{"id":144,"date":"2017-09-03T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briebeau.com\/thoughty\/2017\/09\/03\/script-change-official\/"},"modified":"2021-11-16T00:39:40","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T05:39:40","slug":"script-change-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briebeau.com\/thoughty\/2017\/09\/script-change-official\/","title":{"rendered":"Script Change: Official"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hi all!<\/p>\n

As of today, you can download a PDF version of Script Change<\/a> that is formatted and easily printed.<\/p>\n

I started writing Script Change, from what I can remember and what Google Drive tells me, in 2013. I had started playing indie games a while before, and earlier that year, I’d written about how I’d used the X-card in a game of Monsterhearts. With the X-card<\/a>, though, I used a secondary card introduced by Kira Magrann called the O-card<\/a>, effectively a way to encourage people to do the thing that you were enjoying.<\/p>\n

I have a lot of feelings about safety mechanics<\/a>, trigger warnings<\/a>, and so on. I really appreciated the X-card. It gave me some new freedoms, I could try things I wasn’t familiar with. And the O-card was great, but I realized that I didn’t need it if people already knew what I was looking forward to, what I wasn’t sure about, and if I had something other than the X-card to show what way I thought the story could go.<\/p>\n

Script Change has had many, many updates. Briefly, there was an applause function to encourage people to do things, but I felt it wasn’t genuine enough. Thinking it through, I really thought the core things in it \u2013 rewinding to redo scenes for whatever reason, pausing to take a break and get perspective, and fast-forwarding to get over things that are too much or that we just don’t want to bore ourselves with them \u2013 are more important than anything else. I’ve added some smaller things in the end, like the Wrap Meeting for debriefs, Instant Replay to reduce confusion, and the Highlight Reel to help keep people excited and enthusiastic for the game.<\/p>\n

The biggest thing about Script Change is that it’s supposed to be flexible. It demands a conversation about consent, and about what people want <\/i>in a game. It reminds people that games are not set in stone. We aren’t chipping into marble, here. We are telling a story as we go, and we can change things to make it more exciting, more fun, more of whatever we want – and less of what we don’t want.<\/p>\n

Script Change is not the only content tool out there, and there is a lot to be said about doing what works best for you. But, it has been a labor of love for me, because I want people to play games that they enjoy! I want them to have experiences of a lifetime with the chance to pause and get ready for more, or even just a chill beer and pretzels night where the tonal shift can be easily fixed with a “rewind.”<\/p>\n

I hope that you’ll check out Script Change and if nothing else, just see if you can glean something new from it. Most of all, I hope you have a hell of a good time playing some games. <3<\/p>\n

Download the PDF here!<\/a><\/p>\n

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To leave some cash in the tip jar, go to http:\/\/paypal.me\/thoughty<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you’d like to be interviewed for Thoughty, or have a project featured, email contactbriecs@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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