July 04, 2022

Series 52.1 - Under the Neighborhood with Kyle Decker [Designer] (Character Creation)

1 hour 27 minutes

Welcome to the first episode of series 52, everyone! This series, we welcome Kyle Decker to discuss his game, Under the Neighborhood, a game where you play out the curiously ordinary lives of characters in a world like you see in Hilda, Gravity Falls, The Owl House and other similar shows. This episode we learn about the game, create our world, and begin creating our amazingly mundane characters!

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Announcements:

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Guests and Projects:

Kyle Decker @Quest_Friends

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Quest_Friends

Website: https://www.questfriendspodcast.com/

Itch.io: https://questfriends.itch.io

Games and Tools discussed this episode:

Under the Neighborhood by Kyle Decker

Itch.io: https://questfriends.itch.io/neighborhood

Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Announcements

00:01:38 - Introductions

00:03:50 - What's in a game? - Core Concept

00:07:25 - What sort of settings do you play with in Under the Neighborhood?

00:11:30 - What kind of themes does this game explore?

00:15:15 - What do characters do in this game, and what is unique about it?

00:19:41 - History of the game - When did development start for the game?

00:25:50 - Terms and concepts - PbtA terms and AP points and Stats

00:28:30 - Let's make some people!

00:31:41 - Mundane World

00:33:36 - Magical World - What makes it different from the mundane?

00:35:08 - Where do the magical creatures come from?

00:35:49 - Are the people of the magical and mundane aware of each other?

00:36:46 - How do you travel between worlds?

00:37:12 - What is The Other?

00:37:22 - Recapping our results - What does it mean for our world?

00:56:27 - Let's *really* make some people!

00:58:55 - Picking Playbooks

01:01:09 - Picking Loadouts - Stat spreads

01:08:43 - Call to Action

01:21:19 - Credits

01:23:13 - Show Blurbs - A Horror Borealis

Music:

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

Clip 1: Childplay by Sascha Ende®

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/2974-childplay

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

Clip 2: "Quest Friends! Hereafter Theme" by Miles Morkri: https://twitter.com/milesmorkri

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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