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Design Doc episodes
- How to Compare Roleplaying Games
Hannah and Evan talk about the quest to thrive in the shadows of the world's most popular RPGs. An episode about how to compare every roleplaying game to the big ones, for the good.
https://www.patreon.com/turtlebun
- Intro/Outro theme by Pat King
- Addtl music: New Ages 1 by Little Dog Big Ears
46 min - Deluxe Edition
Hannah and Evan discuss the trials and tribulations of offering a "deluxe" version of a game on Kickstarter. How do you balance the quality, the complexity, and the pressure to compete with mass-produced games?
Theme song by Pat King
Editing by Jeff Stormer of Party of One Podcast
1 hr 7 min - Everything Old Is New Again
We sold out of Questlandias, and have decided to revamp it for the next print run! We talk about returning to our first game with both appreciation for what it is, and an intention to improve it.
Theme song by Pat King
Editing by Jeff Stormer of Party of One Podcast
47 min - Scopeful Optimism
We talk about what makes a game's scope big or small, why Q2 has taken so long, and all the projects we've made in the meantime.
Support Design Doc on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/turtlebun
57 min - Designing a Game Design Workday
We talk about how we've redesigned the structure of our workday, because boundaries around work are important even when—and ESPECIALLY when—it's work you love.
Design doc intro/outro theme: by Pat King
Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/turtlebun
58 min - The Games You Want to Make, The Life You Want to Live
We sit down for an unplanned recording of Design Doc when Evan says something sad.
Note: This episode discusses the toll that work can take on physical and mental health.
End of episode donation notes:
- The Okra Project - https://www.theokraproject.com/
- Black Mental Health Alliance - https://blackmentalhealth.com/
- Bail Fund List - https://bailfunds.github.io/
Music:
- Design Doc Intro/Outro theme by Pat King
- New Ages I by Little Dog Big Ears
33 min - Burnout
In this episode we talk about completing a project that made us our own worst bosses and what it's like coming back from burnout.
Link to re-launched Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/turtlebun
41 min - The Ski Bike
Its purpose, the act of creation. Its destiny, unknowable. Today's episode is about a bike on skis.
- Design Doc intro theme by Pat King.
- Intermission and outro music, New Ages I by Little Dog Big Ears.
10 min - Breaking up with Character Creation
Character creation in Questlandia 1 lasted two hours. Character creation in Questlandia 2 is five minutes. What changed?
Intro/Outro music: by Pat King
1 hr 1 min - When to Add Ghosts to Your Game
The junk poets are changing again. This time, maybe in a spoooooky way.
We talk again about the junk poets as GMing tools and making them less corporeal, but more present than ever.
- Design Doc Intro/outro theme: Pat King
- Intermission music: New Ages 1 by Little Dog Big Ears
- Design Doc on twitter: @designdocpod
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About Design Doc
From the publisher's feed
Come along with Hannah and Evan in a living documentation of the game design process, from the first spark of an idea, to every disastrous surprise. It’s not an instruction manual, but a travel guide,…
with lots of unexpected stops along the way.
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