Something's about to go terribly wrong aboard the Adamant Lapis. Amongst stacks of unremarkable rock samples, gravel, and ore, there's a large and featureless sphere that does absolutely nothing;
Unless you're already dead.
Dead Weight is a self-published indie TTRPG module for the Mothership RPG system. It focuses on clear information-design and layout to ensure it's intuitive and clear to read, even when used as a reference document mid-session.
More information available at the project's
itch.io page
The map spreads reprint subsections of the primary map, to give spatial context to each room description.
Each room uses indentation and careful emphasis to clearly convey it's contents, even when skim-read.
The book's visual language was also pulled through into the promotional pages, with adjustments for the specific formatting and conventions of each website.
A significant portion of the target audience tend to make home-printed copies of their booklets, so the book and printouts avoid printing on the page edges. This, combined with the strictly black-and-while color, ensures that home-printed copies can still be made to a high level of quality without specialty printing or cutting equipment.
The teaser trailer for the crowdfunding page reuses assets from other areas of the project, combining them into a short motion graphic.