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 --- Sup…

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 --- Support this p…

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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/g…

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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/support…

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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/support…

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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/support

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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/support…

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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/…

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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/support…

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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/…

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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/support

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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/support…

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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcaster…

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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomi…

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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/support…

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 Y…

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. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/support

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. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/support

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. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/support

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. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sh…

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. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/support

This time on Will and Jerod Make a game, we discuss possible settings and narrow down what we want to make. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/support

Welcome to the first episode of Will and Jerod make a game! Two game designers have an idea for a new project and walk you along from start to finish. In this episode, we start with the big picture idea - what in the world do we want to do? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/support…

Will chats about the creation of the Second Guess System for solo games and how that expanded to the dungeon delve, Lord of Terror. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/support

This episode, Will chats with Party First graphic designer Matt about his inspirations and his amazing plans for Twilight War stretch goals. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/support

This episode Will chats with Twilight War co-designer, Jerod about Twilight War and some of the things he's excited about. Plus, info about the two adventures! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/support

This episode, Will chats with Party First core co-designer Brett about the system and how it came together. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/support

This episode, Will gives a broad overview of both the world and system for the 80s alt history horror game, Party First. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/support

This episode, Will chats a bit about Kickstarter, Zinequest, and his experience with Warmer in the Winter. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/support

This episode, Will takes a dive into the Second Guess solo journaling system. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/support

This week will chats more Zinequest with some of the features that make Warmer in the Winter unique. Follow the campaign at www.bit.ly/warmerRPG. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/support

This time Will chats Zinequest and Warmer in the Winter, the holiday romance PbtA RPG. Find out more at: www.bit.ly/warmerRPG --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/support

This week Will introduces our new horror solo RPG, One White Eye and then regales listeners with an audio drama recording of an actual play. Audio drama music by anatu on icons8. anatu --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/support…

After a long hiatus, Will returns to give a brief update on what Gamenomicon has been up to in the last year.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/supportPor Gamenomicon

This week, Will apologizes for the long and unannounced delay in episodes and updates the roadmap of where we're going in 2017!--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/supportPor Gamenomicon

This week, Will talks about the importance of staying busy and keeping up forward momentum with multiple projects.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/supportPor Gamenomicon

This week, Will talks about his history with games and gaming.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/supportPor Gamenomicon

This week, Will talks progress and playtesting.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/supportPor Gamenomicon

This week, Will chats about how to present issues online and offers up a sample RFQ template.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/supportPor Gamenomicon

This time we change the format up a bit and instead briefly interview our graphic designer, Matt, over our lunch breaks.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/supportPor Gamenomicon

On his drive home from work this week, Will discusses laying claim to the various bits of web real estate that are likely to be necessary for the company.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/supportPor Gamenomicon

On his drive home from work, Will talks about making the decision to finally start his own game publishing company.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamenomicon/supportPor Gamenomicon