Joel Clark

The Mushroom Podcast

Arts EN ↓ 18 episodes

Various bits of audio, voice samples, stories, and other oddities for your enjoyment

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Joel Clark

Episodes

Acid and Steel design podcast episode 2: Sequence of Design 16.11.2023 31:27

In our second instalment, we discus the importance of the Sequence of Design. Which ideas do you need to develop first? What consequence does that have for your game design? Perk up your ears gentle listeners as the resident punch-game designer voids his mental bowels for YOUR consuming pleasure! Background track is: Cyborg Ninja Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By...

Acid and Steel design podcast Episode 1: The Important of Prewriting 14.10.2023 18:25

In our first installment of a new regular series, your intrepid designer waxes on about the important of prewriting in the creative process Background track is: Kick Shock Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Lone Wolf Fists Actual Play 30.03.2023 2:02:26

Behold noble savages! Two hours of real play from our game Tian Shang: Lone Wolf Fists hosted by yours truly; humble author and game designer. Starring a trio of heroes from the World of Ashes and Ghosts: The righteous Enemy of All Animals , a bike-mounted daredevil on a quest to impress the enigmatic Master Shu The mighty Boundless Justic e, mystic sword-wielding powerhouse on a quest to free a b...

Creating a backer style 03.11.2022 1:11:32

A recorded brainstorming session for designing a backer style. Takes the design from pitch through "skeleton", giving us a guide to finalizing the style. This'll take about an hour.

The Circular Ruins 29.01.2022 13:37

I Read Jorge Borges' short story "The Circular Ruins" from his book, Labyrinths, for my kids. Music is Out from the Wasteland by astrofreq (https://pixabay.com/)

The Pit and the Pendulum 01.12.2021 18:42

I read on of Edgar Allen Poe's classics

Writing advice for Aura Engine 07.06.2021 22:17

This is actually for one single person and applicable only to their game

Techniques ramble (kung-fu designers take note!) 03.06.2021 41:17

I go on a 40-minute spiel about my reasoning behind how techniques work and discuss their design principles. Useful if you are gonna make your own! 

The King of Elfland's Daughter, Chapter 3 20.05.2021 13:42

I read Dunsany to my boys

Paranoid: A Chant (Stephen King) 23.02.2021 5:09

A reading of my favorite Stephen King poem

Last Unicorn 6 30.09.2020 19:46

For the boy's bedtime