Project Map
| Task | Description | Lead | Due Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phase I: Creating the project | ||||
| Pivot | Adapting SPAN for use | TBD | In Progress | |
| Writing new tale/fiction content | Including small tales, excerpts, and other stuff | TBD | TBD | Ongoing |
| Writing new mechanics/flavor text content | Adapting the world to the rules. Includes some rules creation | TBD | TBD | Ongoing |
| Writing lore text content | Adapting the lore and world of SCP to a digestible, gamer-friendly context | TBD | TBD | Ongoing |
| Original art | Moving to have original art made for the game. | TBD | TBD | Ongoing |
| Original designs | Designing logos, graphics, and layout of the book | TBD | TBD | Ongoing |
| Acquiring art | Adapting suitable art for use in the book by asking artists. Original art is preferred. If using someone else's art, ASK PERMISSION | TBD | TBD | Ongoing |
| Licensing: game system | Clearing usage with Forthright Dungeon World We are using the SPAN System | n/a | DONE | |
| Licensing: SCP assets | Clearing all usage with SCP Licensing team. | n/a | Ongoing | |
| Phase II: Marketing the project | ||||
| Kickstarter? | Maybe, I don't even know | n/a | Researching | |
Game Map (Link)
Mechanics - Setting/Lore - Fiction/Tale - Art-focused - Metapages
| Section | Description | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part 0 | ||||
| Title Page, Credits Page, Licensing Page | n/a | In Progress | ||
| Something to hook new players. | TBD | TBD | Not Started | |
| Introduction pages: what you need to play, intro to TT RPGs, etc. | n/a | In Progress | ||
| SCP ranges in its horror—be clear on contents of this game. Also a good place to discuss player comfort, etc. | n/a | In Progress | ||
| How to not be a turd by being shitty to your fellow players | n/a | In Progress | ||
| Part 1 - The Foundation (Settings docs) | ||||
| An introduction to the Foundation and how it operates, its (sorta) history, its rules and its heirarchy. | TBD | TBD | New | |
| Example containment file, full-page. | TBD | TBD | New | |
| A (sorta) history of the foundation, its culture, and theories about it | TBD | TBD | New | |
| An explanation about "baseline reality" and how it's anything but baseline | TBD | TBD | New | |
| Overview of the Departments, and how this impacts characters | TBD | TBD | New | |
| How to build your baseline reality: deciding on what canons you are or aren't using beforehand so as to not frustrate players | TBD | TBD | New | |
| Part 3 - Personnel Dossiers (Character Classes) | ||||
| Overview of the Researcher role | TBD | TBD | New | |
| Mechanics of the Departments and this Personnel class | TBD | TBD | New | |
| Overview of the Containment Specialist | TBD | TBD | New | |
| Mechanics of the Departments and this Personnel class | TBD | TBD | New | |
| Overview of the Tactical Officer | TBD | TBD | New | |
| Mechanics of the Departments and this Personnel class | TBD | TBD | New | |
| Overview of the Field Agent | TBD | TBD | New | |
| Mechanics of the Departments and this Personnel class | TBD | TBD | New | |
| Overview of D class (if included in the game?) | TBD | TBD | New | |
| Part 3 - Onboarding (Character Creation) | ||||
| Step by step guide, based on Pivot SPAN; shouldn't need much tweaking. This will be a long section. | TBD | In Progress | ||
| List of skills characters can take. | TBD | In Progress | ||
| Part 4 - Operations (Systems) | ||||
| Taking actions, making rolls, complications, etc. Again, this is mostly Pivot. | TBD | New | ||
| Again, this is basically Pivot with tweaks. | TBD | New | ||
| These are the mechanics behind the "powers" of the characters. They can be both mundane or anomalous. | TBD | TBD | New | |
| Part 5 - Experiment Logs (Storytelling) | ||||
| Building a story, goals, and how to get there | TBD | TBD | New | |
| How to use and build SCPs—with examples. | TBD | TBD | New | |
| GoIs, antagonists, and other groups. Also how to build NPCs | TBD | TBD | New | |
| Guide to becoming anomalous, and how this changes your character | TBD | TBD | New | |
| An example adventure, including a few NPCs and ideas. | TBD | TBD | New | |
| Part 6 - Additional Things | ||||
| Optional rules on oversight-level play, where you send in units | TBD | TBD | New | |
| "what the fuck is a cognitohazard" and other questions | TBD | TBD | New | |
| Needs to look both Foundation-esque and be readable & functional | TBD | TBD | New | |
| For GMs to create new / adapt existing SCPs | TBD | TBD | New | |
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