Series 52.1 - Under the Neighborhood with Kyle Decker [Designer] (Character Creation)

Welcome to the first episode of series 52, everyone! This series, we welcome Kyle Decker to discuss his game, Under the Neighborhood, a game where you play out the curiously ordinary lives of characters in a world like you see in Hilda, Gravity Falls, The Owl House and other similar shows. This episode we learn about the game, create our world, and begin creating our amazingly mundane characters! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Hire Ryan for your Audio Cleanup/Dialogue Editing! Now 20% off to help with the loss of their cat: https://sounddesign.lordneptune.com Help Ryan’s family out to cover costs for the loss of their cat, Tricksey: https://paypal.me/lordneptune Leave us reviews in any, or all, of these places: Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us) https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Podchaser https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests and Projects: Kyle Decker @Quest_Friends Twitter: https://twitter.com/Quest_Friends Website: https://www.questfriendspodcast.com/ Itch.io: https://questfriends.itch.io Games and Tools discussed this episode: Under the Neighborhood by Kyle Decker Itch.io: https://questfriends.itch.io/neighborhood Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:38 - Introductions 00:03:50 - What's in a game? - Core Concept 00:07:25 - What sort of settings do you play with in Under the Neighborhood? 00:11:30 - What kind of themes does this game explore? 00:15:15 - What do characters do in this game, and what is unique about it? 00:19:41 - History of the game - When did development start for the game? 00:25:50 - Terms and concepts - PbtA terms and AP points and Stats 00:28:30 - Let's make some people! 00:31:41 - Mundane World 00:33:36 - Magical World - What makes it different from the mundane? 00:35:08 - Where do the magical creatures come from? 00:35:49 - Are the people of the magical and mundane aware of each other? 00:36:46 - How do you travel between worlds? 00:37:12 - What is The Other? 00:37:22 - Recapping our results - What does it mean for our world? 00:56:27 - Let's *really* make some people! 00:58:55 - Picking Playbooks 01:01:09 - Picking Loadouts - Stat spreads 01:08:43 - Call to Action 01:21:19 - Credits 01:23:13 - Show Blurbs - A Horror Borealis Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Childplay by Sascha Ende® Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/2974-childplay License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Clip 2: "Quest Friends! Hereafter Theme" by Miles Morkri: https://twitter.com/milesmorkri Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/charactercreationcast Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@charactercreationcast?lang=en Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Twitch: https://twitch.tv/lordneptunerb Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Itch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io Our Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices