Displaying all 2 Episode of Unwritten Earths Symposium with the tag “homework”.
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The Card Concepts Episode
November 5th, 2025 | Season 2 | 1 hr 3 mins
game design, homework
In this all-homework episode, we each bring an initial sketch of the cards that could drive each of our card-based game concepts. Nathan's "Big Lore" game explores using card decks to reveal things about the game world and guide character progression, while Eppy's "Exploration Legacy" game uses cards to map out geography as well as encounter types for a game that becomes more unique the more its played. This is early-stage concept stuff, so listen in to hear how the vegan sausage is made!
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The TBR Pile Episode
September 17th, 2025 | Season 1 | 1 hr 3 mins
arcane gems, homework
In this episode we tackle our to-be-read piles of recent game acquisitions for our homework, highlighting more recent work that we've both been digging and finding some common themes across different genres and types of game. We then talk about "instructional" and "non-instructional" text in games, what that divide even means, and pursue some questions that that brings up for our own work.