[GalNet News] Mercy's Reach Beyond the Game (Patreon)

[Picture above: A placeholder cover for the first Mercy's Reach novel(s)]

It's hard to find a balance between story and mechanics, with visual mediums, there's less that has to be done with explanations, many can see the characters and know what their roles are and within a tabletop game, much of the story is derived from user experience. That doesn't mean that the Heroes of Mercy or the Centauri Federation Hive don't have significant stories, which we hope to explore in depth as the venture continues, while making a rulebook for the game is one of the priority items, initial releases will be more focused on mechanics, and condensed ones at that so we can get people playing without having to turn to and translate other systems.

If kickstarting works out well, we will do our best to expand on the game's assets, but in the meantime, there's already a framework draft and enough fluff/lore extrapolations for at least 3 whole novels, which with some luck can be completed rather quickly once there's some breathing room in the production schedule. For other media, we hope to venture into the realms of video games, in particular, our first goal is a metroidvania for the relative ease these style of games offer in creation. The next level of ambition would be a turn based RPG, perhaps using the Shadowrun Returns system.

Who knows what the future will truly bring, but for now, there's more than enough to keep everyone busy with putting the finishing touches on a product that will hopefully bring much inspiration and many fun adventures of your own!