Sunday night we were interviewed on the RandomWorlds Discord by
Full Transcipt: https://gmshoe.wordpress.com/2026/03/08/qa-matt-johnston-aj-rogers-shifters-arcane-manifold-engine/
[1:00 PM]Matt | Lategaming.com: Hey folks, I’m Matt, game designer and general nerd. I’ve been writing RPGs for around thirty years (woohoo!) and I’m here to talk about Shifters and the Arcane Manifold Engine.
[1:00 PM]Matt | Lategaming.com: (Done)
[1:01 PM]AJ | Arcane Manifold: I’m AJ, I’ve known Matt for many years, we’ve designed and built a bunch of games and worlds together (some of which are published), including the Arcane Manifold Engine (AME) that Shfters was built with.
[1:01 PM]AJ | Arcane Manifold: (Done)
[1:01 PM]zerotheory: Welcome guys! What is Shifters exactly?
[1:02 PM]Matt | Lategaming.com: Aha, Shifters is a trans dimensional occult horror game. The premise is that there’s a layer of dimensions other than our own…and things grow in them. Sometimes they grow big enough to affect our world – in very negative ways*. And the PCs are set to destroy them with an array of powers and abilities
[1:03 PM]Matt | Lategaming.com: If they don’t destroy them then Great Old One type beings will take action and destroy them – taking part of our world with it
[1:03 PM]Andy-C: Strong Silent Hill vibes there.
[1:03 PM]Matt | Lategaming.com: Yeah: Silent Hill, Nightwatch, even Stranger Things
for more, read the Full Transcipt: https://gmshoe.wordpress.com/2026/03/08/qa-matt-johnston-aj-rogers-shifters-arcane-manifold-engine/