Welcome and Road Map

Welcome!

Hello! My name Nobody-InHere. Thank you for trying my game! I look forward to seeing you all play it and receive feedback!

What is HopeSworn

So, a brief introduction to what HopeSworn is: HopeSworn is a Magical Girl themed Solo RPG, in which you play the last surviving member of a Magical Girl after a climatic battle against the forces of the Void. It is a hack for Ironsworn, and the Pre-Alpha version was developed for the Ironsworn Jam 2023.

Why Make a Magical Girl game based on IronSworn?

Because it’s fun! Because I like Magical Girls, and RPG, and I find the lack of Magical Girl TTRPG… disturbing. Therefore, I took it upon myself to make the kind of game I would like to play. What I really like about IronSworn is that you are also able to play it alone, and is very narrative focused, which is great for expressing what I want the game to be: A game about loneliness, hope, and making connections with the people around you.

Why play HopeSworn?

You may like HopeSworn if you…

• Want a contemporary Urban Fantasy setting
• Want to Play as magical girls
• Want to play a game based in anime, an Mahou Shojo Anime specifically
• Want to deal with themes of loss and hope
• You enjoyed games with themes like “Princess, the Hopeful”, fiction first games like “Blades in the Dark” and games with social mechanics, like “Masks: A New generation”

What’s done and what I’ll be doing

What I released for the Jam was, honestly, a Mess. So, here’s a list of things i want to be fixing/doing for the actual final draft, in no particular order:

• Tighten the World’s Assumptions and make them narrower in scope. Include starting promises and debilities.
• Develop the Void and it’s minions into a toolkit the player can use to create various monsters and interesting antagonists.
• Create the starting Promises for each Archetype and Role.
• Tighten the descriptions of each Archetype and Role. Redefine them in a way that interact with a mechanic or move.
• Clean up the definition and effects of the Action Moves
• Clean up the definition and effects of the Resist Moves
• Create a set of 3-5 Moves to move the story along, so the player never stagnates.
• Refine the Suffer Moves
• Polish the Archetype Moves in a way that interact more directly with the mechanics of the game.
• Add the Black (Defeatist, Cynic) and White (Blank, Fatalist) archetypes
• Polish the Roles and add more role moves
• Add in Spells and Assets
• Create the male, female, agender name tables.
• Create the Last name table
• Create setting Table
• Create Special dates / occasion table
• Add Action and Theme Table
• Finish the MG group theme table

The plan is to update biweekly, but definitely at least once a month, giving updates on what was done, my thoughts on the process and what the next steps are. I am being optimistic and setting my Deadline by September 13, 2023 for the full release of the game, so wish me luck!

Lastly, while HopeSworn is going to be 100% free for download, I will be developing a paid supplement that will include:

• Sample Void Minions, Agents, and Generals.
• Conflict generator
• A Plot generator for Episodes, Seasons and Arcs
• A Calendar System to keep track of time
• An abstract Symbol collection, for those that want prompts to be a little more freeform.
• Several Oracles, from Events that could be happening, to special dates, and more!

And That's It for this devlog! 

PS: Next Week's (Monday, April 3 to Sunday, April 9) is going to be the Void! Stay tuned to learn more about the antagonistic energy the Magical Girls fight!