New Draft Podcast

Welcome to the New Draft Podcast, a podcast about creating media, whether books, movies, music or games. This week we talk about gamification. We also get a little sidetracked and end up talking about monitisation and DLC. Sorry for the shoddy audio on this one, we will be back up to full next week. Download…Read more Episode 15 – Gamification

Welcome to the New Draft Podcast, a podcast about creating media, whether books, movies, music or games This week we attempt to craft a roleplaying game to play at our flat dinner, based on the board game One Night Vampire. Download Link iTunes Link

Welcome to the New Draft Podcast, a podcast about creating media, whether books, movies, music or games. This week we delve into mysteries, and how to do them in different media. We investigate what makes them tick and what makes them fall apart. Download Link iTunes Link

Welcome to the New Draft Podcast, a podcast about creating media, whether books, movies, music or games. This week we look back on our roleplaying experiences, and how they have shaped how we look at character and story. Download Link iTunes Link

Welcome to the New Draft Podcast, a podcast about creating media, whether books, movies, music or games. This week we look at genre, and what happens when it’s all over the place in a work, such as in a movie we all just watched called ‘The Best Offer’. Join us as we use this movie…Read more Episode 11 – Genre

Welcome to the New Draft Podcast, a podcast about creating media, whether books, movies, music or games. We talk about story structures, and how to use them. We also talk about the hero’s journey for a while, and why it is so prevailent. Rounding out the show, we talk about how our monthly projects have…Read more Episode 10 – Story Structure

Welcome to the New Draft Podcast, a podcast about creating media, whether books, movies, music or games. In this episode, we talk about how to make your content feel fun! We talk about comedy and how to make it land, and then answer a question submitted to us by a listener. Download Link iTunes Link

Welcome to the first bonus episode of the New Draft Podcast, a podcast about creating media, whether books, movies, music or games. In this bonus episode, James and Josh are joined by a couple of friends to test the roleplaying system James has been designing in the last month, Venerate Me. We have a lot…Read more Bonus Episode 1 – Roleplaying with James

Welcome to the New Draft Podcast, a podcast about creating media, whether books, movies, music or games. In this episode we return to the world we made in episode 4 to come up with some characters. Josh comes up with a demonic corruption help group, James invents the biggest bad guy, and Jess talks about…Read more Episode 8 – Character

Welcome to the New Draft Podcast, a podcast about creating media, whether books, movies, music or games. In this episode we talk about writer’s block, and how we deal with it. We also talk about how we get inspiration to start projects. Finally, we challange each other to complete a piece of work by the…Read more Episode 6 – Writer’s Block

Welcome to the New Draft Podcast, a podcast about creating media, whether books, movies, music or games. In this episode we talk about sybolism, and how it is used. We see how themes can be portrayed through the use of symbols andhow they can be used to establish a conection with an audience. Download Link…Read more Episode 5 – Symbolism

Welcome to the New Draft Podcast, a podcast about creating media, whether books, movies, music or games. In this episode we try something different this episode, as we try and create some content live. After some talk about voodoo and trains, we try and come up with a cool setting that we can use in…Read more Episode 4 – Setting

Welcome to the New Draft Podcast, a podcast about creating media, whether books, movies, music or games. In this episode we talk about foreshadowing, and how different books, movies and video games try to subtly hint and what is going on. Download Link iTunes Link