Transcript
This week on the Dice Exploder podcast, Sam talks with Ema Acosta about Change The World, a move from The Watch by Ash Kreider.
Some topics discussed include:
* The Watch: it’s depressing!
* The Watch and its gender dynamics
* A lot of people will never see this bit of design and that’s okay
* Balancing misery with hope and beauty
* “Just tell the players to do the thing”
* Inducing emotions from technical language
* “Rail shooter RPGs”
* Crying
Games mentioned:
* The Watch
* Night Witches
* Wanderhome
* Stewpot (currently unavailable)
* Our Traveling Home
* Blades in the Dark
* World Ending Game
You can find Ema’s games at ema-acosta.itch.io
You can find Sam @sdunnewold on Twitter, dice.camp, and itch.io
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