Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games

102: Playing on Your Own Terms with Wayward Strand

Nov 4, 2022

01:12:26

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

Wayward Strand: A Game Director's Journey

4min

The Last Express

2min

The Importance of Sleep No More in Wayward Strike

2min

The Importance of Sleep No More

6min

The Life Aquatic: A Game About Age Care

5min

The Airship: A Game About Hanging Out With the Elderly

3min

The Importance of Speaking to Other Marginal Perspectives

5min

The Desert Game: A Conversation With Culture

5min

10.

The Power of a Good Actor

3min

11.

The Impact of Covert News on the Story of the Pandemic

3min

12.

Wayward Strand: A Game That Changed Scope

5min

13.

How to Play a Game That Never Forces You to Play

2min

14.

The Importance of Player Agency in Game Development

2min

15.

The Limitation of Player Agency in Video Games

6min

16.

Wayward Strand's Cross Pollination Between Studio and Project

2min

17.

Ghost Pattern: A Community Based Game Studio

6min

18.

How to Pace a Video Game

3min

19.

Ghost Falcon: A 70 a Depth Series

4min

Ghost Pattern's Jason Bakker and Georgia Symons join us to discuss their heartfelt interactive story Wayward Strand. We meander through its immersive theater inspirations, the origins of its airship, and the process of rethinking player agency in the attention economy.

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