Character Creation Spotlight E20 - Girl by Moonlight with Andrew Gillis [Designer]

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Welcome to a special bonus episode of Character Creation Spotlight! For this episode, we sit down with Andrew Gillis, designer of the game we'll be shining a light on today, Girl by Moonlight, a Magical Girl game about exploring the heartbreak of denying who you really are, fighting for what you believe in, and the transcendent power of building relationships while embracing your true self. This game is funding on Backerkit right now, so check it out after you hear all about it and hear about our amazing group we created this episode!

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Andrew Gillis @CommutingCrow

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Games/Tools discussed this episode:

Girl By Moonlight

• Backerkit:
• https://www.backerkit.com/c/evil-hat/girl-by-moonlight

Timestamps:

• 00:00:08 - Introductions
• 00:02:35 - What's in a game?
• 00:03:22 - Setting
• 00:04:37 - What do characters do in this game?
• 00:05:18 - Materials
• 00:05:40 - What kind of characters can you make in this game?
• 00:07:32 - Let's make some people! - Choose a setting
• 00:09:14 - Series creation worksheet
• 00:10:14 - What blight is upon the world?
• 00:11:10 - What is its agenda?
• 00:13:38 - Mundane World
• 00:18:11 - What is held sacred?
• 00:20:15 - What is considered profane?
• 00:21:40 - How did we get our abilities?
• 00:23:06 - What role do we play?
• 00:24:57 - Choosing playbooks
• 00:34:56 - Filling initial details
• 00:35:40 - Action Ratings and Transcended Abilities
• 00:42:01 - Create secondary characters?
• 00:52:07 - Naming our characters
• 00:55:46 - Introduce our characters
• 00:59:35 - Promises
• 01:10:26 - We finished!
• 01:11:57 - Episode Closer
• 01:13:30 - Credits

Music:

• Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs

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