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This time on Will and Jerod Make a Game, the duo thank everyone that backed the Honorbound Kickstarter and talk about plans going forward.

This time on Will and Jerod make a game, the guys reminisce on 2024 and tease some 2025 plans.

This episode, Will and Jerod chat about how the Tension Engine Jam went for them and give some insight on the games they made and how they wanted to experiment with the Tension Engine SRD in making these new games. ⁠Watch the Youtube videos.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow on Kickstarter.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

This episode, Will interviews game designer Ken Lowery of Bannerless Games about solo games, layout, paying for art, winning awards, and more. Bannerless Games on Itch Bannerless Games on X Ken Lowery on Bluesky Watch the Youtube videos.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow on Kickstarter.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the Tension Engine Game Jam⁠

This time on Will and Jerod Make a Game, we interview Stephanie Bryant about professional DMing, how to bootstrap new projects, and so much more! Stephanie on Start Playing Stephanie's Website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch the Youtube videos.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow on Kickstarter.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the Tension Engine Game Jam⁠

This time on Will and Jerod Make a Game, we interview Cassi Mothwin on the many hats necessary as an indie TTRPG creator. Cassi's Website Cassi on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch the Youtube videos.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow on Kickstarter.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the Tension Engine Game Jam⁠

In this episode of Will and Jerod make a game, we bring you the final episode of this round of Honorbound playtesting. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch the Youtube videos.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow on Kickstarter.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the Tension Engine Game Jam⁠

In this episode of Will and Jerod make a game, we bring you the penultimate episode of this round of Honorbound playtesting. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch the Youtube videos.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow on Kickstarter.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the Tension Engine Game Jam⁠

On this episode of Will and Jerod make a game, we continue Honorbound playtesting part 2. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch the Youtube videos.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow on Kickstarter.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the Tension Engine Game Jam⁠

On this episode of Will and Jerod make a game, we bring you an actual playtest session of Honorbound. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch the Youtube videos.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow on Kickstarter.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the Tension Engine Game Jam⁠

This time around, the gents bring you an actual play of the basic fantasy rules present in the Tension Engine SRD. Also featuring Zack from the Scheduled for Launch podcast. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch the Youtube videos.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow on Kickstarter.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the Tension Engine Game Jam⁠

On this episode of Will and Jerod make a game, we chat about the many hats that indie designers and publishers have to wear beyond just writing. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch the Youtube videos.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow on Kickstarter.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the Tension Engine Game Jam⁠

This time on Will and Jerod make a game we chat about how playtesting has gone and how that has necessitated killing your darlings - and sometimes pet semetary-ing them back. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch the Youtube videos.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow on Kickstarter.⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the Tension Engine Game Jam⁠

This time on Will and Jerod Make a Game, Will chats about upcoming episodes and topics. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch the Youtube videos.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow on Kickstarter.⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Join the Tension Engine Game Jam⁠

This time on Will and Jerod Make a Game, we chat experience, character advancement, and how that can tie in to sagas, cultures, and more! ⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch the Youtube videos.⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow on Kickstarter.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Join the Tension Engine Game Jam⁠

This week on Will and Jerod Make a Game we chat naming and how the names of skills and resources can influence play patterns as well as debuting the new name of what had previously been called Project Unity. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch the Youtube videos.⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow on Kickstarter.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Join the Tension Engine Game Jam⁠

This week on Will and Jerod Make a Game, they discuss the role of faith and spirituality in the world of the game they're creating, Honorbound. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch the Youtube videos.⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow on Kickstarter.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Join the Tension Engine Game Jam⁠ Follow Honorbound on Kickstarter

This time on Will and Jerod Make a game, we chat breakdowns of skills, attributes, and stats along with possibly killing you darlings and the problem of Jedi. ⁠⁠⁠Watch the Youtube videos.⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Follow on Kickstarter.⁠ ⁠Join the Tension Engine Game Jam⁠

This time on Will and Jerod Make a Game, we interview fellow indie designer RP of Fari Games about building an audience in TTRPGs, working with SRDs, and so much more.\\This time on Will and Jerod Make a Game, we interview fellow indie designer RP of Fari Games about building an audience in TTRPGs, working with SRDs, and so much more. ⁠⁠Watch the Youtube videos.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Follow on Kickstarter. Join the...

This time on Will and Jerod Make a Game, we apply the Ship of Theseus question to games. How much of an SRD can you change before it's something different? ⁠Watch the Youtube videos.⁠ ⁠Follow on Kickstarter.

This time on Will and Jerod Make a Game, we chat character advancement and how that can be tied in to storytelling. ⁠Watch the Youtube videos.⁠ ⁠Follow on Kickstarter.

This time on Will and Jerod Make a Game, we discuss what updates and tweaks are on our radar to customize the Tengine Engine SRD for our specific space fantasy game. Watch the Youtube videos. Follow on Kickstarter.

In this episode of Will and Jerod Make a Game, the gents sit down to walk through the Tension Engine SRD and examine what makes it tick. Watch the videos on Youtube. Follow the project on Kickstarter. Check out the Tension Engine on Itch. Check out the Tension Engine on Fari. Community.

In episode 3 of Will and Jerod Make a Game, the gents discuss the scope of the project. Watch the videos on Jerod's channel here. Follow the Kickstarter page here.

This time on Will and Jerod Make a game, we discuss possible settings and narrow down what we want to make.