My friend T.W. from St. Louis is a helluva guy. Karateka, great father, free thinker. One of those guys with a story for any occasion, empathy for miles, and a short tolerance for BS.
While I've been slogging away criticizing and houseruling old games, T.W. has been busy working on his indie game, Dimm City. Part TRPG, part art project, part interactive mind-bending story nexus. He describes it as "Cyber / Solarpunk."
For months now T.W has impressed me with sample art, interactive mechanics talk (which I am a bit too much of a grognard to grok 100%), and his enthusiasm for working with his team to make something new and innovative.
What does DimmCity sound like? Here is a sample T.W. sent me:
“Where do you go when you dream?"
"When I dream, I always go to the same place. I’m also always the same pink rabbit named Hugo… Hugo lives in Dimm City. It’s a collection of totally different districts that exist, connected but separate, floating in the ether. Hugo lives in the Archives. It’s an enclave of academia and learning that’s on the mend after a scourge wiped out most of the records that were stored there and the memories of everyone that mattered. Hugo (and my) mission is to recover as much of what was lost as possible. Our adventures have taken us into “The Dark”, a literal technological hell hole situated in a gravity well that gets darker the further down into it you travel. We’ve walked the back alleys of the tech district, Dimm City’s center of innovation and production. My favorite place in DimmC so far is the market district a.k.a Rabbittown. Hanging there, I felt the most at home not only because of the majority of rabbits like Hugo walking the streets, but because of the rough and tumble vibe of the place. The last part of Dimm City worth mention is the entertainment district. Here, any pleasure you desire can be bought and any experience you wish can be bartered for. This sprawl really does have it all, but underneath the hum of its throng is a coming war between those that wish to keep it free and the AI known as Daemon and its followers that wish to surveil and control it all. Hugo and I know what side we’re on, but for the fight to go our way other dreamers are a must."
You can take a look HERE.
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