Design Doc

Hannah and Evan discuss the trials and tribulations of packing a "deluxe" edition of Questlandia and the ridiculous mishaps that ensued.They chat fancy boxes, missing fonts, and making creative use of a limited budget.Episode Links and Credits:Our Kickstarter for a poster print run of our one-page single-player RPG Public Guest 5 ends tonight, February 16th at 8pm EST. You can support the project here:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/turtlebun/public-guest-fiveDesign Doc intro/outro theme by Pat KingDesign Doc on twitter: twitter.com/designdocpodTurtlebun LinksOur other games: turtlebun.comPatreon: patreon.com/turtlebunDiscord: https://discord.gg/XD4WVDjvbz

Hannah and Evan talk about the increasingly complicated logistics of packing and shipping games as small creators.In this episode, we talk all about packing and shipping. Where do you get bubble wrap when you need more than a roll, but less than a warehouse's-worth? What happens when a printer you've worked with for years really messes up, with no chance to fix it? All this and more in part 1, with part 2 to come.Episode Links and CreditsThe sticker makers we work with: https://stickerninja.com/Design Doc intro/outro theme by Pat KingDesign Doc on twitter: twitter.com/designdocpodTurtlebun linksQuestlandia 2nd Edition: turtlebun.com/products/questlandiaOur other games: turtlebun.comPatreon: patreon.com/turtlebunTwitter: twitter.com/turtleandbunInstagram: instagram.com/turtleandbunDiscord: https://discord.gg/XD4WVDjvbz

We made the games, now we have to sell them. Hannah and Evan talk about something they're good at: making new games. And something they're bad at: confidently sharing those games with an audience that might like them.Design Doc intro/outro theme by Pat KingDesign Doc on twitter: twitter.com/designdocpodTurtlebun linksQuestlandia 2nd Edition: turtlebun.com/products/questlandiaOur other games: turtlebun.comPatreon: patreon.com/turtlebunTwitter: twitter.com/turtleandbunInstagram: instagram.com/turtleandbunDiscord: https://discord.gg/XD4WVDjvbz

Hannah and Evan discuss how to repair their relationship with a game they've spent a year struggling to complete.Design Doc intro/outro theme by Pat KingDesign Doc on twitter: twitter.com/designdocpodMentioned in this episode:Microscope RPG by Ben Robbins.Turtlebun linksOur games: turtlebun.comPatreon: patreon.com/turtlebunTwitter: twitter.com/turtleandbunInstagram: instagram.com/turtleandbunDiscord: https://discord.gg/XD4WVDjvbz

Hannah and Evan talk about the fiddly little end things that make a project go on, and on, and on much longer than you expected.Design Doc intro/outro theme by Pat KingDesign Doc on twitter: twitter.com/designdocpodTurtlebun linksOur games: turtlebun.comPatreon: patreon.com/turtlebunTwitter: twitter.com/turtleandbunInstagram: instagram.com/turtleandbunDiscord: https://discord.gg/XD4WVDjvbz

Hannah and Evan salvage an episode about being on time with an upcoming game, and publish it in a world where they were not on time.Intro/outro theme by Pat King.

Perfect media is untouchable. Hannah and Evan talk about looking to flawed, goofy, broken movies and books for creative inspiration, instead of looking to our favorites.Content: Intro/outro theme: by Pat King

Hannah reads you a game ideas to-do list for 30 minutes.

What's the right tone for the rules of a roleplaying game? Evan and Hannah talk about casual versus formal writing, and how small word choices exploded into rewriting the mechanics of Questlandia.

In this episode, Hannah and Evan talk about the self-consciousness that comes when you grow up and are told you must make things for serious reasons. How does one escape that self-doubt? Enter...bad comics! Enter...fanfic!Intro/outro theme: Pat KingDesign Doc on twitter: https://twitter.com/designdocpodSupport us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/turtlebun