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Back to SearchEpisode 236 - Games And Education
Episode 361
Recorded at Metatopia 2018
Presented by Jennifer Gutterman, Maury Brown, Shoshana Kessock.
At every milestone in our lives, we have used games or game mechanics to entice learning, reward progress in…
Published on 6 years ago
Episode 235 - Designing RPGs With Safety Tools Included
Episode 360
Recorded at Metatopia 2018
Presented by Philip Vecchione, Senda Linaugh and Alex Roberts.
Let's talk about integrating safety tools into your design process from the foundation. Yes, the x-card is va…
Published on 6 years ago
Episode 234 - Planning a Kickstarter? What You Need to Know!
Episode 359
Recorded at Metatopia 2018
Presented by Juliet Meyer, Raymond Bruels, Chandler Copenhaver.
Kickstarter can be amazing for creators, but there's a lot of other things around them that will help you fi…
Published on 6 years ago
Episode 233 - Deconstructing Religion in your Games
Episode 358
Recorded at Metatopia 2018
Presented by Shoshana Kessock, James Mendez Hodes.
Religion has held sway across the world in various forms, and its influence has molded everything from how we live our ev…
Published on 6 years ago
Episode 232 - Making Your (Alt-)Historical Setting More Inclusive
Episode 357
Recorded at Metatopia 2018
Presented by Eric Simon, Shoshana Kessock.
History is more diverse than we think. Whether you're developing settings that are close to real history or highly speculative al…
Published on 6 years, 1 month ago
Episode 231 - Now What? - Finishing Games
Episode 356
Recorded at Metatopia 2018
Presented by Steve Segedy, Christopher Badell, Mark Richardson, and Cat Tobin.
Once you've created a game, what are your options for getting it out into the world? Come as…
Published on 6 years, 1 month ago
Episode 230 - The Art of Mechanics
Episode 355
Recorded at Metatopia 2018
Presented by Jim McClure.
This panel will cover the art behind using game mechanics to influence player behavior. The panelist will dissect mechanics from published games a…
Published on 6 years, 1 month ago
Episode 229 - Beyond Bright Lights
Episode 354
Recorded at Metatopia 2018
Presented by Jacqueline Bryk, Kate Bullock, Hamish Cameron
"Beyond Bright Lights: Doing Cyberpunk Differently". Much of cyberpunk focuses on the heroic outcast: the usuall…
Published on 6 years, 1 month ago
Episode 228 - Tabletop Analytics and Feedback
Episode 353
Recorded at Metatopia 2018
Presented by Brian Neff, Kiva Fecteau
Crunching the Cardboard - Tabletop Analytics and Feedback". Playtesting and gathering feedback is the first step. The next step is to …
Published on 6 years, 1 month ago
Episode 227 - How to be a Playtester
Episode 352
Recorded at Metatopia 2018
Presented by Kate Bullock, Kelvin Ortega, Jennifer Graham-Macht.
Our panelists talk about how to be good playtesters. Learn how to hear the questions being asked and answer…
Published on 6 years, 2 months ago