NEW EPISODE! Iterative Design in Paint The Town Red (ft. JellyMuppet)

Hey, Alex here! Welcome back to Wait, Roll That Again!

A New Podcast Episode is out!

This time on Wait, Roll That Again! I got the chance to speak with Zach of SoulMuppet Publishing about their new game, Paint The Town Red.

Paint The Town Red is a game about being a sad, gay vampire living through history, desperately wanting to feel alive. It’s a big project, and I wanted to talk to Zach about what goes into designing a game of this scale, espeically as part of a publishing company.

We talk about playtesting, the source of mechanics, crowdfunding, and more!

The Project is live on Backerkit now, and I really recommend you check it out before the time is up! The free quickstart was a blast to read, and I’m excited to get to play a full campaign of this in the future.

About this Episode

This episode was an opportunity to experiment a bit with the show’s form. I’ve been thinking a lot recently about what this show is without Fight or Fright! as its driving force. In this episode, I’m looking into a concept for how the show could continue to live up to it’s core premise.

I’ve always introduced the show as “talking to game deisgners about their work, and then putting that advice into practice”. What does an episode of the show look like without the “practice?”

I think Wait, Roll That Again! uses deliberate editing in it’s conversations to extract the best advice from the stories of designers working. I’ve fallen in love with Design Commentaries as an idea, which isn’t that surprising. I loved watching through behind-the-scenes documentaries of my favourite films as a kid, so that concept for games has totally appealed to me.

I’ll talk a bit more about these ideas after season two of Designing Fight or Fright!, which reminds me…

Season two of Deisgning Fight or Fright!

Keep your eyes on the Wait, Roll That Again! feed next week, you might just hear something about the upcoming season of Designing Fight or Fright!

A Fight or Fright! Actual Play!

If you follow me on socials, you might have seen my game Fight or Fright is going to be played on Twitch by Kat the Lore Mistress and an awesome cast!

This is the second time (that I know of!) that Fight or Fright is being played on stream, but the first time I’ve had nothing to do with it!

I’m going to be watching live, and I hear there might be a chance to win some copies of the game!

You’ll find links to Kat’s streams here:

That’s all from me today! I am so excited to be podcasting again - and it wont be long until you hear from me again! Stay tuned!