Howdy Folks!
It's been a while since I posted an update about my many RPG Endeavors, so I'm taking the time today to do just that! But first, some housekeeping:
Mailing List
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Now, onto the fun stuff!
Recent Releases
I've released two new adventures in the past few months, both for game jams. Both short, free, and really cool.
Phagocytosis
Made for the Sci-Fi One Shot Jam 2025, Phagocytosis is a sci-fi dungeon crawl set aboard a self replicating spacecraft that's trying to figure out how to kill you before you kill it. It's two pages and free to download on itch.
https://robotic-topologist.itch.io/phagocytosis
BTW, you can read my full review of all the One Shot Jam Submissions in a recent blog post.
MAN or MONKEY
Made for the 72 Hour Hypermall Contract Jam. MAN or MONKEY is a one-shot contract for the excellent HYPERMALL: UNLIMITED VIOLENCE. You gotta kill a monkey/man hybrid in this one. Again, free to download on itch.
https://robotic-topologist.itch.io/man-or-monkey-hmuv
Project Updates
I'm excited to share some updates to my ongoing projects. I've been steadily working on these in the background and have some awesome stuff to share.
Drier Deserts, Hotter Suns
If you're reading this, you are probably familiar with My flagship Sci-Fi RPG, Drier Deserts, Hotter Suns. I originally published the playtest version in 2020, and have since been hard at work with a complete overhaul of those original rules. I'm very excited to announce that I am done with that rewrite and will soon be releasing DD/HS v1. By "done" I mean that everything needed to play the game is finalized, written, and in the book. There are still a few pages to write and clean up, and I need to edit the thing cover to cover, but the past few years of playtesting and collecting feedback has paid off exceptionally!
Before I release it though, I'm looking to get it into the best state possible. For that I need beta readers! If you are interested in participating as a beta reader, please contact me via the form below. There are limited slots so I'm prioritizing those with some level of GMing experience, so let me know which games (if any) you've ran in your message. You'll get a preview copy of the book, your name in the credits, and some monetary compensation for your time reading and filling out a survey.
Exoplanet Index
My other major project is Exoplanet Index. I've been working on this one on and off for a long while now and have managed to write about half the planets. I like what I have in it so far, but won't be truly satisfied until the whole thing is done and laid out. I'm still planning on running an itchfunding campaign for this to hopefully commission some better art, but my focus right now is on other things. This will be a paid product, so I recommend you pick it up for the pre-release price before I launch the campaign for it.
https://robotic-topologist.itch.io/exoplanet-index
Other Projects
I can't help myself from starting projects and not finishing them. Sometimes I'm just experimenting to see what I can do, other-times I'm working on projects in the background that blow up in scope. Here's the status of some of those other projects:
- POWER CANDY my ultra-light superhero game. I published an update to this a while back. I've got the beginnings of a metropolis style city supplement for it. If you are interested in me working on POWER CANDY, please let me know!
- Descendants is a rules light hard Sci-Fi game set in our solar system during a feudalistic interplanetary dark age. Players a astronaut knights serving a planet's great house. I play-tested this a while back at Indie Game Night to mixed success, and there's some cool ideas. This one is definitely on hold until I'm done with DD/HS though.
- Unannounced Hypermall supplement. I'm working on something big for Hypermall. I can't say what it is yet, but it's coming. I'd like to release it sometime soon after the official Hypermall book is done and released, which should be soon. Writing on this is about 75% done. We'll see how crazy I go with layout on it.
- Minimalist Solar System Generator. I've been putting out regular updates for this as I develop new features. For now though, further development is paused until I have time to fully rewrite the code for it.
And that's a wrap! 2025 has been a great year so far and I hope to have another update soon. Until then, keep an eye out for more Robotic Topologist content coming your way.
Thanks for reading!
- Dan
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