Series 20.3 – Heart with Grant Howitt and Chris Taylor [Designers] (Discussion)

Show Notes

In the final episode of series 20, and we welcome back Grant Howitt and Chris Taylor, designers of Heart, to talk about the character creation process, their hopes for the game, and the reasons behind the design choices they made. Amelia also gets to talk about jello and sand again.

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Grant Howitt @gshowitt

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Chris Taylor @TheMaddigan

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Rowan, Rook and Decard @RowanRookDecard

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Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 – Announcements
• 00:05:19 – Introductions
• 00:06:31 – D20 For Your Thoughts 
• 00:06:51 – Chris’s start in games
• 00:08:33 – How did you decide what kinds of characters to put in Heart?
• 00:18:37 – The Jello to Sand Continuum
• 00:24:35 – Specific character options
• 00:28:51 – Lessons learned from Spire
• 00:38:47 – What does the process of character creation tell us about the game?
• 00:46:57 – Potential flaws
• 00:51:34 – Points of pride
• 00:53:46 – Changes from Spire
• 01:00:40 – FAN FIC TIME
• 01:09:47 – Take It Up A Level
• 01:10:31 – How do characters change?
• 01:21:42 – Grant’s plugs
• 01:22:32 – Chris’s plugs
• 01:23:51 – Closer
• 01:25:21 – Show Blurbs (System Mastery)
• 01:26:11 – Outtakes

Music:

• Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)
• Clip 1: Hearty Dice Friends (old) podcast theme song (https://rowanrookanddecard.com/hearty-dice-friends-podcast/)
• Clip 2: Hearty Dice Friends (current) podcast theme song (https://rowanrookanddecard.com/hearty-dice-friends-podcast/)
• 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/)

Games discussed this episode:

Heart

• Kickstarter: September 17th!
• https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gshowitt/heart-the-city-beneath

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Amelia Antrim:

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