Happy New Year! This month we've got Duncan (writer on Where the Water Tastes Like Wine, Neo Cab, In the Valley of Gods, and the co-creator and writer of the Something True podcast) and Jon (writer, narrative designer and co-founder of Inkle, and has worked on games including 80 Days, Sorcery!, Heaven’s Vault, and Over the Alps) in to talk about being a writer without a writing degree, blank canvas vs well-defined main characters, research, hot air balloons, Lovecraft forums, when to stop researching, underappreciated game moments, player agency, the sweet spot between satisfying and frustrating, the role of writers in pre-production, and more.
Our Guests on the Internet
Duncan's Website and Twitter.
Jon's Twitter, Inkle's Website and Twitter.
Stuff We Talked About
Idle Thumbs
Centralia, PA
Leliana's Song DLC
Rameses by Stephen Bond
Spider and Web by Andrew Plotkin
Pyst
Our theme music was created by Isabella Ness, and our logo was created by Lily Nishita.
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