Forgotten by all who might have once cared about you.
Having forgotten them and even who you are at all.
Haunted by memories of a life you don’t remember, and chased by the Nightmares who do remember you, you awake, as you have for time immeasurable, in the Whiteflower Field, at the beck and call of the delusional, Bound Valkyrie who has, in turn, bound you, her Lotus Eaters, to her quixotic quest.
Breach the Passages.
Steal the Keys.
Seal the Portals.
Welcome
LOTUS EATER
to the Bottomless Dark of the Oubliette.
Lotus Eater is currently in active development, but this 39 page Live Beta document is fully playable! I'm itchfunding this game in order to power future content releases as well as professional formatting and artwork!
Lotus Eater is a narrative-heavy, character-focused game and as such it doesn't really need adventure paths. The game and adventure are one. The Lore is written and this demo document contains everything you need to run tons of Breaches into The Crumbling Shadow. Once the full game is complete there will be hours of content and pages of story both told and implied between the covers.
There are three Lotus Eaters in the current document that are finished, but three others that are still in development to be released with the full product. I also want to fully realize a loot generation system as well as a spontaneous "roguelike" environment generator a la Castle of Memories by Adrian Lumm. The current document details only the first of Six Passages, but I have the lore for all of the other five already written, I just need to slam out the Nightmares for them and then finally put together the "Endgame" content with all of the juicy GM secrets that entails.
At $300, I'll begin scouting out artists for layout and artwork of the Valkyrie and her Lotus Eaters.
If we hit $750, I'll look into some simple, black and white artwork for the Nightmares of the Crumbling Shadow.
If we hit $1000, I'll commit myself to printing a physical zine at a high quality for Lotus Eater ep.1, Season 1: The Crumbling Shadow!
If we hit $1500, holy cow that would be insane, but if we do, I'll commit to printing a hardcover edition of The Crumbling Shadow with color illustrations!
I've got experience advertising, organizing, and successfully funding Kickstarters (that's how Dozen Wonders first got made, and I'm currently working on a comic book series with Filipino artist Ariel Viola that we just funded to $5000 in May), so I have created physical products before and shipped them out internationally, just in case anyone is worried having never heard of me before.
I hope you enjoy this first game I've ever written and developed and thank you to Spencer Campbell not only for developing the awesome LUMEN system but for making it freely available and being so supportive of other developers taking it out for a spin!
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Lotus Eater is my first ever on-sale foray into the tabletop role-playing arena. I've never written a game before and already there have been people who have bought my work. I would like to pay that good will forward.
If you want to read and play Lotus Eater, but you're not in an ideal financial situation, believe me, I understand. Please claim a copy for yourself.
If you would like to generate further Community Copies to be claimed by those who wish to experience Lotus Eater but don't feel they can spring the extra cash, every purchased copy of Lotus Eater will add a new Community Copy, as will every additional $3 donated over the purchase cost.
Every purchase of the Lotus Eater Launch bundle adds TWO Community Copies of both Lotus Eater and Dozen Wonders.
Thanks everyone!
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