120. Using Games to Design our Futures with Randy Lubin, part 2

“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 BaranySHOW CO-PRODUCTION + NOTES by Kerry-Ann McDade c. 2024 BETH BARANY https://bethbarany.com/ Questions? Comments? Send us a text! -- CONNECT Contact Beth: https://writersfunzone.com/blog/podcast/#tve-jump-185b4422580 Email: beth@bethbarany.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethbarany/ CREDITS EDITED WITH DESCRIPT: https://get.descript.com/0clwwvlf6e3j MUSIC: Uppbeat.io DISTRIBUTED BY BUZZSPROUT: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1994465