Some of us have heard very obscure rumors that Luke Crane, creator of Burning Wheel, and Jared Sorensen, creator of octaNe and InSpectres, have been working on a secret effort, dubbed Project Donut. Well, they broke the news on Story Games that Project Donut is FreeMarket, a transhumanist science fiction RPG!
On the one hand, I like the idea of that… A game inspired by Sterling, Stephenson, and Gibson! On the other hand, I’m a little concerned about the tokens/cards they show as part of the game, I personally am not a fan of too much board game/card game in my RPGs. And what’s up with the chick-with-pumpkin art?
Also, bizarrely, this is a game for Hidden City Games, started by Peter Adkison of Wizards of the Coast fame, which is mainly known for producing Bella Sara, the cute-horse game for young girls. Both Crane and Sorensen are senior game designers at Hidden City.
But, I love octaNe and InSpectres, and have heard good things about Burning Wheel, so I am keeping an open mind till we see more! I like the older games Underground and GURPS: Transhuman Space, and am waiting for the perfect RPG implementation of the awesome comic series Transmetropolitan.
5 responses so far ↓
Jared Sorensen // November 22, 2008 at 1:54 pm |
If you like the look of Underground, you’ll dig the visual weirdness of FreeMarket. The future is… cyan?
mxyzplk // October 17, 2009 at 10:44 am |
It’s been a year… Is this still on? hiddencitygames.com is down and I haven’t heard anything in a long time…
Jared A. Sorensen // November 10, 2009 at 11:29 pm |
Check out projectdonut.com for all the info!
Jared A. Sorensen // November 12, 2009 at 4:57 pm |
…and it’s now available. For free!
mxyzplk // November 12, 2009 at 8:18 pm |
Registered and downloaded! Reading it now.