Great discussion of a couple perspectives on something we obviously have some investment in 🤝

i'm feeling loopy

Holy shit IT'S LOOPIN' TIME

Pulling myself out of the temporal vortex to say that you should be excited for this! I know I am!

SUBMIT UR IDEAS ON TURNING THESE MOVIES INTO TTRPGS TO THE SHOW SO WE CAN PERHAPS TALK ABT THEMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!

good news i get to guest on a Very Cool Podcast to talk about one of my favorite things. yup, it's time loops

Announcing our next double feature: LOOPIN' TIME ⏰ AND a new segment: the mechanical mailbag! 📼✉🎲 Watch our upcoming movies & submit a related TTRPG idea (thematically appropriate dice mechanic, module, table, overall elevator pitch...) & we might discuss it on the pod! 🔗 forms.gle/28vMT5kmQfa7...

Today in the adaptive media TTRPG world..!!! The experience of watching a playtest of this game at Breakout came up multiple times in some episodes that won't release until after the crowdfunder ends, particularly for some cool, ritualistic ways that it grounds itself in genre. Grab yourself a copy.

In the final episode of our series about turning The Martian into a TTRPG, we flesh out some of what we've sketched so far and then throw it over to you 🐱‍🚀

*clickbait youtube thumbnail face* *"THEY FORGOT TO EDIT IT OUT!" & "Why you should ALWAYS LISTEN THROUGH TO THE END!" in red with an arrow pointing towards a stock photo of a waveform* PODCAST HOSTS caught TALKING BEHIND THE GUEST'S BACK 🙀

Definite shout out to @watermosaic.bsky.social with whom I had been having many conversations about utopian fiction as it relates to stories very similar to The Martian. This episode would probably be very different without their perspective and influence.

The third episode of our series turning The Martian into a TTRPG features @kendomakesfilms.bsky.social talking about positive & negative tags, condition sliders, faction turn order, project dice, & utopia 🐱‍🚀

yeah i sort of lost it when @calebzane.bsky.social cracked this open when i hadn't noticed AT ALL lmfao

ICYMI: this week, we were joined by @dustehill.bsky.social, one of my favorite actual play podcasters & an incredible, genreful game designer who was SO perfect to come into our series on The Martian (2015) & dig into how to define relationships between factions & the resources they care about.

On the first episode of the new podcast This Should Be A Game, from @posatahchips.gaygothvibes.online and @jessfrom.online, @willjobst.bsky.social guests to chat about the movie Gravity. Together, they brainstorm how to adapt it into a game! Catch it where ever you listen to podcasts.

i believe in this episode you can hear my brain get unlocked to new possibilities in real time on like 15 different occasions

YEAHHHHHH I'm excited to listen back after having the context for the first episode, but I have also been thinking about this nonstop

Our series on The Martian continues with @dustehill.bsky.social talking about creating challenges through world-building, overcoming them with relationally defined resources, what changes when you approach numbers as percentages, script structure, & tarot 🐱‍🚀

:) made me sooo happy to see @thisshouldbeaga.me get a shout out in a game release design thoughts blog, that's kind of the dream of the pod !!!!!!!!!!! holisticdice.substack.com/p/grotto

the amount of times i say "what is more important: getting your face on the rocket or not getting a divorce??" like it's extremely meaningful is my favorite part of this episode. it's called game design

sneak peak of this new ep based on Andy Weir's other book-turned-movie, The Martian: 1. the martian is not a player, they're an oracle 2. what if you played a diff character on every different team & they're all at odds 3. what if you really want your face on the rocket 4. what if you got a divorce

Excited about Project Hail Mary? Great news: its premiere was the original inspiration for our PEOPLE HAVING PROBLEMS IN SPACE triple-feature! In fact...come listen to us design games based on the other novel-turned-movie from Andy Weir: The Martian (2015)! 🚀🎲

I've been catching up on this and it's quickly become one of my favorite game design pods. I'm always thinking about how games can capture the feel of different media, and the hosts and guests do a great job of delving into the design and mechnics in a really thoughtful way. Highly recommend!

yay!!!! i love talking about game design with my friends!! this show is a blast

Our series on why The Martian (2015) should be a game begins by chatting with @calebzane.bsky.social about multi-character multi-faction play, restrictions on communication and story-making, and your boss's ontological incorrectness as a form of resolution 🐱‍🚀

With the Gravity series is now out in full, it's officially a Watch Week-- if you want to keep up with the movies alongside us, you have until Monday to load up The Martian!

With the Gravity series is now out in full, it's officially a Watch Week-- if you want to keep up with the movies alongside us, you have until Monday to load up The Martian!

We're always saying roleplaying in space is absolutely possible 🚀

important research for @thisshouldbeaga.me

Later this month you'll hear @dustehill.bsky.social getting incredibly wonderfully into the weeds with us on gamifying some sad space stuff, so basically couldn't be more excited about their presence on the contributor list here

as i say up top, future final episodes are gonna look a little different, but in this one we basically co-wrote some of the game we started talking into existence with @willjobst.bsky.social & @queenregnant.bsky.social in the previous episodes, which is pretty fun

GIVE DUNGEON DELVERS LITTLE WRIST MIRRORS

I was driving all day yesterday and didn't have time to boost but WAS able to listen. Such a gift to tether to Jess and satah, and through their tethers by connected to @willjobst.bsky.social as well. This Should Be A Game is going to be an incredibly engaging and informative show!!

i try to link to all the games we reference, but one of this episode's was unfortunately just too obscure. if anyone can dig up an itch link for the unlinked one i'd be super grateful!! i think it's really important to support the stuff that influences you even if no-one else has ever heard of it!!!

Enjoying our first episode? 🎲📼🎙️ Well, we've got plenty more People Having Problems in Space 🚀 coming to you, including episodes with @queenregnant.bsky.social, @calebzane.bsky.social, @dustehill.bsky.social, @kendomakesfilms.bsky.social, @superdillin.bsky.social, and @vidityavoleti.bsky.social!

CHECK IT OUT! snapped off a new episode of your fav new podcast: this should be a game.

Our "people having problems in space" triple feature begins with a series of episodes on why Gravity (2013) should be a game-- first up, we're talking dead friend assist rolls and dexterity-based mini-games with @willjobst.bsky.social

got the notif that the apple podcasts listing is set up, which means the feed is now pretty much everywhere!! it won't be available on spotify. subscribe in yr favourite podcatcher to catch episode one releasing ON MY BIRTHDAYYYYYYY

it’s almost like it would be perfectly suited for the talents of Dora Dee Rogers…

Well well well the first series sounds great...

ANNOUNCING: This Should Be A Game! 🎲 A new podcast 🎙️ about that moment where you're watching something & go...this should be a game! On it, hosts @posatahchips.gaygothvibes.online & @jessfrom.online work with guests to design games based a movie 📼 Releasing Monday 3/16, our 1st episode will be...

everyone's invited to satah con the ttrpg convention where we borrow genre films from the 40s-70s on the library's streaming services & watch them then talk abt how we'd make a game out of them & then we play the game