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If you read my previous post, or (let's face it) a lot of my blog, you'll know that I'm in a bit of a creative funk at the moment. And not the good kind. There was a moment in 2024, looking at the physical copy of Mothership for the first time while at Tabletop Scotland, that I really had a wave of inspiration that got me fired up to create something. I did a blog post about it, back in September 2024.
I started thinking about something new to create, but there are some limitations that are holding me back. One day, I'll go into the details. But, after a sudden burst of enthusiasm, of joyous creativity, the reality of the situation crept back in, and my motivation and drive were thoroughly beaten into submission.
Since then, there have been a couple of moments of similar inspiration. One was a video I watched called Pursue Ambitious Projects, which I covered in a blog post last year. It looked at how David Lynch and David Bowie enjoyed the freedom of doing whatever they wanted, without the limitations of commerciality, and revelled in the challenge of an ambitious project that really got them fired up and excited about things.
The other moment of real inspiration was last week, watching a video of a review of the Tabletop RPG based on Mystery Flesh Pit National Park. I'd heard vaguely about the TTRPG, and wasn't sure what to expect, but saw this video come up on my feed about RPGs getting weird and gave it a look.
While the RPG looks great, and I like the implementation of the Cypher System, it's the opening section that really inspired me. Mystery Flesh Pit National Park is a personal project of Trevor Roberts. He just started posting this weird idea on a Subreddit, and kept building upon it, creating an immersive world where this weird biological entity has been commercialised and mined by a corporation. The amazing world building, the graphic design for this fictional world is fantastic.
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It's just really inspiring. I want to be able to immerse myself in a setting and get really enthusiastic about it, just like Roberts did with the Park. Maybe soon...
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In other news, the overlords at Google decided that my blog wasn't frequent enough, or focused enough, to warrant adverts to drag in a minimal amount of revenue, and you know what? I don't care. So, no ads on the blog. Or on the Patreon.
I will, however, try to be a little more frequent than once a month, but not so much that you get sick of me.
In the meantime, check out that video about the Park, and who knows, maybe it'll inspire you too.
Stay Multi-classy!
