Character Creation Spotlight - E18.1 - I Have the High Ground with Jess Levine and satah [Designers]

Welcome to a special bonus episode of Character Creation Spotlight, everyone. In this bonus series we are thrilled to welcome Jess Levine and satah, designers of I Have the High Ground, a two-player game about banter, posturing and capes! This episode we learn about the game and create our scenarios together. Stay tuned for the next episode where we finish our characters and learn more about the design behind the game!

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• I Have the High Ground:
• Itch: https://jessfromonline.itch.io/ihthg
• Indie Press Revolution: https://indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/I-Have-the-High-Ground.html
• Crowdfunding Info: https://www.gameontabletop.com/cf710/i-have-the-high-ground.html

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Jess Levine @jessfromonline

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/jessfromonline
• Website: https://jessfrom.online/
• Itch.io: https://jessfromonline.itch.io/
• Music: https://liquidcrystal.bandcamp.com/

satah @nuditea

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/nuditea
• Website: https://gaygothvibes.online

Games and Tools discussed this episode:

I Have the High Ground:

• Itch: https://jessfromonline.itch.io/ihthg
• Indie Press Revolution: https://indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/I-Have-the-High-Ground.html
• Crowdfunding Info: https://www.gameontabletop.com/cf710/i-have-the-high-ground.html

Timestamps:

• 00:00:22 - Introductions
• 00:04:36 - What's in a game? - Core Concept for I Have the High Ground
• 00:11:44 - Settings
• 00:14:05 - What materials do we need for this game?
• 00:16:15 - What kinds of characters can you make for this game?
• 00:20:53 - How can we tell what the stakes are?
• 00:22:51 - Let's make some people! - Genre
• 00:24:27 - Stakes
• 00:27:15 - History
• 00:33:50 - Descriptors
• 00:51:35 - How did it come to this?!
• 00:57:27 - Environment
• 01:03:50 - Capes
• 01:11:34 - Credits
• 01:13:28 - Show Blurbs - Iron Edda Reforged

Music:

• Clip 1: The following music was used for this media project:
• Music: Sing Along by Alexander Nakarada
• Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4722-sing-along
• License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
• Clip 2: The following music was used for this media project:
• Music: Volcano by Sascha Ende
• Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/540-volcano
• License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
• Artist website: https://www.sascha-ende.de
• Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/)

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