It’s back and there are 17 days left to submit a game.
If you don’t already know there are a ton of one pagers out there. Lots of people know games like Honey Heist and Lasers and Feelings. Once a year there’s a big drive to make more.
It’s not a contest, nothing gets ranked or judged so it’s a nice easy way in to game design. The optional prompt is Rumours and Secrets.
I’ve made a game called X’s in their Eyes and it’s a GMless competitive game about going onto a big TV talent show with the the aim of killing off one of the judges in a manufactured performance accident.
If you can pare it down to its core elements anything is possible.
I can definitely do a mystery. The part I’m struggling with is the Victorian setting. That might end up as just flavoring because I don’t know if i can find a way to get the feel right on one page