Live Events and Game Jams and Adventures, Oh My!

It's been a relatively quiet month in the lab, and we've had tons of great discussions, but Jonah and I have been working on some projects and changes we're really excited for! Here's a quick overview.

We're retiring Prep Nights for now, but we'll be hosting weekly Q&As starting Tuesday, October 29th! If you want to chat with some community members, get advice for an idea you have, workshop concepts, or just hang out, this is the perfect place to do it. If you prefer to join and "lurk" as many of our members have out it, you're also welcome to just join without a camera or microphone on and use it as some background noise. We're excited to see you all there!

Several folks have expressed interest in a potential GML Game Jam (thanks for the idea, @Briggs Schneider !) but we don't want to host one without enough interest. We'll send a poll in a day or two to gauge how much interest there would be in designing, reading, or playing games overall. This would be a super fun event where the community can design some simple games, take a look through them, play some, and give a prize to the community's favorite!

Finally, we're working on a project we've had in our minds since before the first book came out: TTRPG adventures designed for proactive play. We've got a rough draft for a starter packet meant to introduce proactive play to a group (including new groups met at hobby stores!) and comes with everything you need to run a one-shot. Ever since the book launched, we've had tons of people ask for advice on how to introduce proactive play to new groups, how to introduce it at game stores, and how to use it with pre-published content---we're becoming more and more confident this will address at least some of those needs. The submission process for freelancers is almost concluded, but if anyone here is interested in freelance work, we're still currently considering who our layout designer will be, so feel free to submit here if you have any experience: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeHT7zjpzlPtqwYylR3ZxIHTs9rd4Qoa9yt7A8VXAqxgqlblw/viewform?usp=sf_link Please keep in mind that the artist positions have been filled, even though they're still on the form.

We're super excited for what the future holds---we'll see you in the lab!

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