“Safety gone!” Hub Worlds and Safehouses; Environmental Storytelling

This week on the program, Mark starts playing Spider-Man, Stephen ignores your narrative, and Martha is very smart.

Meta:

Optica is out now! Buy it, buy it, buy it! You can get it on iOS and Android.
And while you're at it, pick up its spiritual antecedent, Strata, on iOS or Steam.
"The 'Spider-Man' Puddle Controversy Is One Of Gaming's Dumbest" - Dave Thier, Forbes

[0:09:09] Hub Worlds and Safe Houses

"Destiny 2 Will Let You Play 'Fully Scored Soccer'" - Alex Walker, Kotaku
"Gearbox and Claptrap honor late Borderlands fan with eulogy, NPC in sequel" - Jessica Conditt, Engadget
"Sea of Thieves is fun until you meet other pirates" - Fraser Brown, Rock Paper Shotgun

[0:38:20] Environmental Storytelling

Here's an image of some of the narrative-assisting collectables in Widget Satchel:

Mark talks about the subtext of Metro Nexus' overworld maps in our episode on research for games.

This week on the program, Mark starts playing Spider-Man, Stephen ignores your narrative, and Martha is very smart.

Meta:

Optica is out now! Buy it, buy it, buy it! You can get it on iOS and Android.
And while you’re at it, pick up its spiritual antecedent, Strata, on iOS or Steam.
“The ‘Spider-Man’ Puddle Controversy Is One Of Gaming’s Dumbest” – Dave Thier, Forbes

[0:09:09] Hub Worlds and Safe Houses

“Destiny 2 Will Let You Play ‘Fully Scored Soccer'” – Alex Walker, Kotaku
“Gearbox and Claptrap honor late Borderlands fan with eulogy, NPC in sequel” – Jessica Conditt, Engadget
“Sea of Thieves is fun until you meet other pirates” – Fraser Brown, Rock Paper Shotgun

[0:38:20] Environmental Storytelling

Here’s an image of some of the narrative-assisting collectables in Widget Satchel:

Mark talks about the subtext of Metro Nexus’ overworld maps in our episode on research for games.