Hi everyone! I want to thank everyone again who downloaded my new game, Colossus! This is really making my dreams come true to see so many people interested in this passion project of mine!

Today I want to talk about how I came up with the concept for Colossus. It was in the magical land of 2013 in a place called Ohio. I had just moved there the year before and was separated from my friends and family in Louisiana. All I had was time to myself, and I used that time to write fiction. I wrote tons of stories and first drafts I never published, but one such story I DID publish: A novella named Bizarre. 

Bizarre is the tale of a Scout who ventures into the Tower of Eden for a mysterious purpose, led there by a talking serpent. The Scout's goal is to reach the top of the Tower, and he goes floor by floor encountering both new allies and danger all while remembering his tragic past that connects to the present events.

Bizarre acts as a prequel to the events of Colossus. It's set about fifty years before. After I wrote Bizarre, I attempted to write a book called Colossus, which is how I came up with the lore and characters of the Spire. 

Alas, I never finished the novel Colossus, but I kept all my notes. Years later when I found TTRPGs, I decided to make my own and wanted a unique setting. I remembered Colossus and found my old notes, and the results are here on itch.io for you for free.

If you want to read Bizarre, you can find it under my dead pen name Sarah Osborn on Draft2Digitial online for $2.99. It's a relatively short story and even though it reeks of my 19 year old sense of self it's still very close and dear to my heart.

It's not necessary reading in order to play Colossus, however. Feel free to skip it if novellas and heavy-handed allegories aren't your thing. But go ahead and give Colossus a chance if you're a solo gamer who loves Post-Apocalyptic action.