Sophomore Syndrome
Nov. 27th, 2012 07:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ladyspriteIt seems to me, at least so far, that rewriting a game requires a completely different skill set from writing said game in the first place.
I have a list of things to be done - some as simple as 'Add Character X to Character Y's Who You Know list' and others as general as 'Character Z just feels incomplete.' And I'm making progress. But at the same time, it's scary. There are the simultaneous feelings that, if I wrote it this way the first time I must have had a reason, and that if this was the best I could do then, how could I do better now? Even when I have ideas, starting is the hardest step. It's changing a thing instead of creating a thing, which is always harder for me.
On the other hand, it was a good game the first time, so no matter what it'll be a good game this time. We just have the chance, and the time and experience, to make it an even better game. And it does feel pretty darn good to immerse myself again in the world of the Hollywood Hawaiian Hotel and all of its wacky clientele.
In other news, signups start tonight for Intercon M! If you're wondering what to play, allow me to humbly recommend Desperadoes Under The Eaves, Saturday night - rumor has it it's a pretty darn good game - or so I've been told....
I have a list of things to be done - some as simple as 'Add Character X to Character Y's Who You Know list' and others as general as 'Character Z just feels incomplete.' And I'm making progress. But at the same time, it's scary. There are the simultaneous feelings that, if I wrote it this way the first time I must have had a reason, and that if this was the best I could do then, how could I do better now? Even when I have ideas, starting is the hardest step. It's changing a thing instead of creating a thing, which is always harder for me.
On the other hand, it was a good game the first time, so no matter what it'll be a good game this time. We just have the chance, and the time and experience, to make it an even better game. And it does feel pretty darn good to immerse myself again in the world of the Hollywood Hawaiian Hotel and all of its wacky clientele.
In other news, signups start tonight for Intercon M! If you're wondering what to play, allow me to humbly recommend Desperadoes Under The Eaves, Saturday night - rumor has it it's a pretty darn good game - or so I've been told....
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Date: 2012-11-27 07:06 pm (UTC)I know the feeling as I'm diving back into Serpent's Spiral. If I pull on this thread, do I tie up a loose knot or unravel the sweater? Generally though, adding character interconnections improves things.
Not always a bad thing, but there is my two cents.
Also, thank you for prodding me into purchasing some Warren Zevon.
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Date: 2012-11-28 02:15 am (UTC)For smaller games, try drawing this as a wheel, and using different colours for each type of plot and relationship. You're looking for overall balance, not for each colour - for instance, some players might not be given (eg) romance, to better match casting.
I also have a bit of a hobby-horse about writing GM-view plot summaries.
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Date: 2012-11-28 09:32 am (UTC)Always have an extra hour or two of plot. Albeit once you build a real world it usually writes itself in broad.