You Will Die In This Place (development preview)

Devlog

• Announcement - Selected for Gamefound RPG Party
  June 11, 2025 by Liz

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  #gamefound, #rpg party, #crowdfunding, #marketing, #ttrpg, #tabletop, #physical games

  Although I hope to soon return to long rambling devblog posts chronicling the development of You Will Die In This Place as it slowly consumes me, I have an unexpected announcement today instead. Back... Continue reading

  
• Translating Narrative Themes Into Mechanics - Character Classes (part 1)
  May 15, 2025 by Liz

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  #process, #design, #classes, #characters, #mechanics, #narrative, #rules, #mage, #magic

  You Will Die In This Place is a nihilistic class-based dungeon crawl TTRPG where characters typically become weaker instead of stronger as they progress through the megadungeon of the Abyssal Labyrint... Continue reading

  
• Major Update - New Preview Available
  May 11, 2025 by Liz#update, #major update, #preview, #download, #pdf, #ttrpg, #rpg, #rulebook, #book

  New preview version available, now including the first ~200 pages of the finished book. New features include: Bestiary 8 floors of the megadungeon 3 boss encounters Continuation of the metanarrative L... Continue reading

  
• The Process of Building Dungeons
  May 10, 2025 by Liz#process, #design, #art, #3dsmax, #pixel art, #dungeon, #map, #level, #creation, #maze

  I knew from the beginning that You Will Die In This Place was going to be a dungeon crawling TTRPG and that it would require maps of at least some of its dungeons. It is not really an OSR type game, t... Continue reading

  
• The Cost of Art (And Maximising Value)
  May 07, 2025 by Liz#process, #design, #cost, #finances, #artwork, #art, #commission, #merchanise, #spin-off, #miniatures

  As a person who has been on both sides of the client/artist divide when it comes to commissioning artwork, I know that the true cost of art is more than simply financial. This is actually something th... Continue reading

  
• The Transient Nature of Ideas
  May 06, 2025 by Liz#pretentious, #writing, #process, #narrative, #philosophy, #design

  You Will Die In This Place is the stitched together reanimated corpse of a multitude of ideas that never really died, but were not intrinsically big enough to build an entire game around individually... Continue reading

  
• The Process of Creating Miniatures
  May 05, 2025 by Liz#ttrpg, #dark fantasy, #physical game, #3d, #3d printing, #miniatures, #minis, #process, #artwork, #design

  I'm currently in the process of designing some miniatures which are, ostensibly, for use with You Will Die In This Place. The use of miniatures is very much an optional part of this game and, personal... Continue reading