The Andromeda Ward
Project Overview:
Tabletop role-playing game for 4-6 players plus Game Master, inspired by the B-Movie genre, plus movies like GalaxyQuest and shows such as Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.
Roles and responsibilities
Design
Nonlinear & linear narrative design, design documentation, providing playtest data and feedback, gameplay scripting
Writing
Editing content across the game & all supporting material, stakeholder management, topic research
Process and approach
Process
Hired by freelance TTRPG creative Chloe Mashiter, researched the source material, playtested the game as it stood, provided feedback, offered solutions, copyedited
Approach
I wasn’t familiar with the source material, and it was really fun to figure out how to reproduce that tone consistently in a TTRPG format, while accounting for player improvisation.
Team collaboration
Worked with top UK TTRPG creator over email and discord to ensure the editing suited their vision
Result and impact
Published on itch.io, sold well, picked up for playthrough by Merely Roleplayers and Blackshaw Theatre Company (Apple podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/andromeda-ward-xmas-special-act-2/id1301999708?i=1000546852428)
Reflection and improvement
I hadn’t done a lot of playtesting before - I’m definitely faster at documenting areas of confusion and conveying my meaning now!
