Cælia & The Malfeasant Mushroom
A downloadable game
Thumbelina meets Disney's Inside Out by way of the Wind in the Willows and old children's books about fairies and the like.
Every player picks an emotion of Cælia's to play as and decides what she's good at & poor at when experiencing that feeling. The group then acts collectively as Cælia, a 1" tall human, to attempt to put a stop to all these spore-related shenanigans.
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Based on a very minimal version of Fudge RPG (uses 4d6 — no special dice required!) and features mud magic, created by foraging for magical ingredients and making up rhymes.
An adventure is on the reverse with locations & happenings with random NPCs pulled from a deck of playing cards.
Plain text files included to make it easier to read!
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More of a sketch of a game than something completely finished, this idea's been sat in my notebooks for at least three years so thought would take the opportunity finally get it on paper.
May or may not get updates in the future! This version will always be free & might get a digital update at some point.
I'd like to make a setting book at some point so star ratings and/or comments are very welcome to help gauge if anyone wants to see that.
Hope you enjoy!
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Development log
- Edited text filesAug 30, 2024
- Readable plain text filesAug 30, 2024
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decide to test this one out solo, scratch that cute cosy itch just right. not done with full playthrough as of this comment, but already really like!
so far solo experience is good, with some modification - personally can not sustain full in-character discussions with this many facets to track, so decide to just sum up feelings' knee-jerk assessments of situation, then roll against each other to see which one win out and take control. :)
Thanks for letting me know and it’s thoroughly wonderful to hear you’re enjoying it! I’d like to add some proper solo rules at some point but might need to move away from Fudge to do so. Will think on :)
ooh, that would be so fun! really like to test out how games work solo for fellow plural gamers, actually - premise of this game is plural-resonant which is what catch attention, but do still have to create and track everything within one brain, which can be difficult sometimes. solid solo rules definitely help with that! :D
I'm low-key jealous at how amazing this looks! A lot of ideas and useful things crammed into two pages, and there's lovely little hand-drawn designs, typographic highlights, and illustrations throughout. Such cosy vibes, perfect for a lazy Sunday afternoon
Ah, thanks Benji!