A Silence in Heaven

Devlog

• Being an angel is hard, y'all.
  September 10, 2020 by Parenthesis Press

  Testing has been sporadic due to the number of different options a starting angel has to choose from; sussing out possible discrepancies or unforeseen interactions between Spheres, Elements, and Names... Continue reading
• Preview document now available
  July 31, 2019 by Parenthesis Press

  I've put together a mostly non-mechanical preview document for A Silence in Heaven , which is available for download now. It covers basic angel creation, core concepts, details the Spheres, Elements,... Continue reading
• The eternal struggle
  June 12, 2019 by Parenthesis Press

  The progress is slow but steady! A skeleton of mechanical resolution is in place, about 20% more of the Sphere+Element powers are written, more lore for the game has been set down (e.g., all the Archo... Continue reading
• Close to the wire
  March 24, 2019 by Parenthesis Press

  So far, the document is a bit over 6000 words now, but I still have quite a bit that I have to write to make the game complete; I expect the final tally to be around 10,000 words. Hopefully, I can com... Continue reading
• Update: more written for Spheres, Elements, and Archons
  March 19, 2019 by Parenthesis Press

  I'm getting more work done on A Silence in Heaven , having put a respectable number of words into the various Spheres, the Elements they're composed of, and the Archons that angels serve. Here's a bri... Continue reading
• Chargen is written, along with some background and lore
  March 16, 2019 by Parenthesis Press

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  Just a check-in: I'm still plugging away at the game, and have written at least the core of the character creation rules. Much of the next stage of writing is going to be generating the various gifts... Continue reading
• A hierarchy of powers
  March 09, 2019 by Parenthesis Press

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  I'm becoming more and more enamored of the idea of adapting Nobilis ' basic attribute system to this game, so let's look at how that might work. In Nobilis , you build a starting Sovereign from a blan... Continue reading
• Numbers? Or not?
  March 05, 2019 by Parenthesis Press

  I'm debating whether or not Sphere/Element combinations should have a numerical rating as well, in the tradition of standard RPG attributes, or whether the system should be completely verbally descrip... Continue reading
• Angels, Spheres, and Elements
  March 03, 2019 by Parenthesis Press

  Okay, so I’m just throwing ideas at the wall right now to see what sticks. Angels are made up of five Spheres, each of which has an associated Element. These Elements are neither the scientific elem... Continue reading
• New game jam, new game!
  March 03, 2019 by Parenthesis Press

  I've decided to jump in on the Roll to Craft game jam running this month. I'll be posting blog updates here and over on itch as I work on my entry. So far, I have a rough premise in mind: the Creator... Continue reading