Series 38.2 - Blue Planet: Recontact with Jeff Barber [Designer] (Creation Continued)

Character Creation Cast

Welcome to the second episode of Series 38! This series we welcome Jeff Barber back to the studio to cover the brand new version of a game we covered 32 series ago, Blue Planet: Recontact, a sci-fi game about life on an alien, ocean world. This episode we finish creating our characters!! Also, make sure to check the show notes for the Blue Planet Kickstarter page as well as the #Reviews4Good campaign that Podchaser is doing this whole month of April!

Announcements:

• Blue Planet: Recontact Kickstarter:
• https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1875712273/blue-planet-recontact
• Podchaser #Reviews4Good Campaign:
• https://www.podchaser.com/articles/reviews4good/reviews4good-2021
• Character Creation Cast Podchaser Page:
• https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast

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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 and Projects:

Jeff Barber @BiohazardJeff

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/BiohazardJeff
• Website: https://www.biohazardgamespublishing.com/

Games discussed this episode:

Blue Planet: Recontact by Jeff Barber

• Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1875712273/blue-planet-recontact

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Announcements
• 00:03:59 - Recap
• 00:04:28 - Profile - Goals Motivations and Attitudes
• 00:09:30 - Attributes
• 00:15:14 - Focus Attributes
• 00:25:58 - Strain
• 00:28:46 - Skill Sets
• 00:44:22 - Our Origin Skill Sets
• 00:45:52 - Our Background Skill Sets
• 00:46:53 - Our Occupation Skill Sets
• 00:47:23 - Our Experiential Skill Sets
• 00:48:01 - Our Developmental Skill Sets
• 00:49:56 - Tags
• 00:54:50 - Tracks - Creating a campaign track
• 00:58:52 - Creating a more personal track
• 01:01:42 - Ties and Names
• 01:14:39 - Actual Age vs Apparent Age
• 01:18:17 - Features
• 01:21:56 - Biomods
• 01:28:39 - Gear
• 01:29:16 - We did it!
• 01:29:40 - Episode Closer
• 01:30:27 - Call To Action
• 01:34:47 - Credits
• 01:36:42 - Show Blurbs: Campaign

Transcripts

• https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-382-blue-planet-recontact-with-jeff-barber-designer-creation-continued/transcript

Music:

• Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)
• Clip 1: Diving In The Oceans Of Kepler by MusicLFiles
• Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7062-diving-in-the-oceans-of-kepler
• License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
• Clip 2: Beyond The Known Space by MusicLFiles
• Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6835-beyond-the-known-space
• License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
• Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/)

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