Front book cover. Cultists worship in a circle. Overzealous logo.

Back book cover. A diabolical temple with skulls and urns.

I got my hands on the first print copies of #Overzealous! Looking just how I wanted on the initial skim through. #devlog

Good Morning!
When you phone your GP for one thing and they force you to do two other things, both nasty and invasive 😑
#overzealous #writerslife #coffee

Overzealous: Your cult has no chill! A pen-and-paper solo RPG about some overenthusiastic cultists… and you, the god they’ll summon if they can just stay focused.

Note that I’m closing late pledges for #Overzealous soon.

Be an outsider god. Contend with your bloodthirsty cult of overenthusiastic zealots who are dragging their heels on getting you summoned. If you're interested in this solo #TTRPG premise, get in quickly!

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Overzealous: Your cult has no chill! A pen-and-paper solo RPG about some overenthusiastic cultists… and you, the god they’ll summon if they can just stay focused.

There's a couple of days left in the campaign for #Overzealous! In this solo RPG you’re an outsider god hoping to bring your wisdom and benevolence into a new reality... but you’re a poor match for your bloodthirsty pack of overenthusiastic cultists.

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Tick-tock-tock game design Let's talk a bit about prototyping, i.e., creating the foundation of a game as the first step before iterating on the design. I sometimes us...

It's less fun to go around in predictable circles, tick tock tick tock tick tock.

Here's a lengthy blogpost version with a bunch of examples from my current game, #Overzealous: periaptgames.blogspot.com/2026/02/tick...

Overzealous: Your cult has no chill! A pen-and-paper solo RPG about some overenthusiastic cultists… and you, the god they’ll summon if they can just stay focused.

#Overzealous is an irreverent pen-and-paper solo game about a bunch of overenthusiastic cultists… and you, the god they’ll summon if you can keep them focused long enough.

Mayhem! Heresy! Stubbornness! Grave-robbing! Cartoon violence! Way too many candles!

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Overzealous: Your cult has no chill! A pen-and-paper solo RPG about some overenthusiastic cultists… and you, the god they’ll summon if they can just stay focused.

I’m banging the drum about #Overzealous! A solo pen-and-paper #TTRPG. You’re an outsider god hoping to enter a new reality, but you’re a poor match for your bloodthirsty pack of overenthusiastic cultists. Dice-based mayhem and silly cartoon violence galore!

Page showing some of the things that can afflict your cult like 'Diabolism' and 'Plague', the in-game consequences, and the tabbed page edges for navigation.

I've been tuning up the Overzealous visuals as I get closer to book production.

🔺 Tweaking iconography and colour
🔺 Improved heading fonts
🔺 Changed page number style and placement for readability
🔺 Dialed in the book's navigation tabs

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#Overzealous #devlog

Overzealous: Your cult has no chill! A pen-and-paper solo RPG about some overenthusiastic cultists… and you, the god they’ll summon if they can just stay focused.

Overzealous! The pen-and-paper game of trying to stop your cultists sacrificing each other to Your glory. Crowdfunding now!
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#Overzealous #shameless #selfpromotion

The Overzealous title uses the Moonrock, So Run Down, and Witch’s Scroll typefaces.

Three gleeful cultists getting into trouble. Art by Evlyn Moreau.

My battered old copy of Guards! Guards!. Plus a little companion zine I’ve been working on.

22 of the various cultists. Art by Gordy Higgins.

I wrote a #devlog about the inspirations and illustrations for #Overzealous!

The one-sentence version: "Out-of-control fantasy cultists in a cute cartoon style" is a compelling idea, and I've read or played lots of things with elements of that.

The full post: www.kickstarter.com/projects/per...

Overzealous: Your cult has no chill! A pen-and-paper solo RPG about some overenthusiastic cultists… and you, the god they’ll summon if they can just stay focused.

Have you heard me mention #Overzealous? It's a solo #TTRPG in which you (an ancient eldritch god) must deal with overenthusiastic and highly distractable cultists long enough to enter the world of mortals. Jam-packed with dice-based cartoon mayhem!

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FUCK. Made the wrong cut on a rubber alteration and now the whole piece is TOAST. Sucks ass. At least they were one sale but will probably have trouble sleeping tonight.

#rubbercraft #woops #overzealous

Overzealous: Your cult has no chill! A pen-and-paper solo RPG about some overenthusiastic cultists… and you, the god they’ll summon if they can just stay focused.

Really pleased that #Overzealous is so close to funding already! This is a solo #TTRPG in which you (an ancient alien god) have to deal with overenthusiastic and highly distractable cultists long enough to enter the world of mortals. It’s jam-packed with dice-based cartoon mayhem!

Overzealous: Your cult has no chill! A pen-and-paper solo RPG about some overenthusiastic cultists… and you, the god they’ll summon if they can just stay focused.

I’ve just launched #Overzealous! A pen-and-paper solo #RPG about a bunch of overenthusiastic cultists… and you, the god they’ll summon if they can stay focused long enough.

Bickering! Mayhem! Hobbyist graverobbing! Cartoon violence! Way too many candles!

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Cultists? Excellent

They shall perform the summoning

You gently nudge their minds...

And with their eager cooperation...

