Designer Commentary: i know the end (with Nico MacDougall)

Transcript

Today I’ve got for you another between-season bonus episode. This time we’re breaking format to talk about i know the end, a module I published earlier this year about going back home after a long time away and all the horrors that entails. Because if you can’t occasionally publish something self-indulgent in your podcast feed, what’s even the point of having one?

My cohost for this is my friend Nico MacDougall, the current organizer of The Awards, who edited i know the end and had almost as much to say about it as I did.

For maximum understanding of this episode, you can pick up a free copy of the module here and follow along (or skim it in advance).

Further reading:

The original i know the end cover art

The “oops all PBTA moves” version of i know the end

Three of my short films

My previous written designer commentaries on Space Train Space Heist and Couriers

John Harper talking with Andrew Gillis about the origins of Blades in the Dark

The official designer commentary podcasts for Spire and Heart

Aaron Lim’s An Altogether Different River, which comes with a designer commentary version

Camera Lucida by Roland Barthes, a photography theory book that we talked about during recording but which I later cut because I remembered most of the details about it incorrectly

What Is Risograph Printing, another topic cut from the final recording because I got basically everything about it wrong while recording (the background texture of the module is a risograph printed texture)

Before Sunrise by Richard Linklater

Questionable Content by Jeph Jacques

Socials:

Nico’s carrd page, which includes links to their socials, editing rates, and The Awards.

Sam on Bluesky, Twitter, dice.camp, and itch.

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