Second Release

This second major release of 'Our Last Hope' marks the conclusion of The Micro-RPG Jam and the moving forward of the project. I'd like to start by thanking everyone who's played the game so far, had an interest in it or even just viewed one of the pages associated with it prior to this release. I hope you'll stick around and enjoy this one!

What's new in this release? A lot, and also not very much! I came to the conclusion while writing and submitting the entry for the jam that I wanted to move the game to another format, because while .txt files were fine for the jam itself,  longer term maintenance and compatibility with things such as mobile devices were issues that could both be alleviated by changing over to something else.

This lead to the development of the attached version of the game, 'OurLastHopeRevised.pdf'. This version was written after the closing of the voting period for the jam, and includes two major differences to the original 'OurLastHope.txt'. 

The first, and arguably most drastic change given the origin of the game itself, is the word count has been abolished! I have however limited critical information to only two A4 pages, so while it no longer fits within the rules of the jam, it still carries at least the spirit of being a micro-rpg at its core! This effectively means I've elaborated, expanded or clarified various sections of the game which I felt desperately needed extra words where I couldn't spare any originally. This change should make the game a little bit easier to comprehend and play out.

The second change is the inclusion of a pre-designed page for the game master to use in printed form if they so desire, or use it as a template to draw their own physically. I see this more as a quality of life addition rather than something I felt was missing from the original, as it seems like a handy thing to have if the game was printed out to play at a tabletop. 

What's next for 'Our Last Hope' after this release? I'm honestly not sure as I've changed and updated most of what I wanted to! If you end up playing the game, please leave some feedback and share your experience with it! Who knows, maybe that'll lead to a third release or perhaps even further beyond!

Thank you for reading, I hope you have a great day!