Game designer, currently unemployed. Non-binary butch sapphic (He/him/his).
Jan 2, 2024 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
Drama debt: get credit for your conflicts.
In this mechanical system, your character starts with certain amounts of dramatic credit. Your equal share of the group spotlight credit, and action credits for your skills, powers, etc.
To do something cool and successful that moves the plot or your character arc forward, spend action credit and character spotlight equal to the magnitude of the action, from 1 (cosmetic coolness) to 10 (setting redefining awesome).
Nov 7, 2021 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
You can't efficiently force people to wear masks and get vaccinated.
Hear me out. I want everybody to do both. But you can't force it on people, especially not now that it's been turned into a ridiculous identity politics battleground. The baseline consent had shattered.
So the only way to get it done is to rebuild consent. How do you invite consent persuasively?