Had fun puppeteering these little cultists around for my animation. #Overzealous is launching soon! A solo #TTRPG of cult mayhem and being an exasperated god.

Check it out here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/per...

Coming soon: Overzealous: Your cult has no chill! A pen-and-paper solo RPG about some overenthusiastic cultists… and you, the god they’ll summon if they can just stay focused.

So close to 50 project followers! This evening I tinkered with a bunch of animation tools while working on the Kickstarter video. Seeing if I can turn Gordy H's fun little cultist drawings into a tumultuous moving mess. #Overzealous

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Coming soon: Overzealous: Your cult has no chill! A pen-and-paper solo RPG about some overenthusiastic cultists… and you, the god they’ll summon if they can just stay focused.

Oh hey what a weird coincidence is that #Overzealous? Weird

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Coming soon: Overzealous: Your cult has no chill! A pen-and-paper solo RPG about some overenthusiastic cultists… and you, the god they’ll summon if they can just stay focused.

For #selfpromosaturday I'd love to get some more eyes on #Overzealous, my upcoming solo RPG of cultist management and cartoon mayhem. We're kicking off as soon as next week: can we get to 50 followers before then?
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We arrive @ the #mainevent & it's tough 2 call. #BronBreakker comes out #hot like we expect & #CMPunk proves resilient. U never know @ his age but he's hanging in there. The kid gets a little #overzealous which is also no #surprise. It's also no shock when #PaulHeyman runs defense & the...

Coming soon: Overzealous: Your cult has no chill! A pen-and-paper solo RPG about some overenthusiastic cultists… and you, the god they’ll summon if they can just stay focused.

I'm almost ready to go with Overzealous: a solo TTRPG in which you play as a benevolent outsider god, poorly mismatched to your cultists. They're bloodthirsty maniacs who just can't stay focused! Cartoon mayhem ensues.
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#selfpromosaturday #Overzealous

Coming soon: Overzealous: Your cult has no chill! A pen-and-paper solo RPG about some overenthusiastic cultists… and you, the god they’ll summon if they can just stay focused.

I've got some little free games on itch, like periapt-games.itch.io/break-contai..., a bookmark game where you break out of a SCP-inspired black site. And #Overzealous is coming up soon – be a god and try to get summoned by your poorly-aligned, squabbling cult!

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Coming soon: Overzealous: Your cult has no chill! A pen-and-paper solo RPG about some overenthusiastic cultists… and you, the god they’ll summon if they can just stay focused.

I've been releasing little free games on itch, like periapt-games.itch.io/break-contai..., where you break out of a SCP-style facility. There's also #Overzealous, my upcoming KS about a god trying to get summoned by a poorly-aligned, squabbling cult!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/per...

Coming soon: Overzealous: Your cult has no chill! A pen-and-paper solo RPG about some overenthusiastic cultists… and you, the god they’ll summon if they can just stay focused.

#Overzealous is a solo RPG about an eldritch god hoping to get successfully summoned by a highly distractable cult. Sign up to get notified when the cartoon mayhem begins! #SelfPromoSaturday

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Coming soon: Overzealous: Your cult has no chill! A pen-and-paper solo RPG about some overenthusiastic cultists… and you, the god they’ll summon if they can just stay focused.

Bom bom bom... I am beating the ritual drum for #Overzealous, my upcoming game about a god trying to get summoned by a highly distractable cult. Sign up to get notified when the cartoon mayhem begins! #SelfPromoSaturday

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Coming soon: Overzealous: Your cult has no chill! A pen-and-paper solo RPG about some overenthusiastic cultists… and you, the god they’ll summon if they can just stay focused.

In my latest test game of #Overzealous I amassed quite the heap of psychic imminence despite ongoing schisms. In the end, my cultists got too distracted making tentacle monsters fight Pokemon-style to actually summon their god into the world.

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Page spread. Title pages for Overzealous in black and white with a touch of red.

Page spread. Chapter heading: Orison. Picture of altar. Example of play.

Page spread. Section laying out the stats: Imminence, Cultists, Divergence, Fervour, Monstrosity. Winning and losing the game.

Some pages in progress from #Overzealous for #WIPWednesday. I'm going for minimalist colour & maximalist cartoon mayhem!

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#Kickstarter #devlog

Black-and-white page with numeric paths for five stats to follow: Imminence, Cultists, Divergence, Fervour, Monstrosity. Numerous strange embellishments, such as a tentacle windings its way around one path.

Did some work on the stat tracker for Overzealous (my cartoonish cult mayhem game). Really trying to find that line between 'busy' and 'preposterous'

#Overzealous #devlog

Smooth vs Chunky game design Sometimes it helps to look at game design through the " Smooth  or  Chunky " lens. What do these terms mean? Well, they encapsulate certain ...

🥛smooth🥛 vs 🥜chunky🥜 game design principles, put together as an honest-to-god blogpost as if it were the year 2010:

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#gamedev #blogpost #Overzealous

Lots more tweaks. Plus I've been working on my tiny 8-page zine to go with it!
#devlog #Overzealous

Eight bloodthirsty hooded cartoon cultists. They have sickles, staves, bows, daggers, books, severed heads, etc.

Having fun just arranging groups of these little guys
#devlog #Overzealous