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thestalkerbunny · 1 year

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This looks so cool!

Oh I JUST saw that and it looks so dope; why was Deltra Rune not an illustrated chapter book when we were kids?

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prokopetz · 5 years

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What strikes me the most about Delta Rune is how it uses metatextual fuckery to create this constant background radiation of unease.

Like, okay, it’s a high concept indie RPG, the characters seem to be aware on some level that they’re inhabiting a high concept indie RPG -- quite literally in the case of Kris and Susie, who portal-fantasied their way in -- and they freely name-check the relevant tropes. By itself this isn’t particularly novel.

As you go along, however, it becomes apparent that these characters aren’t just ironically self-aware: they’re actually putting a great deal of effort into ensuring that everything operates as it does. Yes, they’re living in a high concept indie RPG, but it’s not the kind of high concept indie RPG they think it is. The whole world is being jammed into a mould it doesn’t quite fit, and it would only take a small push in the right direction for things to go badly wrong.

That push doesn’t come in this initial installment, which perhaps isn’t surprising -- you have to establish the formula before you can break it! -- but you can get some interesting results if you try (and fail) to break it on purpose.

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honey-bear-art · 5 years

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