April 12, 2021

Series 38.2 - Blue Planet: Recontact with Jeff Barber [Designer] (Creation Continued)

1 hour 40 minutes

Welcome to the second episode of Series 38! This series we welcome Jeff Barber back to the studio to cover the brand new version of a game we covered 32 series ago, Blue Planet: Recontact, a sci-fi game about life on an alien, ocean world. This episode we finish creating our characters!! Also, make sure to check the show notes for the Blue Planet Kickstarter page as well as the #Reviews4Good campaign that Podchaser is doing this whole month of April!

Announcements:

Blue Planet: Recontact Kickstarter:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1875712273/blue-planet-recontact

Podchaser #Reviews4Good Campaign:

https://www.podchaser.com/articles/reviews4good/reviews4good-2021

Character Creation Cast Podchaser Page:

https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast

Leave us reviews in any, or all, of these places:

Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1

Character Creation Cast on Podchaser

https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast

Guests and Projects:

Jeff Barber @BiohazardJeff

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BiohazardJeff

Website: https://www.biohazardgamespublishing.com/

Games discussed this episode:

Blue Planet: Recontact by Jeff Barber

Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1875712273/blue-planet-recontact

Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Announcements

00:03:59 - Recap

00:04:28 - Profile - Goals Motivations and Attitudes

00:09:30 - Attributes

00:15:14 - Focus Attributes

00:25:58 - Strain

00:28:46 - Skill Sets

00:44:22 - Our Origin Skill Sets

00:45:52 - Our Background Skill Sets

00:46:53 - Our Occupation Skill Sets

00:47:23 - Our Experiential Skill Sets

00:48:01 - Our Developmental Skill Sets

00:49:56 - Tags

00:54:50 - Tracks - Creating a campaign track

00:58:52 - Creating a more personal track

01:01:42 - Ties and Names

01:14:39 - Actual Age vs Apparent Age

01:18:17 - Features

01:21:56 - Biomods

01:28:39 - Gear

01:29:16 - We did it!

01:29:40 - Episode Closer

01:30:27 - Call To Action

01:34:47 - Credits

01:36:42 - Show Blurbs: Campaign

Transcripts

https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-382-blue-planet-recontact-with-jeff-barber-designer-creation-continued/transcript

Music:

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

Clip 1: Diving In The Oceans Of Kepler by MusicLFiles

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7062-diving-in-the-oceans-of-kepler

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Clip 2: Beyond The Known Space by MusicLFiles

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6835-beyond-the-known-space

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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/)

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By Amelia Antrim, Ryan Boelter

4.7

8686 ratings

April 12, 2021

Series 38.2 - Blue Planet: Recontact with Jeff Barber [Designer] (Creation Continued)

1 hour 40 minutes

Announcements:

Blue Planet: Recontact Kickstarter:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1875712273/blue-planet-recontact

Podchaser #Reviews4Good Campaign:

https://www.podchaser.com/articles/reviews4good/reviews4good-2021

Character Creation Cast Podchaser Page:

https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast

Leave us reviews in any, or all, of these places:

Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1

Character Creation Cast on Podchaser

https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast

Guests and Projects:

Jeff Barber @BiohazardJeff

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BiohazardJeff

Website: https://www.biohazardgamespublishing.com/

Games discussed this episode:

Blue Planet: Recontact by Jeff Barber

Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1875712273/blue-planet-recontact

Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Announcements

00:03:59 - Recap

00:04:28 - Profile - Goals Motivations and Attitudes

00:09:30 - Attributes

00:15:14 - Focus Attributes

00:25:58 - Strain

00:28:46 - Skill Sets

00:44:22 - Our Origin Skill Sets

00:45:52 - Our Background Skill Sets

00:46:53 - Our Occupation Skill Sets

00:47:23 - Our Experiential Skill Sets

00:48:01 - Our Developmental Skill Sets

00:49:56 - Tags

00:54:50 - Tracks - Creating a campaign track

00:58:52 - Creating a more personal track

01:01:42 - Ties and Names

01:14:39 - Actual Age vs Apparent Age

01:18:17 - Features

01:21:56 - Biomods

01:28:39 - Gear

01:29:16 - We did it!

01:29:40 - Episode Closer

01:30:27 - Call To Action

01:34:47 - Credits

01:36:42 - Show Blurbs: Campaign

Transcripts

https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-382-blue-planet-recontact-with-jeff-barber-designer-creation-continued/transcript

Music:

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

Clip 1: Diving In The Oceans Of Kepler by MusicLFiles

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7062-diving-in-the-oceans-of-kepler

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Clip 2: Beyond The Known Space by MusicLFiles

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6835-beyond-the-known-space

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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/)

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