Episode 266: Agency, Storytelling, and Play: A Conversation with Cole Wehrle
In this episode Pete chats one-on-one with Cole Wehrle of Buried Giant Studios, designer or Root, Oath, Arcs, and more. They explore the studio model of game design and about player agency, emergent storytelling, and what it's like the make and play long, heavy games.
Timestamps
1:00 - how Cole thinks about making games
18:45 - storytelling in games
40:00 - long heavy games
49:30 - agency and fairness
59:20 - fun
1:04:30 - learning rules
1:14:00 - designing historical games
