Design Doc
By Hannah Shaffer and Evan Rowland
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Episodes: 69
Description
Come along with Hannah and Evan in a living documentation of the game design process, from the first spark of an idea, to every disastrous surprise. It’s not an instruction manual, but a travel guide, with lots of unexpected stops along the way.
| Episode | Date |
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Adapting a Text
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Working around a Job
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Obsessions
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Better Never Than Late?
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Designing Alone, but Not Lonely
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Design Session: What Makes a Good Solo RPG?
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Will We Ever Finish Questlandia 2?
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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The Liminal Spaces of Six Flags
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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"People Were Shorter Back Then" (Guest ep w/ historical interpreter Enzo!)
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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Old Sturbridge Village
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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Founder Energy
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Fish People
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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Focusing on Focus
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May 10, 2023 |
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We're Writing a Novel
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Packed With Care (Part 2)
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Packed With Care (Part 1)
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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Actually selling our games
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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What to do when you're sick of your game
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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FLETs (Fiddly Little End Things)
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Dispatch from an on-time timeline
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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Imperfect Inspiration
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Bad lo-fi game ideas to study or relax to
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May 28, 2022 |
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Underdressed and over-diced
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Kudos Conundrum
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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Rekindling the Flame
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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A Cat in the Lap and Other Good Things
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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Numbers Hide Everything
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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The Episode Before the Kickstarter
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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Resist the Urge to Fill Negative Space
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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The Work of Games Is Not Just Making Games
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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Shootin the shoot
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May 27, 2021 |
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How to Compare Roleplaying Games
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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Deluxe Edition
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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Everything Old Is New Again
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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Scopeful Optimism
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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Designing a Game Design Workday
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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The Games You Want to Make, The Life You Want to Live
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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Burnout
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May 07, 2020 |
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The Ski Bike
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Mar 31, 2020 |
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Breaking up with Character Creation
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Dec 17, 2019 |
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When to Add Ghosts to Your Game
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Oct 22, 2019 |
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When No One Is the GM, Everyone Is
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Aug 23, 2019 |
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The UltraLux Bait-and-Switch
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Jul 24, 2019 |
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Your Kickstarter Questions (Mostly) Answered
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Jun 18, 2019 |
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Okay, Let's Redesign Noirlandia
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May 21, 2019 |
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We Still Don't Know Who the Junk Poets Are
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Apr 16, 2019 |
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Finding the Game's Emotional Core
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Mar 13, 2019 |
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Playtesting Progress Part 2: The Spinning Mountain
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Feb 21, 2019 |
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Playtesting Progress Part 1: Knotty Business
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Jan 31, 2019 |
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Make-Believe History
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Jan 11, 2019 |
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Whoops, It's a Dystopia
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Dec 12, 2018 |
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It's Trans Awareness Week (Mini Bonus Ep)
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Nov 19, 2018 |
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Games Are Political
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Nov 06, 2018 |
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Retreat Forward
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Oct 04, 2018 |
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Making Things in Hard Times
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Aug 17, 2018 |
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Social Dynamics at the Table
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Jul 13, 2018 |
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You Can Kill a King, but You Can't Make a Marinara
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Jun 18, 2018 |
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Romancing the Wall
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May 18, 2018 |
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The Worst Ideas We've Had so Far
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Apr 23, 2018 |
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Deadline Motivated
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Mar 23, 2018 |
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Mosslickers
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Mar 04, 2018 |
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The Symbol Reader
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Feb 16, 2018 |
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Collaboration
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Jan 25, 2018 |
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The First Playtest
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Dec 28, 2017 |
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Preparing the Playtest
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Dec 16, 2017 |
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Plumb Bobs
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Nov 29, 2017 |
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Worldbuilding
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Nov 14, 2017 |
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Metaplot
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Oct 31, 2017 |
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Welcome To Questlandia!
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Oct 17, 2017 |