Welcome to the second episode of Series 66, everyone! In this series, we sat down with three different designers live at the AcadeCon 2023 convention in Dayton, Ohio in the US! In today's episode, Ryan was able to sit down with Carlos Salazar to talk about his brand-new game still in development, Under and Above, an isekai RPG where you play as people interacting with a world adjacent to ours! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Star Crossed: Love Letters Backerkit: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/bully-pulpit-games/Star-Crossed-Love-Letters Our social media info: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com Leave us reviews in any, or all, of these places: Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us) https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Podchaser https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests Carlos Salazar https://linktr.ee/carlos.makes.games Games/Tools discussed this episode: Under and Above: https://linktr.ee/carlos.makes.games Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:23 - Introductions 00:03:53 - What's in a game? - Core concept for Under and Above 00:05:05 - What is the setting? 00:06:04 - What do characters do in the game? 00:08:17 - What materials do we need to play Under and Above? 00:11:18 - What sorts of characters can you make in this game? 00:14:27 - Let's make some people! 00:17:06 - Choosing our kin 00:20:26 - Kin Questions 00:23:42 - Names and Appearance 00:25:17 - Signature Move 00:29:00 - Banes and Drawbacks 00:30:08 - Worldbuilding - What is the Above? 00:31:03 - How is the Above and Below separated? 00:31:48 - What is it like between the two? 00:33:13 - What is the Below? 00:43:33 - Why is your group together and how does the adventure start? 00:48:14 - Choosing our kith playbooks 00:49:41 - Kith signature moves, solo moves and group moves 00:51:59 - Attributes 00:54:16 - Gear and weapons 00:55:22 - Touchstones 01:02:41 - Connections 01:04:42 - Finishing Touches 01:05:57 - What was the process like developing these mechanics? 01:08:35 - What inspirations were pulled from for the character creation in this game? 01:10:20 - Episode closer 01:11:34 - Call to Action 01:19:46 - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Journey Into a New World by Adam Saban on Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15114 Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Contact Us: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com BlueSky: @CreationCast.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.bsky.social) Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: BlueSky: @gingerreckoning.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social) Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: BlueSky: @lordneptune.com (https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.com) Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices