This is a blog about my LARP: read it here: https://mariabumby.itch.io/the-good-the-bad-and-the-uncanny I want to talk about revelations. I want to talk about contemplating retroactively life and going like - oh I had no idea it would turn out that way. How the hell does any of this even work? I want to talk about magic [...]
Names we don’t speak of..
A game for those who left you was written hypothetically, to be given freely!! In a gamedev con I joined in manila. And the question I asked myself as I making the game was: What kind of game would be difficult to forger? What kind of game would stay with it’s players? And it lead [...]
What are the actual fucking Rich Kid Problem$?
https://mariabumby.itch.io/richkidproblems I declare this to be the final draft of my blog about Rich Kid Problem$ because I have had enough of prancing around a topic that is severely important. There occurs a lot of violence from a sheltered, privileged, ruling class. To a point that anything good “they” do ends up turning from the [...]
How the ocean loves the earth
https://mariabumby.itch.io/how-the-ocean-loves-the-earth I don't know how to write about this game, only that I must. It’s about love, and that’s one of those big concepts that’s got so much tied into it that sometimes people don’t try. So we rant. We argue. So rare, do we fall. Rumi has warned against poetry, because it can trick [...]
It’s taboo to hate the family /they don’t belong in Stories
On: Novena for trimming the family tree: https://mariabumby.itch.io/a-novena-for-trimming-the-family-tree I don’t know about you. But for some reason, all the heroes in stories don’t really have parents. They’re either downright abusive or useless. Or almost this odd caricature. I know the portrayal of a healthy growing and loving relationship is rare in media. But what about [...]
The Vast Landscape of You
And Our Similiar Territories *An accompanying blog to the game Journey thru the 7 Kingdoms attached or linked herein https://mariabumby.itch.io/the-journey-thru-the-seven-kingdoms Hello, You. I am You. For we are both things with bodies and experience. With families and denials. With inheritance, frustrations and flings. One day I thought - a world building jam. Huh well all [...]
BECOME ONE: Session Zero Wrap-Up
SESSION ZERO WRAP-UP is an ongoing series! Session Zero was the first event in Manila that focused on Filipino Tabletop Roleplaying Game Designers. Your Sword Prince and Sword Queen were so honored to be a part of it, and we wanted to reflect on the games we offered at the convention. BECOME ONE was my [...]
Finding Yourself in Other People: Arch Angel Dating Simulator.
Hi it’s Maria, Sword Prince. Today I wanted to talk about some of the themes and the questions I’ve tried contemplating within myself when I made not just games - but Relationship Games. What is it about Relationships? What is it about the way it ties us? Pulls us? Inspires us about engaging in another [...]
What’s the value in table top games in the age of digital media?
We've got streaming services with endless hours of high budget media, we've got podcasts, e-books, youtube, twitter, facebook and ... pinterest. We've got reddit, and truck load of video games coming out every week. We've got online shopping for literally any market and everyone's always partially tethered to their smart phone. So why play table [...]
How dow we design Bleed into games mindfully?
This is by all means not authoritative but an important discussion to have, so we're going to have it anyway. "how do we design bleed into games mindfully?" There has been much discussion on the adverse things that could happen when engaging in TTRPG and LARP. This is the reason safety mechanics such as x [...]
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