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SWE #23 B.E.A.R.S. with Davence Young
Send us Fan Mail Embark with us and transmedia producer Davence Young as we explore the future of warfare and it’s hidden past in the B.E.A.R.S story world! Dragonesque Studios: https://davence.wixsite.com/dragonesque-studios B.E.A.R.S the Awakening takes place in the not-too-distant future where there is an arms race to create the super soldier. The year is 2120 and the world’s superpowers are…
Send us Fan Mail Kicking off Season 3 of the Story World Explorers Podcast is our inaugural transmedia competition "A Story World in 8 Days"! We had the absolute pleasure of having 8 fantastic artists from around the world participate in a intense, 8 day world building competition. The only things they knew was that they had 8 days to build a fully functioning world and that they'd have to present…
Send us Fan Mail Embark with us and transmedia producer Louie Olivas as we explore the future of mankind on the galactiport, Jancroon! Jancroon: https://jancroon.com/ Jancroon takes place over a thousand years in the future deep in space on a galactiport named Jancroon. Humankind has long since left Earth and now exist in these self-contained galactiports. Jancroon is one of these havens but is…
Send us Fan Mail Embark with us and fandom studies expert Jonathan Gray as we explore the importance of paratexts in transmedia storytelling! Jonathan is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of Show Sold Separately. His work examines how media entertainment and its audiences interact and examines how and where value and meaning are created. A principal part of this…
Send us Fan Mail Embark with us and transmedia producer Chris Masson as we explore transmedia lessons learned from the rise and fall of the Unknown 9 story world! Chris was the Transmedia Architect of Reflector Entertainment’s Unknown 9 story world up until the world’s cancelation with less-then-ideal reception of the video game, Unknown 9: Awakening. Unknown 9 was a pure transmedia franchise,…
SWE #18 Farbodies with Nick Jones, Richard Durham, & Bo Paterson
Send us Fan Mail Embark with us and transmedia producers, storytellers, artists and creators Nick Jones, Richard Durham, and Bo Paterson as we explore the haunting, dark deco world of Farbodies! Farbodies: https://www.farbodies.com/ Urban Folkcore: https://www.farbodies.com/store/p/urbanfolkcorephysical We are not safe. Farbodies is a pure transmedia franchise with a timelining beginning in…
Send us Fan Mail Embark with us and manga artist and creator Rizky Arrydesta as we explore the fantastical medieval empire of Indonesia through his comic book, Candala! Candala: https://toontube.co/project/candala Candala is a riveting, vicious, and bloody manga taking place in the 13th century Majapahit Empire, where the Epic Ramayana is a part of real life. Following our protagonist Ayu, a young…
SWE #16 Knights of Mydista with Maxwell Allen Duncan
Send us Fan Mail Embark with us and transmedia producer Maxwell Allen Duncan as we explore his story world The Time Realm through the first piece of transmedia content, the Knights of Mydista trading card game! Knights of Mydista: https://madaboutthis.media/knights-of-mydista/ This isn't your average trading card game; it's a portal to the world of Daer Lurra, where your victories the write…
Send us Fan Mail Join us and Author & Senior Narrative Designer Nick Jones as we discuss his book, The Player & the Pentacle! Nick Jones is the Senior Narrative Designer at Shark Mob Games and expert infusing folklore in to story to develop vibrant and "lived-in" story worlds. Buy the book here:…
Send us Fan Mail Join us and photographer Chris Guillen as we explore his story world of Modern Rosie! Modern Rosie is based on the character of Rosie the Riveter, who was created for a recruitment campaign during WWII to attract women into the workforce. See the project here: https://chrisguillencreative.com/rosie Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_hUYd5vzjpw Modern Rosies are female…