#Love ritual game how to

Kiri: Yeah, so Grief::Leaf is a fairly short game. Really interesting for us to get an understanding of your ritual game, maybe. Kiri, I know this is, this is something very, very close to your heart, but it’d be One way of getting us into this kind of discussion might be to talkĪbout specific examples maybe. Us to learn in both sides of the equation around how we design and think about designing for people and experiences. Specifically, versus explore this set of information and come up with your own ideas. This sort of relates to how games crossover in collaboration becauseĬollaboration designers are often designing processes that enable people to get work done more effectively together.Īnd there’s a massive difference between designing a process that enables people to, say, learn this thing With our “game”, in inverted commas, to have a particular type of experience.

#Love ritual game how to

And the reason that we chose experiences, is because it exposes a really interesting discussionĪbout what makes a game and what counts as a game and how you go about designing a game.īecause we’re not designing something that enables folks to know how to get points and win… what exactly are weĭoing as designers? What information are we providing for our players? What are we constructing that help them engage These sorts of games are often known as lyric games or ritual games, but we’re talking about what it takes to designĪ set of experiences. To have a conversation more about those games that sit outside of your traditional definition, as I mentioned earlier.

That create experiences for people and may not conform to the traditional definition of what is a game. So this week we’re hoping to have a bit of a conversation aboutĪnd we’re really excited to have Kiri and Logan here as they’re practicing game designers in this space, making games Paris, and we have some pretty fun experiences to share, but we can get to that later on in the episode. Which is, and the man himself on Twitter might talk a little bit about that later, because the Amble crew have had an opportunity to play preparing for You can find all of his other games on Itch, Now you might know Logan from his first very, very successful Kickstarter, preparingįor Paris, a game of dramatic sporty teams causing chaos in high school. His games are gifts that move players to tell Tattooed, forest loving transgender indie tabletop game designer. Getting started as game designer and you can find her ritual game Grief::Leaf on her itch.io store at Kiri is an intrepid explorer of inner landscapes, an artist, poet, andįacilitator with a passion for nature connection and a background in preventing violence against women. But we thought we’d start by introducing the folks So today we’re going to talk about all of those things, how youĭesign for different experiences through their games and rituals. They’re both Amble troupe members and designers of games and lyric Guests in our midst: Kiri Bear and Logan Timmins. And today look, we’re really, really excitedīecause this is the first time on the Amble podcast that we’re hosting guests. Podcast where we take a disciplined wander through the borderlands between ways of working and games. Mobile Frame Zero: Firebrands by Meguey & D. “Powered by the Apocalypse” role-playing game design framework The Society of Sensation (Sensates) in Sigil, from a Fandom Wiki “The Echo of the Shadow” by Teatro de los Sentidos, at Melbourne Festival 2016 Research into effect of rituals on losing money, reported by Harvard Business Review: “The Restorative Power of Ritual”ĪlMost by Jay Dragon, on the Possum Greek Games Itch.io store Logan Timmins on Twitter: for Paris by Logan Timmins on Itch.io Logan Timmins’s “Breathing Stories” Itch.io store When you make a small donation to our ko-fi, it makes a big difference to our ability to keep making free-to-play games.