In which Eddy, Dixie, and Matthew throw together an emergency extra-long episode using listener questions and a game design panel from Save Against Fear!
* EMERGENCY EPISODE
* Introductions from the panel
* What's the process when you start to design a game?
* When do you reinvent the wheel or reskin something else?
* The X-Card and other safety mechanisms
* How do you merge theme and mechanics?
* Handling feedback
* Favorite mechanics
* How would you design a game for players new to tabletop RPGs?
* One thing that starting game designers should know
* Imposter syndrome: "Shut up Stamford!"
* Designing for disability and impairment
* Instead of outro banter, we do an ad-hoc Q&A!
* Questions from iceblade44: Sothic turns, relationship with vampires, and the Spilled Blood book
* Apollo is unhelpful
* Question from George Lemke: Can we get a Storypath deep dive?
* Eddy has seen a lot of pictures of birds with arms
* Question from Yoidan: What are our dream games?
* Leave us your questions on the blog at theonyxpath.com!
Links:
* Save Against Fear: https://www.thebodhanagroup.org/about-the-convention
* Retrostar: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/168254/Retrostar-Rulebook
* Kids on Bikes: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/231938/Kids-on-Bikes-Core-Rulebook
* Pugmire: https://realmsofpugmire.com
* Project Biomodus: http://www.projectbiomodus.com/
* Onyx Pathcast blog: http://theonyxpath.com/category/projects/onyxpathcast/
Episode 307: They Came from the Fantasy Genre with Michele Masala!
Episode 306: Amazing Ashcans!
Episode 305: Excerpts and Pairings
Episode 304: Inspirational Media
Episode 303: Into The Hedge!
Episode 302: Storypath Game Jam
Episode 301: A Sit Down with Rich!
Episode 300: m̷̙̉o̴͈̒t̶̠̊h̷͔̉
Episode 299: Curiouser Cats of Mau!
Episode 298: Curious Cats of Mau!
Episode 297: What We're Playing
Episode 296: Loop the (Gameplay) Loop
Episode 295: Go, Go, Reprints!
Episode 294: More Free Lances!
Episode 293: They Came from the RPG Anthology! Design Diary
Episode 292: Pathcast Holiday Mailbag 2023 P2!
Episode 291: Pathcast Holiday Mailbag 2023 P1!
Episode 290: Pathcast White Elephant!
Episode 289: Threats and Curs Design Diary
Episode 288: Son of the Return of Five-Minute Pitches’ Stepfather Part 2
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