Conversations about inspired thinking, hosted by Orange Nebula — a creative agency making board games and other popculturey-type things.... more
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The Outpost Podcast
By Orange Nebula
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September 23, 2024E63 (S3E4) - Influence From Other Board Games What other tabletop experiences have influenced our games? We’re not huge proponents of “all design is iterative” or “great artists steal” as overarching ethos, but we do love to weave a healthy thread of inspiration from other creations into our own. Find out what other games had their voice in the creation of Vindication, Unsettled, and Spirit Fire.
Would you have guessed those influences? Are there others you would have assumed? Are there any games that *you* find particularly inspiring? Why? Let us know in the comments and we’ll let you know how right and wrong you are!What types of mindsets, mottos, strategies, practices, principles, lenses, tactics, and what not are at the heart of our game design mentality? What about theme versus mechanics? What is invisible design? What is a “sacred concept”? How do hostage negotiation tactics factor into our thinking? How do we choose what to keep and what to cull?We have thoughts! We think they’re pretty good.What other thoughts are good? Do *you* have thoughts? ….Are they good? Think those thoughts at us in the comments so we can have thoughts about your thoughts and we can get a whole thing going....more September 12, 2024E62 (S3E3) - Live Lore: Vindication We're talking lore(s)! First, some real-life O-Neb lore, which ends up being more full of feels and substance than we would have guessed. Then, some make-believe Vindication lore, which ends up being exactly as full of oddness and hilarity as we would have guessed. In a format we will definitely be returning to, our producer throws cards from Vindication onto the screen in front of us and we improv/brainstorm possible backstories and personalities for each character presented to us.
If we studied this episode closely, we'd probably learn some things about ourselves.But we're not going to. We know more than enough already....more July 23, 2024E61 (S3E2) - Developing Developers Jam-packed with creative-thinky things, this episode dissects the traits of board game developers and all the depth, faux-depth, context, and contextless crazy logic trains that run through our "brains". We ponder quickly if these are good things (and decide: they totally are). Things then turn to a broader discussion on the struggles and agonies (excuse us, "nuances") of being a creative team. The standard array of weird tangents surface as well.
...more July 23, 2024E60 (S3E1) - Defending the Vibe You know how people are, like, people, and how that can be *rough*? And then you put people on the internet and...oof? And then, you know how you make creative projects and share them with people on the internet, but sometimes things don't go according to plan, and all those internet-ing people have big big feelings about that? This episode is about all these things. More specifically, it's about navigating truly brutal feedback, overly intense criticism, and well-intentioned situations threatening to turn toxic. A regular topic on our Discord, we can think of no better way to start this new season of the Outpost than diving straight into the question we get asked most frequently: "How do you deal with this $&#@ with such grace?"Back after year long-hiatus, we are very excited to be back in your ears, talking about all the behind-the-scenes things happening at Orange Nebula....more February 28, 2023E 59 - Weird Little Things We Love How Many Mummies Should You Own? / How Much Are You All Just Winging It? / What Are Some Of The Weird Little Things You Love About Your Craft?
05:03 - Tom's thoughts on optimal mummy quantity
07:32 - An answer filled with Neb-Soul10:58 - Main Topic - Weird Little Things We Love21:26 - Tom on Jared presenting ideas in a meeting...more February 14, 2023E 58 - Fantasy Vs. Sci-Fi What Would You Do If You Knew You Could Do It? / What's The Worst Creature To Give Wings To / Fantasy Vs. Sci-fi
00:58 - What Lacey Would Do If She Could08:40 - Tom's apt research10:50 - Main Topic - Fantasy Vs. Sci-fi23:41 - Subdividing The Two...more January 31, 2023E 57 - Ghosts That Haunt The Creative Mind How Do You Make Your Work Feel Like Play? / What Is Your Coffee Order? / What Are Ghosts That Haunt Your Creative Mind?
02:18 - How Krista Adds Objects To Her Work & Process08:00 - Marc's Coffee Order12:51 - Main Topic - Ghosts That Haunt Your Creative Mind24:52 - Krista's Thoughts On Creative Ghosts Relating To Our...more January 17, 2023E 56 - Media Portrayals Of Your Artistry Obstacles You Wrestled With Early In Your Career? / How Would You Like To Die Vs. How You Think You're Going To Die? / How Does Media's Portrayal Of Your Artistry Effect You?
CONTENT WARNING: This episode of the Outpost contains descriptions of ways someone could die. The context is playful, but if this is a subject you’d like to avoid, we recommend skipping the segment between minutes 13 and 17. We care about you. Thanks for listening.03:18 - Marc's obstacles early in his career13:29 - How Krista thinks she will die17:15 - Main Topic - Media's Portrayal Of Your Artistry31:46 - Lacey's feelings on how media portrays her role as a marketer...more January 03, 2023E 55 - Fail Share What Is An Old Reliable Muse? / What Is The State Of Your House? / Fail Share
04:07 - Jared's musical musings17:43 - Tom's major fixer-upper20:16 - Main Topic - Fail Share36:26 - Approaching repeated failures...more December 20, 2022E 54 - What Does Your Work Day Look Like? What's Your Favorite Way To Consume Media? / If You Could Be A Music Genre, What Would You Be? / What Does Your Work Day Look Like?
02:03 - Derick describes his preferred environment for media consumption06:59 - Krista has an existential crisis as to her music-genre personification10:00 - Main Topic - What Does Your Work Day Look Like?17:50 - Derick describes the merits of switching between tasks...more
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