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To help me get back into the swing of things, and explain why I've been unable to post, I went back and visited something from our Solo Series.

I wanted to talk through what has been keeping me from making. Also thought it would be a good way to show off the kind of content I make for [Quest Markers] our Patreon exclusive podcast.

So in this week's episode I talk through my recent run of bad health, explain one way to get back into creating, and I do all while playing My Favourite Pilot!!

This week's episode of solo is a super short one!

We're playing a single person graffiti RPG.

It asks you to put yourself in the role of a pilot, likely about to die in battle, writing your final goodbye on the inside of your giant robots cockpit, like all those that came before you.

And you do this by writing poetry on a building.

You can see what the finished poem looked like by checking out the album art for this track, or heading over to our website.

CW: Alcohol

In following with the example set by the festival. I would like to acknowledge the Awabakal and Worimi peoples, who are the traditional custodians of the land the festival was held on, and that this podcast was made on. I pay respect to their elders past and present as well as to any listeners with a connection to the world’s oldest continuing culture. I would also like to acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded and this always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

National Young Writers Festival happens every year in early October, in Newcastle Australia.

It is part of a collection of arts festivals that happen as part of This Is Not Art festival.

It's free to attended, and offers workshops, panels, comedy sets, poetry readings, and more!

It's made up of artists from all over the place, getting together, and sharing their creative energy, insight, and skills with each other and the public.

I want more game makers to attend, and more importantly; I want them on panels!

Let us see if I can convince you, while I pay homage to The Mixed Six.

Find more from nywf on their website: https://youngwritersfestival.org/

In following with the example set by the festival. I would like to acknowledge the Awabakal and Worimi peoples, who are the traditional custodians of the land the festival was held on, and that this podcast was made on. I pay respect to their elders past and present as well as to any listeners with a connection to the world’s oldest continuing culture. I would also like to acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded and this always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

The first in our series of content recorded for, about, and at the National Young Writers Festival here in Newcastle. This is an Actual Play of hacked version of Ash McAllan's game Oracle.

Elyce Phillips, Soo-Min Shim, and Chloe Alison Escott, join Ray on a journey to find Arts Funding. Recorded in front of a live audience, it was a hilarious adventure as well as being full of many firsts. We hope you enjoy.

[Note: we did our best with the editing of the sound quality, but it was a noisy space.]

This week we have a special interview with my partner, and collaborator Rae.

We've been working on a poetry board game together. In it you write poems about the rooms of a house you imagine yourself to be exploring. There are prompts about the contents of the house to help you, and at the end you do a reading of your house poems.

It's called Architype and we thought interviewing Rae would be a fun way to introduce it to you.

https://twitter.com/wings_humming

https://raycox.itch.io/architype

This week were talking to Blake.

Blake is a creator from the Seattle area of the US. They've recently been growing their presence in the game design community by taking part in a lot of game jams. I've been enjoying following their work, and hearing their voice in the community.

Twitter https://twitter.com/fencedforest

Itch https://fencedforest.itch.io/

In The Ocean is a micro rpg with prompt cards that ask you to answer questions about the world, or play out scenes from your past.

In it you play as a mech pilot stranded on an ocean planet, watching the battle overhead. As you wait for rescue you remember your past.

It's a pretty excellent game, and I hadn't thought about it during the recording but it could be an excellent way to build the setting for a more expansive mech game.

If you'd like to get a copy, you can find it on itch: https://marzipanstorm.itch.io/in-the-ocean

Just a little quick update about why we were unable to post a new episode this week.

Soup is the creator of As I Imagine The Falling Rain, an RPG we played on Solo. We had a lovely discussion about the layout of the game, and how that informs your play. We also talked about the RPG design course that pushed Soup to start making more games.

Itch: https://literalsoup.itch.io/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LiteralSoup

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0nPdOEG7UF9KSk4BiAb2Sc?si=05gmPUP_QUSZn5o8z2R4Yg

This week is a bonus episode of solo a RPG about a mech being rebooted after a long time alone. We'll explore that loneliness, andand the new world our mech awakens in.

If you want to play Reclaimed for yourself, you can buy it here: https://elibees.itch.io/reclaimed