Series 52.3 - Under the Neighborhood with Kyle Decker [Designer] (Discussion)

Welcome to the final 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 discuss the process, discover a new cryptid and figure out more about our characters in the fanfic! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Alchemistresses Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/allisonkcole/alchemistresses 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 Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.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 00:01:21 - Reintroductions 00:07:14 - D20 for your thoughts? 00:10:44 - What does Kyle look for in a good character creation system? 00:14:58 - How does character creation in Under the Neighborhood stack up to other games? 00:20:13 - How does the process of character creation set up expectations for play? 00:26:44 - What sort of story does the character sheets tell? 00:33:20 - What's the biggest flaw/best part of character creation in this system? 00:40:05 - Fanfic! 00:47:09 - Take it up a level! 00:55:58 - Final Thoughts 00:58:21 - Episode Closer 01:01:25 - Call to Action 01:09:41 - Credits 01:11:35 - Show Blurbs - Design Doc 01:12:12 - Outtakes Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-523-under-the-neighborhood-with-kyle-decker-designer-discussion/transcript 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/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Twitch: https://twitch.tv/lordneptunerb Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) A Horror Borealis: @AHorrorBorealis (https://twitter.com/AHorrorBorealis) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter 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