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

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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
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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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