“I know for me what I'm working on, especially at the beginning of creating a story I'm asking, because stories have to have escalating conflict, I ask: What is the worst thing that could happen now to my dear lovely character? And now what?What's worse than that? And what's worse than that? And that's how I build my plot.”
-- Beth Barany
In this episode of How To Write the Future podcast, host Beth Barany continues her interview with game designer and entrepreneur, Randy Lubin. They share resources for world-building, discuss the difference between “diegetic” and “diegesis”. Plus Randy shares tips on designing games.

Listen to part 1 where they discuss how games can be used as powerful tools for shaping the future.
ABOUT RANDY LUBIN

Randy Lubin is a game designer and entrepreneur. He makes foresight games that help organizations explore the future via his studio Leveraged Play. He also makes lighter consumer storytelling games through Diegetic Games.

Website: https://randylubin.com/

X: https://twitter.com/randylubin

LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/randylubin/

Foresight games studio: https://leveragedplay.com/ Consumer storytelling games: https://diegeticgames.com/ Blog post on integrating foresight games into creative writing:

https://blog.randylubin.com/foresight-workshop-games-creative-writing
RESOURCES

Get your free World Building Workbook for Fiction Writers: https://writersfunzone.com/blog/world-building-resources/

Interview Part 1: [add link after Sept. 23rd]
Games mentioned in this episode:

For the Queen by Alex Roberts: https://shop.critrole.com/products/for-the-queen

Lasers and Feelings: https://johnharper.itch.io/lasers-feelings

Hackers and Hustlers RPG: https://randylubin.itch.io/hackers-and-hustlers

Apophenia = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia

Henrietta The Dragon Slayer, A short film (We’re in post-production and fundraising!) https://author.bethbarany.com/henrietta-short-film/

• SHOW PRODUCTION BY Beth Barany
• SHOW CO-PRODUCTION + NOTES by Kerry-Ann McDade

c. 2024 BETH BARANY

https://bethbarany.com/

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