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The Cozy Questlog

The Cozy Questlog

@applefordhearth.itch.io

Exploring Cozy Fantasy, Thoughtful Games, and Community-First Adventures.\

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AuDHD & Hacking my Brain by Streaming

Why I've started streaming and how it fits into my process.

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The Game Wants to Be Played!

Exploring collectables, repair, stewardship, and games.

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My Life as a Cursed Sword: A Review of Artefact

Truly, I really wanted to like Artefact. Several people pointed it out to me as comparable to my current project, Awakened Applewood. Both include conscious objects reckoning with their existence and seeking answers to questions innate to their form that have no correct answer.…

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Awakened Applewood Playtest Available

As I mentioned in my last post, I've been working on a solo journaling game set in Appleford. Well, the playtest version is available today on my itch.io page below:

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The Quest Has Changed

During my months away from the Questlog, I’ve been attending to some health matters. When I’ve been able, I’ve been creating, reconsidering, recovering, and exploring what kind of work I actually want to do, both in general and with this space.

Small Souls in a Big World: A Wanderhome Setting

There are two parallel worlds, although none can tell you where one ends and the other begins. The True world is whimsical and rich with emotion, where animalfolk live lives of gentleness, curiosity, and pastoral comfort. The Weird world is a strange, surreal mirror; a medieval…

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Re-Writing Your Adventure: Stewpot & Narrative Therapy

Stewpot is a 2025 TTRPG from Evil Hat where you and your friends play adventurers who have retired to start a tavern. The book is marketed with a cozy, slice-of-life theme, and you could even bring characters from another more traditional campaign that you’d like to retire.…

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The Journey to Define Cozy Games

I’ve been on a journey for a few months trying to understand coziness in games from a top-down perspective. I think I’ve finally found, in reading some philosophy of language, a workable answer.

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