HopeSworn
A downloadable game
I am Jess, and I like tabletop RPG games. I also like Magical Girls. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find a game that melded both, so I decided to make one!
HOPESWORN is an Urban Fantasy hack for Ironsworn. It puts you on the shoes of a Magical Girl who is alone and must protect her city from the forces of the Void. It focuses on making friends and bonds with others, Fighting the Void, and dealing with your grief over the deaths of your teammates. Over everything, it's about choosing to keep hoping when the situation looks bleak.
The game is a mix of 60% Madoka Magica, 20% 90's anime Sailor Moon, 20% Manga Sailor Moon, and a sprinkle of Yuki Yuna is a hero. I have stolen mechanics from Monsterhearts and Masks, a New Generation, since I felt they meshed with the setting well and I found them useful.
HOPESWORN FEATURES:
- A Modified Bonds Mechanic: Now you must Deepen Your Bond before you are truly close with someone. Who knows? If your Bond is deep enough, maybe they will awaken as Magical Girls and fight with you.
- New Strings Mechanic: For when you have a favor or a secret to hold over the heads of different NPC
- Fourteen Different Archetypes to build your favorite magical girl
- 5 Roles to specialize to fight the Void Forces
This game is barely in alpha. I started developing on January 29, so editing is minimal, moves are missing (but you are able to infer what they do) and in general is a bit of a mess. Therefore, I welcome any and all feedback to make this game better.
Thank you for trying my game!
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Development log
- Welcome and Introduction!Mar 30, 2023
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I first saw the concept of single player rpgs of this type just a few days ago and was shopping around to see what would maybe work for me. There's a lot of neat systems and styles but when I saw this in particular something about it really caught my attention and imagination.
I don't have any experience to say what is or isn't missing in the file when you mentioned its in alpha but browsing through the document but I am having a great time trying to get stuff setup to have a go and finally feel really motivated to give things a go.
I hope you keep at it but I appreciate what you have posted none the less since its given me the really great gift of inspiration and motivation!!
Just finished reading through the rules and I really like what I see. I think you're on to something pretty amazing here so keep up the good work!
Hahaha! Thank you! I am keeping up on it, hope people will find it interesting!
Lots of interesting stuff here! I especially liked the table for magical girl group themes. I hope you continue this, or at least polish up what you have!
Thank you so much! Yes, continuing and refining is on the plans, I was just taking a break from this to refresh the brain and to properly plan the direction I want this game to go. I will be putting up devlogs here as well as a list of things I need to do. Thank you for leaving a comment, I will keep you updated!