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  1. CountVanBadger

    Favorite game of 2025?

    I think the only game I played that actually released this year was Oblivion Remastered. The game I played most was probably Tears of the Kingdom.
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    January 1st Release?

    I was debating whether to release in December or January, but it looks like they're going to pull another stunt to take over the Rising Stars list again, so I guess January it is...
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    January 1st Release?

    When I release XNPC, I want it to be on the first day of the month. I'm just waiting for my cover to be finished, but it doesn't look like that will be until at least a couple days into December. That means if I stick to my plan, the earliest I can release it is on January 1st. That doesn't...
  4. CountVanBadger

    No, I'm three ducks in a trench coat.

    No, I'm three ducks in a trench coat.
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    Litrpg Skill System?

    Whatever you say. Welcome to the ignore list.
  6. CountVanBadger

    Litrpg Skill System?

    Context clues. I was asking for advice on how to implement skills into my litrpg. Literally the first thing I said was "Abilities and skills play a big role in XNPC." If you had read a little farther than that, you'd have seen me say "XNPC is probably going to be one of the least crunchy litrpgs...
  7. CountVanBadger

    Litrpg Skill System?

    That was clearly a joke. Thanks for letting us know.
  8. CountVanBadger

    Litrpg Skill System?

    It has that already, more or less. Not every class has branching paths, but they all have multiple tiers to progress through. One of the main characters is a Cat Burglar. To get there, she started as a Pickpocket, then progressed to Cutpurse, then Footpad. At that point she could have branched...
  9. CountVanBadger

    Litrpg Skill System?

    Abilities and skills play a big role in XNPC, but until now I haven't really had any way to limit which skills the characters can use. They get new skills as they level up, but they can also learn skills outside their class' skill tree with skillbooks. The problem there was that there was...
  10. CountVanBadger

    Burnout is funny

    Have you ever stopped to think about just how backwards the concept of burnout actually is? Brain: "I love doing thing! Thing is my favorite thing to do!" You: "Okay, let's do thing!" Brain: "I will literally jump off a cliff if I ever have to do thing again."
  11. CountVanBadger

    XNPC Ad

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    XNPC Ad

    And leaving a troll rating like that would earn you a well-deserved ban. Imagine giving a book the lowest possible rating for something not even related to the story itself, and thinking you're not the bad guy.
  13. CountVanBadger

    XNPC Ad

    Not sure what there is to be confused by. There are two ways to look at this, and I feel like both make sense. Normal life > normal life > sudden tonal shift > confusion. Main character introduction and scene setting > secondary character introduction> plot incitement > reaction.
  14. CountVanBadger

    XNPC Ad

    I came up with this to advertise XNPC when it releases. From what I've heard, meme ads get more clicks on Royal Road. What do you guys think?
  15. CountVanBadger

    What to do with backstory?

    I'm nearly done writing XNPC (the first book, anyway) and something just occurred to me: out of the seventy or so chapters that make up the book, seventeen of those chapters are flashbacks that explore the backstory of one of the main characters. How they met the rest of their party, how they...
  16. CountVanBadger

    What's your take on when the Enemy (Beautiful Female) Forces herself on MC (Male).

    Then that's fine. Not my favorite thing to happen in a story, but it's a thousand times worse if the author is just using it to act out one of their fantasies.
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    What's your take on when the Enemy (Beautiful Female) Forces herself on MC (Male).

    Depends. Is the author portraying it as rape, with all the lasting negative consequences that comes with it, or are they just trying to play it off as a kinky sex scene?
  18. CountVanBadger

    Steam Machine (aka, possibly the biggest video game announcement of the decade)

    I really feel like if Steam undercuts the other consoles and only charges $400-$500, it's entirely possible that they're going to destroy the competition so thoroughly that Nintendo will pull a Sega and have to stop making consoles and start releasing their games on their competitors' machines.
  19. CountVanBadger

    Writing From NPC to MC?

    That's pretty much the plot of XNPC summed up in four words.
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