Lone Golem

In Lone Golem, players take on the role of an arcane robot driven to execute the commands of its lost masters while exploring a nameless island. Try to interpret and fulfill your masters' will, interact with the locals, survive harsh dangers, mend your body, and - most importantly - try piecing together the mystery of your masters' absence.

Acknowledgements

Writing this was a wonderful experience, and I hope I can do something similar again sometime.

I am grateful for DIY & dragons hosting the Second Summer LEGO RPG Jam, thus providing the creative room that helped me to finally step out of my comfort zone and participate in a game jam. The ideas for the setting, masks, and tools are loosely inspired by Lego's original Bionicle sets from 2001 (see number 8531 to 8537).

Also big thanks to everyone who helped me to finish this thing, especially everyone sharing their work via itch.io. I love the community’s DIY approach. Your templates and fonts made designing the zine so much easier.

If you have any thoughts or feedback, I would appreciate a comment or message.

Content

The game consists of a 12-page zine in PDF format. I provide two versions:

• Lone Golem_Zine_A5_Digital.pdf contains the default PDF version of the zine.
• Lone Golem_Zine_A5_Print.pdf was exported using booklet settings. To print your own zine, activate duplex mode (short side, A4) in your printer settings and just fold all the pages in half.

License

Lone Golem © 2025 by Michael Zylla is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.

Credits

Written and illustrated by Michael Zylla (gravegolem.itch.io). // Zine layout based on the Pufferfish Zine Template by Brian Bình (brianbinh.itch.io). // Body typeset in Jupiteroid by GGBotNet (ggbot.itch.io). // Tables typeset in Diffusion by Amorphous (amorphous.itch.io). // Logo and cover title typeset in Coconut by GGBotNet (ggbot.itch.io). // Cover subtitle typeset in AVA by GGBotNet (ggbot.itch.io). Dice symbol typeset in Polymath by Hedgemaze Press (hedgemazepress.itch.io). // Dungeon maps created in Dungeon Scrawl with assets from Daniel F. Walthall, DaeDae, 2 Minute Tabletop, Mark Gosbell, and Angry Golem Games.