An Unexpectedly Green Journey (Orc life-simulator)

Devlog

• An Unexpectedly Green Journey (Orc life-simulator)
  October 03, 2024 by James K. Isaac#fantasy, #interactive fiction, #orcs, #choicescript

  ORCTOBER HAS COME- THE HORDE IS UNLEASHED! Interactive Fiction at its most epic and brutal! An Unexpectedly Green Journey is an orc life-simulator, where, through 1.5 million words, you forge the orc... Continue reading

  
• The Green Light at the End of the Tunnel
  March 28, 2024 by James K. Isaac#IF, #cyoa, #choicescript, #fantasy, #an unexpectedly green journey

  UPDATE FULL BETA TEST v0.9, (27th March 2024):55k words added, totalling 1.54 million -Play the final act of your orc’s life into old age. - ‘Adopt’ a pup and help to influence and raise him int... Continue reading

  
• The orc who Transcended Mortality
  March 09, 2024 by James K. Isaac#choicescript, #interactive fiction, #fantasy, #orcs

  UPDATE 12: 160k words added, totalling 1.49 Million -Added a Dark Mode to heal your eyes from bright backgrounds. Select it in the game menus. -Become the chosen shaman of the Krog faith and build a h... Continue reading

  
• Jobs for the Green Boys
  January 23, 2024 by James K. Isaac#an unexpectedly green journey, #interactive fiction, #fantasy, #orcs, #choicescript

  UPDATE 11 (23rd January 2024): 130k words added, totalling 1.33 Million) -Journey along the Odd Job trial, passing through 5 settlements on the Royal Road, and become gainfully employed in a variety o... Continue reading

  
• Scourge of The Plains
  December 16, 2023 by James K. Isaac#IF, #fantasy, #An Unexpectedly Green Journey, #choicescript, #orcs

  UPDATE 10 (15th December 2023): 230k words added, totalling 1.2 Million) -Lead your warband against rivals across The Plains -Engage in the tactical use of your boar cavalry, goblin skirmishers and or... Continue reading

  
• Orcs of the Arena
  October 05, 2023 by James K. Isaac##Interactive Fiction, ##Devlog, ##Fantasy, ##ChoiceScript

  UPDATE 7 (5th October 2023): 126k words added, totalling 803k) -I have added an option on the starting screen where a playtester can skip straight to the mature orc hub. Here, decline to become a sham... Continue reading

  
• All Change on the Green Front
  October 01, 2023 by James K. Isaac#interactive fiction, #fantasy, #orc

  ALL CHANGE! I have redeveloped my RPG into a deep, wide piece of interactive fiction, in a lore-heavy fantasy world, using choicescript. Become an orc! From your first step as a whining infant, throug... Continue reading

  
• Good For Your 'Elf
  March 03, 2023 by James K. Isaac

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  #rpg, #trpg, #srpg, #fantasy, #steampunk, #orcs

  This week the elves of the Netherwood get their major settlement. Hidden in the depths of a forest, elven society had become increasingly risk-taking and militaristic. In a drawn-out war with the dwar... Continue reading

  
• Dwarves Having a Gas
  February 26, 2023 by James K. Isaac

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  #rpg, #trpg, #srpg, #orcs, #fantasy, #steampunk

  This last week I have been building some dwarven areas, under The Mountain, currently besieged by the last tribe of wild orcs. These areas need to be further populated and developed but lay the founda... Continue reading

  
• Undercard Events
  February 19, 2023 by James K. Isaac

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  #rpg, #trpg, #srpg, #fantasy, #steampunk, #orcs

  This week, I have added events to the world map's North West section. These events are simple choice-based decisions, like paragraphs from old-school gamebooks where you turn to different pages to see... Continue reading

  
• Creating Worlds
  February 12, 2023 by James K. Isaac#rpg, #trpg, #srpg, #fantasy, #steampunk, #orcs

  I am at the point now to expand the story into the wider world. To these ends, I have been developing the North West and North East parts of the map. Here, you will encounter Dwarven, Elven and Human... Continue reading

  
• Good Times at the Embassy Hotel
  February 05, 2023 by James K. Isaac#orcs, #rpg, #srpg, #trpg, #fantasy, #steampunk

  I've been away and work has been halting until the last week, but back in action now! Synrec has updated his great Tactical Battle system. It has taken me a while to reimplement the battles and the in... Continue reading

  
• The Good, The Bad and the Orcly
  January 07, 2023 by James K. Isaac#rpg, #trpg, #srpg, #fantasy, #steampunk, #orcs

  Happy New Year. I hope you all had a lovely festive season. Meanwhile, back in the world of a rising orc nation, the war with the Smallfolk Shires is reaching its conclusion. If the player has spread... Continue reading

  
• World Development
  December 18, 2022 by James K. Isaac

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  #devlog, #orcs, #fantasy, #steampunk, #rpg, #trpg, #srpg

  This week, I have been developing the South West portion of the world map. Most of the progress has been to events mentioned in the last devlog. By this stage, your orcs should have acquired their ini... Continue reading

  
• It's a Wild World
  December 11, 2022 by James K. Isaac#devlog, #steampunk, #fantasy, #orcs, #rpg, #srpg, #trpg

  I've spent the last week trying to balance stat awards for Reputation, Horde, Loot and Krog, in the earliest part of the game. I have continued to tie up dangling event threads too. However, I have al... Continue reading

  
• Rise of the Orcs
  December 03, 2022 by James K. Isaac#fantasy, #orcs, #steampunk, #trpg, #srpg, #rpg

  Your questing band of orcs are starting to see their plans come together this week. They can now tentatively explore the South West portion of the world map, although much needs to be added. Here, as... Continue reading

  
• Raider Camp and Early World Map
  November 26, 2022 by James K. Isaac#devlog, #fantasy, #steampunk, #map, #orcs

  I have been tying up loose ends to the game's opening scenes. Some sections have several ways to tackle a situation and I got a bit confused about making sure events don't overlap. The orc raider camp... Continue reading

  
• Bar Brawl
  November 19, 2022 by James K. Isaac#fantasy, #steampunk, #trpg, #srpg, #rpg, #orcs

  I've been a bit slower this week since my new book just came out and I've had to sort out things with it. If you like dark, historical fantasy, give it a read and a review. Like with games on Steam, i... Continue reading

  
• R and R at The Green Gentleman Tavern
  November 12, 2022 by James K. Isaac

  The second major area, The Green Gentleman Tavern, provides respite for parched throats after riding steampunk bikes through the night. This will be an important area, where you will start to define y... Continue reading

  
• A New Destiny for Orc-kind
  November 06, 2022 by James K. Isaac#devlog, #fantasy, #steampunk, #orc, #rpg, #trpg

  Begin your orc's journey, in a backwater dependency, called the Skids, policed by the Halflings (aka runtlings, or Smallfolk, depending on who you ask). Long ago, orcs fell from power, reduced to drun... Continue reading