Welcome back to the monthly design diaries series of 2026 where I am holding myself accountable toward putting out more games.

 

We're back to talk more Gardens of Rust, the post-catastrophe survival and community rebuilding game by myself and Christian from the DMs After Dark. 

 

In episode 2 I walk through the Character Creation process and create two different characters to try and show the breadth of characters you may be going into this game with!

 

Hopefully this gets you excited and thinking about the types of characters you'd want to bring to the post-collapse world who can rebuild a community and new life in the Rust. Definitely join the DMs After Dark Discord or email me to tell me about a character idea, we can build it together!

 

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Music in the Episode (in order of appearance):

Rene Plays Games Theme written & produced by Dan Pomfret | @danfrombothbands