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Character Creation Spotlight – E17 – Broken with Ben Wallis [Designer]
July 19, 2022
Show 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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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
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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