Project Tempest

Project Tempest

By C J HalbardSociety & CultureArtsLeisureVideo Games
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Project Tempest episodes

  • Creative tangles and American buffalo
    The next Project Tempest story is nearly done! It's been quite the tangle, but navigating strange waters keeps the job interesting.
    Mentioned:
    Contact us on [email protected] if you're a creator who can hold a good conversation and would like to have that conversation on the podcast.
    https://www.amazon.com/Last-Stand-George-Grinnell-Buffalo/dp/0803226802 (Last Stand: George Bird Grinnell, the Battle to Save the Buffalo, and the Birth of the New West), by Michael Punke, author of The Revenant. In the last three decades of the nineteenth century, an American buffalo herd once numbering 30 million animals was reduced to twenty-three...
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    Find us at https://www.project-tempest.net/podcast (www.project-tempest.net/podcast)
    Subscribe on https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/project-tempest/id1526742214 (Apple Podcasts), https://open.spotify.com/show/77bGURenaUZGlOeEJ5GDbv (Spotify), https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5jYXB0aXZhdGUuZm0vcHJvamVjdC10ZW1wZXN0Lw (Google Play) or directly on https://project-tempest.captivate.fm/listen (Captivate). If you enjoy the Project Tempest podcast please consider rating it 5 stars, this really helps us out. Thanks!
    Comments to [email protected]
    Get the acclaimed Project Tempest novella https://www.project-tempest.net/1862 (1862) free for a limited time at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1001614 (Smashwords)
    Producer for this podcast is Kearin Armstrong.
    15 min
  • Ed McRae, writer & narrative designer

    A rollicking conversation with Ed McRae, kiwi LitRPG author, narrative designer and narrative paramedic for the video games industry. Ed's been a screenwriter and story designer for over 13 years, and was lead writer on the hit online RPG Path of Exile.

    Follow Ed at www.edmcrae.com.

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    Outline:

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    (01:23) - Introduction 

    (02:37) - Recent narrative experiences: The Haunting of Hill House, Spiritfarer by Thunder Lotus Games, Kingdom Two Crowns, Oxenfree, Grim Dawn

    (20:42) - Narrative structure evolution: gameplay and story. Dungeon Keeper, Grand Theft Auto, A Dark Room, Dead Space, Resident Evil

    (29:55) - Formative narrative experiences: Needful Things by Stephen King, The Invisibles by Grant Morrison, The Sandman by Neil Gaiman

    (45:17) - What’s next? Self-publishing, and new audiences. Alan Moore, Warlock: Reign of Blood, LitRPG, Tempest Bay, Skulls of Atlantis

    (69:02) - New Zealand/Aotearoa creatives, Horror: schlock horror/dark comedy, Black Sheep, The Locals, Bad Taste. Swedish horror and Scandi noir. 

    Mentioned:

    Spiritfarer, a cozy management game about dying.

    The Haunting of Hill House on Netflix, a ghost story.

    The Invisibles by Grant Morrison, a 90s comic about a secret organisation battling against physical and psychic oppression using time travel, magic, meditation, and physical violence.

    Needful Things by Stephen King, about a monster that brings out what’s monstrous in everyday people. 

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    Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play or directly on Captivate. If you enjoy the Project Tempest podcast please consider rating it 5 stars, this really helps us out. Thanks!

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    1 hr 26 min
  • Sunlit hills and twisted adventures
    A quick catchup on the Wellington weather, what's next for Project Tempest, and a couple of haunting adventure games.
    Mentioned:
    https://www.failbettergames.com/sunless/ (Sunless Sea), in which Victorian-era London has been moved beneath the earth's surface to the edge of the Unterzee, a vast underground ocean.
    http://kentuckyroutezero.com/ (Kentucky Route Zero), a magic realist adventure game, with deep shades of David Lynch.
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    Find us at https://www.project-tempest.net/podcast (www.project-tempest.net/podcast)
    Subscribe on https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/project-tempest/id1526742214 (Apple Podcasts), https://open.spotify.com/show/77bGURenaUZGlOeEJ5GDbv (Spotify), https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5jYXB0aXZhdGUuZm0vcHJvamVjdC10ZW1wZXN0Lw (Google Play) or directly on https://project-tempest.captivate.fm/listen (Captivate). If you enjoy the Project Tempest podcast please consider rating it 5 stars, this really helps us out. Thanks!
    Comments to [email protected]
    Get the acclaimed Project Tempest novella https://www.project-tempest.net/1862 (1862) free for a limited time at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1001614 (Smashwords)
    Producer for this podcast is Kearin Armstrong.
    16 min
  • Welcome to Tempest Bay
    A quick preview of the Tempest Bay podcast, to whet your whistle and help you know if this is something you might be into.
    I'm C J Halbard. I live in Wellington, New Zealand, near the ends of the earth.
    We're building an imaginary place called Tempest Bay and filling it with stories. Quirky, very human stories about people living their lives in a world going mad.
    Along the way, we'll connect with other creators, having in-depth conversations about their inspirations, struggles, and obsessions.
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    Find us at https://www.project-tempest.net/podcast (www.project-tempest.net/podcast)
    Subscribe on https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/project-tempest/id1526742214 (Apple Podcasts), https://open.spotify.com/show/77bGURenaUZGlOeEJ5GDbv (Spotify), https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5jYXB0aXZhdGUuZm0vcHJvamVjdC10ZW1wZXN0Lw (Google Play) or directly on https://project-tempest.captivate.fm/listen (Captivate). If you enjoy the Project Tempest podcast please consider rating it 5 stars, this really helps us out. Thanks!
    Comments to [email protected]
    Get the acclaimed Project Tempest novella https://www.project-tempest.net/1862 (1862) free for a limited time at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1001614 (Smashwords)
    Producer for this podcast is Kearin Armstrong.
    7 min

About Project Tempest

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New Zealand author C J Halbard talks with creators from around the globe about their journeys, struggles, and inspirations. From video games to movies, comic books to horror novels, what makes us all tick?