November 04, 2019

Series 22.1 - Questlandia 2 with Hannah Shaffer and Evan Rowland [Designers] (Creation)

1 hour 5 minutes

Welcome to the first episode of series 22, everyone! This episode we cover character creation for Questlandia 2, get into some great discussion about game design and collaboration, and stumble into a really flattering design decision with Hannah Shaffer and Evan Rowland, designers of the game and hosts of the Design Doc podcast, also part of the One Shot Podcast Network!

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Guests and Projects:

Hannah Shaffer @hanbandit

Twitter: https://twitter.com/hanbandit

Patreon: https://patreon.com/hanbandit

Evan Rowland @adrawnnovel

Twitter: https://twitter.com/adrawnnovel

Website: http://smallflygames.com/

Make Big Things @makebigthings

Twitter: https://twitter.com/makebigthings

Website: http://makebigthings.com/

Design Doc @designdocpod

Twitter: https://twitter.com/designdocpod

Website: http://oneshotpodcast.com/interview-discussion/design-doc/

Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Announcements

00:02:38 - Introductions

00:05:00 - What’s in a game?

00:07:37 - What do we need to play this game?

00:10:44 - Is there a reason to go with custom materials?

00:15:38 - What sort of stories and themes does this game explore?

00:22:44 - The history of Questlandia

00:28:07 - How is it collaborating vs not?

00:33:31 - Playtesting

00:40:53 - Terms and Concepts

00:43:16 - Let’s make some people!

00:56:41 - Our Choices

01:00:02 - Episode Closer

01:01:57 - Show Blurbs (Session Zero)

Transcripts

https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-221-questlandia-2-with-hannah-shaffer-and-evan-rowland-designers-creation/transcript

Music:

Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)

Clip 1: Music from https://filmmusic.io "With a Creation" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Clip 2: Design Doc Intro/outro theme by Pat King (https://www.woodpenny.com)

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/)

Games discussed this episode:

Questlandia

Webpage: http://makebigthings.com/questlandia-rpg/

Questlandia 2

Itch.io: Coming Soon at https://makebigthings.itch.io/

Our Podcast:

Character Creation Cast:

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Amelia Antrim:

Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning)

Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/

Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/)

G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast)

Ryan Boelter:

Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune)

Website: https://lordneptune.com

Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG)

Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod)

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