Duncan Fyfe's guest appearances

Duncan Fyfe

Script Lock

Sarah Elmaleh

Meg Jayanth

Karla Zimonja

Brad Muir

Matthew Burns

Anna Kipnis

Tim Schafer

Jill Murray

Sean Vanaman

Robin Hunicke

Walt Williams

Marc Laidlaw

Mike Laidlaw

Cissy Jones

Jon Ingold

OwlTail

Happy New Year! This month we've got Duncan (writer on Where the Water Tastes Like Wine, Neo Cab, In the Valley of Gods, and the co-creator and writer of the Something True podcast) and Jon (writer, narrative designer and co-founder of Inkle, and has worked on games including 80 Days, Sorcery!, Heaven’s Vault, and Over the Alps) in to talk about being a writer without a writing degree, blank canvas vs well-defined main characters, research, hot air balloons, Lovecraft forums, when to stop researching, underappreciated game moments, player agency, the sweet spot between satisfying and frustrating, the role of writers in pre-production, and more. Our Guests on the InternetDuncan's Website and Twitter.Jon's Twitter, Inkle's Website and Twitter.Stuff We Talked AboutIdle ThumbsCentralia, PALeliana's Song DLCRameses by Stephen BondSpider and Web by Andrew PlotkinPystOur theme music was created by Isabella Ness, and our logo was created by Lily Nishita.

Happy New Year! This month we've got Duncan (writer on Where the Water Tastes Like Wine, Neo Cab, In the Valley of Gods, and the co-creator and writer of the Something True podcast) and Jon (writer, narrative designer and co-founder of Inkle, and has worked on games including 80 Days, Sorcery!, Heaven’s Vault, and Over the Alps) in to talk about being a writer without a writing degree, blank canvas vs well-defined main characters, research, hot air balloons, Lovecraft forums, when to stop researching, underappreciated game moments, player agency, the sweet spot between satisfying and frustrating, the role of writers in pre-production, and more. Our Guests on the InternetDuncan's <a href="https://www.duncanfyfe.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> and <a href="https://www.twitter.com/duncanfyfe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>.Jon's <a href="https://www.twitter.com/joningold" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, Inkle's <a href="https://www.inklestudios.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> and <a href="https://www.twitter.com/inklestudios" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>.Stuff We Talked About<a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&amp;q=idle+thumbs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Idle Thumbs</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Centralia, PA</a><a href="https://dragonage.fandom.com/wiki/Leliana%27s_Song" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leliana's Song DLC</a><a href="http://www.allthingsjacq.com/intfic_clubfloyd_20080302.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rameses</a> by Stephen Bond<a href="https://www.eblong.com/zarf/if.html#tangle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spider and Web</a> by Andrew Plotkin<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyst" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pyst</a>Our theme music was created by <a href="https://www.isabellaness.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Isabella Ness</a>, and our logo was created by <a href="https://lilynishita.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lily Nishita</a>.

Duncan Fyfe & Jon Ingold