity etc is D&D, what would a computer version of something light and short like Fiasco or PbtA look like? Short play time, easy mechanics, strong feeling of shaping the story. Challenge lies in that last one, I think. - ThreadSky

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amesyflo.bsky.social • 90 days ago

Last post has me thinking about crpgs. If BG, Divinity etc is D&D, what would a computer version of something light and short like Fiasco or PbtA look like?

Short play time, easy mechanics, strong feeling of shaping the story.

Challenge lies in that last one, I think.

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mitlamit.bsky.social•90 days ago

Disco Elysium checks a lot of boxes here, although not all of them.

amesyflo.bsky.social•90 days ago

Definitely. I guess I'd want Disco but pacier? No rerolls, less opportunity for exploration and side quests. Add some kind of discrete scene element and we're getting there.

I wonder if this sort of game works when the player isn't given the opportunity to marinate in the world, though.

sgtgrumbles0.bsky.social•90 days ago

I'm imagining a 1-2 hour experience with dozens of branching paths that make for wildly different outcomes. You'd probably replay it many times. I'd play something like that for sure!

mitlamit.bsky.social•89 days ago

Temple of Elemental Evil is like that-ish ! But it's D&D 3.5e 😅

mitlamit.bsky.social•90 days ago

I get what you're asking for but systems like that exist in part to alleviate the "computing" time of a ttrpg session. Computers don't need to be accommodated, it's just what they do. So I don't know if it would make sense to create crpgs with such rulesets.

amesyflo.bsky.social•90 days ago

Yeah, if there's a need to be filled here it's more about availability of players/energy for improv than calculation.

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