Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games

78: Making Myths with Worldwalker Games (Wildermyth)

Sep 10, 2021

01:06:44

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The Dravin Society

01:35

How Do You Test Character Types and the Modularity of the Story Telling?

01:48

A, Healing Slows Down Fights

01:41

Introduction

2min

How Did This Red Game Come Together?

2min

How Did You Work in Games at the Time?

2min

Do You Feel Like It's a Difficult Space?

2min

Banner Saga - The Story of a Dead Language

2min

How Do You Test Character Types and the Modularity of the Story Telling?

2min

Playing the Hero in a Play

2min

Ones for Characters, Ones for Characters

1min

How Did You Structure the Story on a Big Game?

2min

10.

I Think the Bi Did Like This Into Theon.

2min

11.

Editing for Tone

2min

12.

Paper Craft - A Game That's Just Darning for Men

2min

13.

The Ote Multiplayer Game

2min

14.

I Will Draw Monsters All Day

2min

15.

The Dravin Society

2min

16.

I Wish Dug Was Here

2min

17.

Is the Pantasy Setting Part of the Alchemy?

2min

18.

Are You Going to Do That? Orasoernoe, I'm a Tati.

2min

19.

I've Never Played a Tactics Game Before

2min

20.

A, Healing Slows Down Fights

2min

21.

I Liked the Characters, but I Didn't Like Themselves

2min

22.

The Myth of the Party Faction Game

2min

23.

Is There a Game That You Would Enjoy Alot? - Nick Til You Hats

2min

24.

Is There a Cross Campaign Narrative?

2min

25.

Playing Fast and Loose With Time Lines

2min

26.

What's the Basic Stock Vocabulary of Faces?

2min

27.

The Little Face With the Flat Mouth and the Raised Eyebrow

2min

28.

Doothea Ipossible?

2min

29.

The Current Overland - A Game of Strategy

2min

30.

Did You Miss Any Games That Inspired You?

2min

31.

Casual Games

2min

32.

Is There a Limitation to Romance Storylines?

2min

33.

Is the Riting Events Our Biggest Bottleneck?

2min

34.

Wildermyth

2min

35.

Thetis, I'm Not My Secret Engender for This Padcast, but Now, Cut

2min

36.

Is the Gloom Haven Random?

2min

37.

Egg Plant Dot Show

3min

We're joined by Anne Austin and Nate Austin of Worldwalker Games to explore their charming myth-making tactical RPG, Wildermyth. We dig into the challenges of procedural storytelling, clever ways of handling time passage and death, and capturing a tabletop feel without the table.

Show notes:

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