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APOCALYPSE FRAME 2E devlog #2 is up. Tags are dead. Long live not-tags. binarystar.games/posts/origin...

binarystar.gamesPost-APOCALYPSE #2: The Death of TagsAt the end of the first post in this (intermittent, barely-started) series, I mentioned I wanted to talk about weapons (or specifically armaments), systems, and enemies. All of them changed in the sam...

15/10/26, 5:23 pm11 reposts30 likes

Mr. Staleman

@mrstaleman.bsky.social

Your tag hatred is making me rethink how I employ weapons in WRM, but I'm gonna hold off on that until after the Playtest.

Binary

@binarystar.games

I mean, I'm not 100% opposed to the idea, but the way it was implemented in AF 1E just wasn't it. Celestial Bodies is closer to how I'd do one now (style guide is that each of them is redefined per-weapon but has common names so parts/abilities can key off of them)

Mr. Staleman

@mrstaleman.bsky.social

The way that I approached it to not overload the player is to just limit the number of tags to about 6 and then provide additional passives depending on the actions the player takes in combat. Since the player is choosing actions in a JRPG style, the tactics come from action selection and such.

Binary

@binarystar.games

(oops screwed up a footnote, pushed an update)

Matthew Andre

@gugg.bsky.social

As a tag-hater I thank you for your service