Intro 00:00 Listener Responses 00:45 New Audience Question, when did you get hooked on Trails? 08:45 What is a quest? 11:30 Side quests vs main quests and locking important information behind optional material 14:45 What makes a sidequest a side quest? 20:30 Sidequests and "true" or "golden" ending 23:30 Hidden quests 30:30 What makes a good sidequest 35:00 Quest rewards 38:15 Quest rewards in Trails 40:15 Different ways of doing quests 42:30

Intro 00:00 Listener Responses 00:45 New Audience Question, when did you get hooked on Trails? 08:45 What is a quest? 11:30 Side quests vs main quests and locking important information behind optional material 14:45 What makes a sidequest a side quest? 20:30 Sidequests and "true" or "golden" ending 23:30 Hidden quests 30:30 What makes a good sidequest 35:00 Quest rewards 38:15 Quest rewards in Trails 40:15 Different ways of doing quests 42:30

Ep. 9 -- Side-Quest Design

Colin has played all of the Trails (Kiseki) games currently available in English; Kevin is a newcomer to the series and has only played through Trails of Cold Steel 1.  Together they embark on a journey to play through the entire series in a slow, systematic fashion.  Both Colin and Kevin come from an academic background, and apply their scholarly training to the Trails series in their quest to treat video games as the artistic products they are.

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Colin has played all of the Trails (Kiseki) games currently available in English; Kevin is a newcomer to the series and has only played through Trails of Cold Steel 1. Together they embark on a journey to play through the entire series in a slow, systematic fashion. Both Colin and Kevin come from an academic background, and apply their scholarly training to the Trails series in their quest to treat video games as the artistic products they are.

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Ep. 9 -- Side-Quest Design

Ep. 9 -- Side-Quest Design