New Draft Podcast

Episode 15 – Gamification

newdraftpodcast@gmail.com (James Boyd, Jessica Smith and Joshua Eyre) — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 22:00:41 +0000

Welcome to the New Draft Podcast, a podcast about creating media, whether books, movies, music or games.
This week we talk about gamification. We also get a little sidetracked and end up talking about monitisation and DLC. Sorry for the shoddy audio on this one, we will be back up to full next week.

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Episode 14 – Vampire Party

newdraftpodcast@gmail.com (James Boyd, Jessica Smith and Joshua Eyre) — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 22:00:59 +0000

Welcome to the New Draft Podcast, a podcast about creating media, whether books, movies, music or games
This week we attempt to craft a roleplaying game to play at our flat dinner, based on the board game One Night Vampire.

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Episode 13 – Mystery

newdraftpodcast@gmail.com (James Boyd, Jessica Smith and Joshua Eyre) — Mon, 05 Sep 2016 22:00:00 +0000

Welcome to the New Draft Podcast, a podcast about creating media, whether books, movies, music or games.

This week we delve into mysteries, and how to do them in different media. We investigate what makes them tick and what makes them fall apart.

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Episode 12 – Roleplaying Stories

newdraftpodcast@gmail.com (James Boyd, Jessica Smith and Joshua Eyre) — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 22:00:37 +0000

Welcome to the New Draft Podcast, a podcast about creating media, whether books, movies, music or games.

This week we look back on our roleplaying experiences, and how they have shaped how we look at character and story.

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Episode 11 – Genre

newdraftpodcast@gmail.com (James Boyd, Jessica Smith and Joshua Eyre) — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 22:00:59 +0000

Welcome to the New Draft Podcast, a podcast about creating media, whether books, movies, music or games.

This week we look at genre, and what happens when it’s all over the place in a work, such as in a movie we all just watched called ‘The Best Offer’. Join us as we use this movie as a case study to look at how different genres make the audience feel.

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Episode 10 – Story Structure

newdraftpodcast@gmail.com (James Boyd, Jessica Smith and Joshua Eyre) — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 22:00:16 +0000

Welcome to the New Draft Podcast, a podcast about creating media, whether books, movies, music or games.

We talk about story structures, and how to use them. We also talk about the hero’s journey for a while, and why it is so prevailent. Rounding out the show, we talk about how our monthly projects have gone with only three days left to do them.

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As a little bonus, Josh drew some diagrams that show some of what we are talking about. You can see them here.

Writing Challenge Update

newdraftpodcast@gmail.com (James Boyd, Jessica Smith and Joshua Eyre) — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 03:52:58 +0000

June has come and gone, and with it our challenge to write and create. Now it is time to show you the fruits of our labor, so I am happy to show you the 25,000 words that Josh commited to writing, the first half of his novel, Going Nowhere. I hope that you enjoy it.…Read more

Episode 9 – Fun

newdraftpodcast@gmail.com (James Boyd, Jessica Smith and Joshua Eyre) — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 22:00:46 +0000

Welcome to the New Draft Podcast, a podcast about creating media, whether books, movies, music or games.

In this episode, we talk about how to make your content feel fun! We talk about comedy and how to make it land, and then answer a question submitted to us by a listener.

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Bonus Episode 1 – Roleplaying with James

newdraftpodcast@gmail.com (James Boyd, Jessica Smith and Joshua Eyre) — Sun, 24 Jul 2016 04:59:30 +0000

Welcome to the first bonus episode of the New Draft Podcast, a podcast about creating media, whether books, movies, music or games.

In this bonus episode, James and Josh are joined by a couple of friends to test the roleplaying system James has been designing in the last month, Venerate Me. We have a lot of fun, but go a little off the rails so be warned.

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Update on James’ Roleplaying Game

newdraftpodcast@gmail.com (James Boyd, Jessica Smith and Joshua Eyre) — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 04:54:18 +0000

We are getting close to the end of the month, and the end of our little challenge, so James has a few things to show you all from his roleplaying game system.
Without further ado, here is the character sheet for Venerate Me, and a discription of it’s domain system:

Character Sheet

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