Those of you that talk to me outside of Threadless know that I work on a few projects with my old roommate Robert. Actually, anyone that actually reads my profile over there knows it, too. Last week I finally finished the huge overhaul to the battle system I was whining to everybody about, and we seem to be doing okay. We've logged almost 600 battles, which isn't bad in a week with a couple hundred active players.

I was talking to Nate the other night about working on it and he surprised me by going and signing up (He's "Lay Ocean." How cute is that?). Now, he hasn't played since he signed up, but that's just because he's Nate. :) But it occurred to me that maybe some other people here might want to play it. Some of you seem to be gamers.

It's called "Survival Guide: Dust Settles." It used to be just "Survival Guide: The Game," as a kind of emergency name that lasted about a year … but since we've started working on a sequel of sorts we finally renamed it. It also sounds better. It's set in a post-apocalyptic world, after nuclear war has devastated the planet. It's a topic much loved in films but thus far hardly touched in games (Thank God for Fallout!). You've started a camp of refugees and need to do more than just survive, you need to prosper. It's basically turn-based strategy. You acquire turns over time and spend them building up your camp, exploring, and eventually attacking other camps, if you choose. There's a manual with more detailed information and a newbie guide with some basic starting info.

It's probably too late to win the round, but there will be others, and you don't always have to win to have fun. At least, I keep telling myself that …

Anyway, check it out if you want: Survival Guide: Dust Settles.