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Message: <blockquote data-quote="junsey" data-source="post: 9711255" data-attributes="member: 7045356">Hey everyone,A little over a year ago, I released my first tabletop RPG: Your World Has Been Deleted. Before that, I had only worked on board games. Unfortunately, my last board game had left me completely broke — I didn’t have a single coin to invest — but I still wanted to write and publish something.So, I went ahead anyway. I created the game using AI-generated illustrations — a controversial decision depending on who you ask, but that’s not really the topic here. Since I couldn’t afford artwork, I chose to release the game as pay-what-you-want, with the option to download it for free. It felt like a fair trade. To my surprise, quite a few people donated — and I used that money as part of the funding for my next game: Nights in the Neighborhood.That one just came out recently. Thanks to those initial donations, a bit of my own salary, and a bit more experience, I was able to commission real artwork and turn it into something I’m truly proud of. Along the way, I learned layout design and refined my character sheet formatting — skills that I didn't have before.So, why am I telling you all this?Well, right now I’m working on a brand-new game with a bigger team. But while that's in production, I found myself with a little time to revisit Your World Has Been Deleted. I decided to create a second edition — mainly to re-layout the whole thing in a more polished, readable, and visually coherent format. I also refined the mechanics and added new systems that better match the tone of the game.Initially, my idea was simple: update the existing product with a new layout, new mechanics, and new cover art — but leave the old AI illustrations inside. I even commissioned a new cover from a very promising young artist from Buenos Aires, Argentina, who goes by El Panaderalken. He had some free time between projects, and I decided to invest a bit to make this new edition look different, at least on the outside. (You can see the new cover attached.)But now I’m stuck with a decision — and I’d love your opinion.Option 1: Stick with the plan. Update the existing game with its new layout, new content, and a fresh cover, but leave the AI art inside. Keep it free or pay-what-you-want like the original.Option 2: Take more time, invest more money, replace all the AI art with real illustrations, and publish it as a separate, paid second edition. I’m unsure if that would feel like a betrayal to the people who supported the original free version… or if the game now deserves a full, clean version with consistent, human-made art.So, what would you do in my place?Thanks for reading this far, and for being part of a community where creators can ask questions like these.[ATTACH=full]412089[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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