Character Creation Spotlight - E17 - Broken with Ben Wallis [Designer]

Welcome to a special bonus episode of Character Creation Spotlight, everyone. This episode we are thrilled to welcome Ben Wallis, designer of Broken, a brilliant and heart-wrenching two-player, tragic romance, RPG about breaking hearts and breaking objects. We’ll be discussing the game, creating a few pairs of characters, and finding out all about the crowdfunding campaign!

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Ben Wallis @benjaminwallis

Twitter: https://twitter.com/benjaminwallis

Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/ThatGamerPriest

Website: https://allportsopen.com

Itch.io: https://apongames.itch.io/

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Games and Tools discussed this episode:

Broken by Ben Wallis

Itch.io: https://apongames.itch.io/broken

Timestamps:

00:00:23 - Introductions

00:03:14 - What's in a game? - Core concept for Broken

00:04:28 - Settings

00:11:45 - What materials do we need to play Broken?

00:23:44 - Let's make some people!

00:24:43 - Amelia and Ryan create a couple - Scenario

00:27:03 - Amelia and Ryan - Picking our 5 objects

00:31:41 - Amelia and Ryan - Names

00:33:33 - Amelia and Ryan - Descriptions

00:34:11 - Amelia and Ryan - 5 Traits

00:37:44 - What usually comes next

00:40:29 - Ben and Ryan create a couple - Scenario

00:42:23 - Ben and Ryan - 5 Objects

00:52:25 - Ben and Ryan - Names and Descriptions

00:54:24 - Ben and Ryan - 5 Traits

00:58:01 - Amelia and Ben create a couple - Scenarios

01:01:11 - Amelia and Ben - 5 Objects

01:03:54 - Amelia and Ben - Names and Descriptions

01:05:46 - Amelia and Ben - 5 Traits

01:08:23 - Our thoughts on the process

01:18:01 - Anything from the crowd funding campaign to point out?

01:24:11 - Episode Closer

01:25:29 - Credits

01:27:24 - Show Blurbs - One Shot

01:28:12 - Outtakes

Music:

Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)

Clip 1: The following music was used for this media project:

Music: Broken Heart by DreamHeaven

Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6575-broken-heart

License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Artist website: https://www.patreon.com/dreamheaven

Clip 2: Pod of Love Theme Music

Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/)

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