Design Doc
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Welcome to Design Doc, a podcast documenting the process of analog game design. Game designers guide you through their process from concept to product.
Design Doc
3w ago
We love making solo RPGs, but we don't always love playing them. In this episode we brainstorm ideas for a possible one-player version of Questlandia, and what would make us excited to play it.
EPISODE LINKS/CREDITS:
Our games: turtlebun.com
Patreon: patreon.com/turtlebun
Join the Turtlebun Discord! https://discord.gg/XD4WVDjvbz
Get in touch! Designdocpod (at) gmail (dot) com
Design Doc intro/outro theme by Pat King
Instagram: instagram.com/turtleandbun
Turtlebun Twitter: twitter.com/turtleandbun
Design Doc on Twitter: twitter.com/designdocpod ..read more
Design Doc
3w ago
Hannah and Evan talk about the strange designs and abandoned places of Six Flags New England, the latest of a series of research trips. Join them on a jeep ride in the Jurassic, through the ghost town of Crackaxle, and into secret corners filled with claw machines.
SUPPORT OUR VISIT BACK TO SIX FLAGS HERE:
https://ko-fi.com/designdoc
EPISODE LINKS/CREDITS:
Our games: turtlebun.com
Patreon: patreon.com/turtlebun
Twitter: twitter.com/turtleandbun
Instagram: instagram.com/turtleandbun
Discord: https://discord.gg/XD4WVDjvbz
Design Doc intro/outro theme by Pat King
Design Doc on twitter: twitter.co ..read more
Design Doc
3w ago
In this episode Hannah and Evan describe their recent trip to Sturbridge Village, an 1800s recreation historical town. They talk about the value of on-the-ground research for creative projects, the peculiarity of animal habitats in fantasy places, and some dredged-up financial controversies paving the ye olde village streets.
Episode mentions:
Sturbridge Village: https://www.osv.org/
Jenny Nicholson video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9OhTB5eBqQ
The Maze Runner (film): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maze_Runner_(film)
Turtlebun links:
Our games: turtlebun.com
Patreon: patreon.com/tur ..read more
Design Doc
3w ago
We talk about bringing confidence to our own work, including our recent scent-inspired game ideas. We're working on bringing that founder hustle without a toxic founder morality. Plus, we've got two new projects in the works inspired by olfactive poetry!
1:25 - Founder energy
13:58 - Project Gutenberg
32:32 - Pie Girl
Episode Links and Credits
Design Doc intro/outro theme by Pat King
Design Doc on twitter: twitter.com/designdocpod
Mentioned in this episode
Outsider Comics in Seattle - https://outsidercomics.com/
Project Gutenberg - https://www.gutenberg.org/
The Art of Perfumery by G. W. Septi ..read more
Design Doc
3w ago
Hannah and Evan talk about the increasingly complicated logistics of packing and shipping games as small creators.
In this episode, we talk all about packing and shipping. Where do you get bubble wrap when you need more than a roll, but less than a warehouse's-worth? What happens when a printer you've worked with for years really messes up, with no chance to fix it? All this and more in part 1, with part 2 to come.
Episode Links and Credits
The sticker makers we work with: https://stickerninja.com/
Design Doc intro/outro theme by Pat King
Design Doc on twitter: twitter.com/designdocpod
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Design Doc
4M ago
Kickstarter stretch goals are notorious for getting project creators into trouble. Sometimes, they over promise content. Other times, they create financial strain. Often, it's all of the above. In this episode, we talk about Top Tracks, a stretch goal project we just completed that's so overdue... nobody even remembered it.
CW: This episode contains a discussion of sexual harassment.
EPISODE LINKS/CREDITS:
Top Tracks! https://turtlebun.itch.io/damntheman (under Download Demo)
Our games: turtlebun.com
Patreon: patreon.com/turtlebun
Join the Turtlebun Discord! https://discord.gg/XD4WVDjvbz
Get i ..read more
Design Doc
4M ago
In this episode, Hannah talks about the art of doing creative work alone. As part of a game design duo that normally does all creative work together, what does it look like to self-motivate on game design solo? From setting small, manageable goals and little rewards in advance to finding companionship in the work itself.
MENTIONED IN EPISODE:
Scavengers Reign (animated mini series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21056886/
Health Minds App (available for free on the Apple app store and Google Play) - https://hminnovations.org/meditation-app
EPISODE LINKS/CREDITS:
Our games: turtlebun.com
Patreo ..read more
Design Doc
6M ago
We love making solo RPGs, but we don't always love playing them. In this episode we brainstorm ideas for a possible one-player version of Questlandia, and what would make us excited to play it.
EPISODE LINKS/CREDITS:
Our games: turtlebun.com
Patreon: patreon.com/turtlebun
Join the Turtlebun Discord! https://discord.gg/XD4WVDjvbz
Get in touch! Designdocpod (at) gmail (dot) com
Design Doc intro/outro theme by Pat King
Instagram: instagram.com/turtleandbun
Turtlebun Twitter: twitter.com/turtleandbun
Design Doc on Twitter: twitter.com/designdocpod ..read more
Design Doc
6M ago
This month marks the sixth anniversary of Design Doc, a podcast that started as a "year-long" project documenting our progress redesigning our first roleplaying game. Six years later, we talk about the different directions we've taken, and what Questlandia 2 means to us today.
EPISODE LINKS/CREDITS:
Our games: turtlebun.com
Patreon: patreon.com/turtlebun
Turtlebun Twitter: twitter.com/turtleandbun
Instagram: instagram.com/turtleandbun
Discord: https://discord.gg/XD4WVDjvbz
Design Doc intro/outro theme by Pat King
Design Doc on twitter: twitter.com/designdocpod ..read more
Design Doc
7M ago
Hannah and Evan talk about the strange designs and abandoned places of Six Flags New England, the latest of a series of research trips. Join them on a jeep ride in the Jurassic, through the ghost town of Crackaxle, and into secret corners filled with claw machines.
SUPPORT OUR VISIT BACK TO SIX FLAGS HERE:
https://ko-fi.com/designdoc
EPISODE LINKS/CREDITS:
Our games: turtlebun.com
Patreon: patreon.com/turtlebun
Twitter: twitter.com/turtleandbun
Instagram: instagram.com/turtleandbun
Discord: https://discord.gg/XD4WVDjvbz
Design Doc intro/outro theme by Pat King
Design Doc on twitter: twitter.co ..read more