Plerion v.1.0.0 is available!

I’m happy, excited and exhausted, but I’ve finally done it: Plerion is online! This game was born out of an unconvinced itch. I didn’t feel the need to write another...

The inspirations of Plerion

As I said earlier Plerion started as a Cairn/Spacer mash-up. Today, however, I would like to talk about the inspirations, which are not to be found in other games but...

My Appendix N - Part II: Science Fiction

Sometime in the summer of 1997, I was 13 years old, I was in a bookstore at the seaside and looking for something to read. I was already an avid...

My Appendix N - Part I: Fantasy Essentials

For those who do not know, Appendix N was a list of inspirations and sources compiled by Gary Gygax in the Dungeon Masters Guide of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (1979)....

Taintedweald: Designer's Notes

Since last year I was toying myself with the idea to write a setting inspired by Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece. The first attempt was...

Plerion - A Space Opera Adventure Game

I know, I know… I promised to devote myself on growing and support Thálassa with an adventure guide and the first module. The guide will arrive when inspiration strikes me...

A retrospective on my games so far

Some musings about my games so far. As an independent amateur author I’m lucky: I write the games I’d like to play without constraints from market or audience logics. In...

Thálassa - Mythical Age Adventure Game

I’m really excited to announce the release of Thálassa, the adventure game set in the Mythical Age sung by Hesiod and Homer. Thálassa by zeruhur In Italy where I was...

The Magic in Thálassa (part 1): Gods and Prayers

Outlining a magic system for Thálassa proved to be more difficult than I had thought and is still giving me a hard time. I didn’t wont just to mindlessly use...

Catch that fish!

I have never fished, all the knowledge I have about it comes from movies and a wikihow guide I just read. So why am I posting this mini-game? Because a...