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Character Creation Spotlight - E17 - Broken with Ben Wallis [Designer]

Episode Summary

Welcome to a special bonus episode of Character Creation Spotlight, everyone. This episode we are thrilled to welcome Ben Wallis, designer of Broken, a brilliant and heart-wrenching two-player, tragic romance, RPG about breaking hearts and breaking objects. We’ll be discussing the game, creating a few pairs of characters, and finding out all about the crowdfunding campaign!

Episode Notes

Welcome to a special bonus episode of Character Creation Spotlight, everyone. This episode we are thrilled to welcome Ben Wallis, designer of Broken, a brilliant and heart-wrenching two-player, tragic romance, RPG about breaking hearts and breaking objects. We’ll be discussing the game, creating a few pairs of characters, and finding out all about the crowdfunding campaign!

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• Broken Itch-funding Campaign:
  • https://bit.ly/BrokenLaunch

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Guests and Projects:

Ben Wallis @benjaminwallis

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/benjaminwallis
• Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/ThatGamerPriest
• Website: https://allportsopen.com
• Itch.io: https://apongames.itch.io/
• APON Games: https://apongames.com/

Games and Tools discussed this episode:

Broken by Ben Wallis

• Itch.io: https://apongames.itch.io/broken

Timestamps:

• 00:00:23 - Introductions
• 00:03:14 - What's in a game? - Core concept for Broken
• 00:04:28 - Settings
• 00:11:45 - What materials do we need to play Broken?
• 00:23:44 - Let's make some people!
• 00:24:43 - Amelia and Ryan create a couple - Scenario
• 00:27:03 - Amelia and Ryan - Picking our 5 objects
• 00:31:41 - Amelia and Ryan - Names
• 00:33:33 - Amelia and Ryan - Descriptions
• 00:34:11 - Amelia and Ryan - 5 Traits
• 00:37:44 - What usually comes next
• 00:40:29 - Ben and Ryan  create a couple - Scenario
• 00:42:23 - Ben and Ryan - 5 Objects
• 00:52:25 - Ben and Ryan - Names and Descriptions
• 00:54:24 - Ben and Ryan - 5 Traits
• 00:58:01 - Amelia and Ben create a couple - Scenarios
• 01:01:11 - Amelia and Ben - 5 Objects
• 01:03:54 - Amelia and Ben - Names and Descriptions
• 01:05:46 - Amelia and Ben - 5 Traits
• 01:08:23 - Our thoughts on the process
• 01:18:01 - Anything from the crowd funding campaign to point out?
• 01:24:11 - Episode Closer
• 01:25:29 - Credits
• 01:27:24 - Show Blurbs - One Shot
• 01:28:12 - Outtakes

Transcripts

• https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/character-creation-spotlight-e17-broken-with-ben-wallis-designer/transcript

Music:

• Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)
• Clip 1: The following music was used for this media project:
  Music: Broken Heart  by DreamHeaven
  Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6575-broken-heart
  License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
  Artist website: https://www.patreon.com/dreamheaven
• Clip 2: Pod of Love Theme Music
• 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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