Welcome to Spaceship 47

So while I decide what my next project is going to be, I’ve been exploring options. Here is a short film I made while testing out the...

When I started this project, I knew it would be quite an undertaking, combat mechanics, story, an AI system OR making it fun for the...

I was lucky enough to be invited to Triple Ace Games’ Designer Day held on 30th June at Melksham Rugby Club. I played two fun games that...

Image by Hans Braxmeier from Pixabay Dwarven Beerfest– my push-your-luck Dwarven Drinking Festival themed game published by Triple Ace...

My first game is being released THIS FRIDAY at UK Games Expo by Triple Ace Games. If you are going to UK Games Expo visit their stand...

Image from the Go First Dice website This post updates the dice portion of Attacks Revisited I came across Go First Dice a while ago and...

Photo by Jeremy Kendall In Spaceship 47, there is the main story going on – the players are trying to recruit allies, find technologies...

I have written a blog post detailing the excellent inaugural Wessex Guild of Game Designers Play test Day here. This post is a more...

This past Friday I was invited to the inaugural Wessex Guild of Game Designers Play Test day. The event started at 9:30am, but in true...

Sorry for the lateness of this blog post – I forgot today was Wednesday because of the Bank Holiday 🙂 Anyway, if everything goes to...

I discussed the game’s enemy AI in Putting the AI in Pain. While I haven’t 100% decided on how exactly the AI system will work, I have...

A long time ago I mentioned I wasn’t blogging for a couple of weeks, because I was getting another game of mine ready for Dragonmeet. It...

Image by Arek Socha from Pixabay Sorry for the lack of blog posts, but I’ve been ill. I started looking at how the first mission of the...

I’ve pretty much run out of things to blog about until I actually get the first play test completed. I am busy beavering away trying to...

One thing I wanted to do was keep an air of mystery about certain things in the game. With the entire section of the map laid out at...

Grenades There here no hexes now, so using a roll to determine the intended target is impossible. The way grenades work now is this:...

Rescuing the Chimpanzee Scientists held hostage by the Draydun Red Shadows. Avoiding the automated defences left on an abandoned planet...

With the new map system and the new Attack System, the armour the Heroes wear will need to be updated to reflect this. So here we go:...

With the new map system and the new Attack System, the weapons will need to be updated to reflect this. So here we go: Laser Pistol This...

I wrote about the maps in Spaceship 47 in There’s a Map For That. I had a lot of useful feedback about it and I think  I have come up...