Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games

70: Embracing Your Scars with Hannah Nicklin (Mutazione)

May 21, 2021

01:32:38

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What's the Difference Between Story Telling and Storytelling?

04:47

How to Write a Story From a Scratch

01:41

Thematically and Musically, I Don't Like That

04:20

Introduction

2min

Is Your Game Coming to Switch?

2min

A Deep Dive Into the Depths of Metasiona

3min

The Story of Mutacione

2min

What's Your Background in Theatre?

5min

A and I Seis Art Is Beautiful, and the Story's Great

2min

Playing the Filo Game in One Day

2min

Game Review - Is This a Good Game?

2min

Hammoc - I've Been Working on Games for a Long Time, and I'd Love to Know What It Was Like

2min

10.

'De Gude Fabric' - The Garden Around the Temple

5min

11.

The Best Star Track, Star Track D S Nine

2min

12.

How to Write a Story From a Scratch

2min

13.

What's the Difference Between Story Telling and Storytelling?

5min

14.

Is There a Plot, or a Story?

3min

15.

Is There an Option to Recall All the Characters in the Game?

3min

16.

The Barbecue - The Most Complicatedly Structured Conversation in the Game

4min

17.

The Keykey Trip in Two Thousand 18

2min

18.

Game Design

5min

19.

Play Testing on the Gooee?

2min

20.

Is There a Copse on Atacione?

4min

21.

Garden Driven, a Story Game, or a Garden Powered Game?

2min

22.

Game Review - Garden Mode in Two Thousand 19

4min

23.

Thematically and Musically, I Don't Like That

4min

24.

I've Feeled the Scars, and I'm a Game Desin Teacher

5min

25.

Kill Your Darlings, Even When It Breaks Your Egocentric Little Scribbler's Heart

3min

26.

Is the Vullo Velo Minati a Joke?

6min

27.

The Dutch Game Collective Sock Pop

2min

28.

I'm Proud of You, I've Done a Wonderful Thing, Right?

5min

29.

Egg Plant Show - Isn't It Crazy?

3min

Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin joins us to discuss her writing and narrative design work on their sublime mutant soap opera, Mutazione. We discuss working with time and an ensemble cast to create a story with "multiple middles," embracing the scars of a lengthy development cycle, and the best bikes in video games.

Show notes:

Hannah Nicklin

Die Gute Fabrik

Mutazione

Into the Depths: The Music of Mutazione - Part 1

Divised theater

Grey’s Anatomy

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Narrative Design Sliding Doors

Multiple Middles & Mutazione

Kentucky Route Zero

Critical Response