20 Cezar Capacle

Cezar Capacle is a Brazilian Game Designer, author of the PUSH SRD, Midnight Melodies, Oneironaut, and so so many more. Cezar is a Game Artist, always exploring new ideas, new frontiers and showing us what RPGs can do. He has released more than 20 games, ranging from games you play while you're asleep to tender games about saying goodbye, to tower defense games in which you're a cow defending your farm from a zombie attack. 

I am always impressed by how prolific, creative and well made Cezar's games are. And the range of themes, mechanics, and experiences these games provide are incredibly impressive. Cezar navigates all styles of play, from classic adventure games, to story focused ones, and even abstract or tactical games.

On this episode we talked mainly about two of his games: Midnight Melodies and Oneironaut.

Midnight Melodies is a solo RPG in which you play as a jazz pianist who discovers they're immune to the touch of the Grim Reaper. Instead of claiming your life, the Reaper recruits you for the Department of Unauthorized Deaths. Each night, after your performance at the club, you find a scrap of paper in your tip jar - the name of someone taken without consent. You must unravel the mystery of these unauthorized deaths, using your newfound supernatural talents, and perform an eerie harmony to report your findings to the Reaper before sunrise.

Oneironaut is a solo role-playing game in which you take on the role of an Ahiag̃ soldier in a fight against Yurupari for control over the dream world. Visit fantastic places and shape the world as you wish. Using lucid dreaming techniques, this game allows you to develop the ability to control your dreams and fulfill Ahiag̃'s missions during your sleep. Embark on this dreamlike journey and discover things you never thought you would be able to do.

But we talked about a lot more than game and game design. We talked about being weird, accepting yourself, our creative processes, his journey as a game designer, minimalist life style, how criticism affect us.

We get personal talking about how the loss of a loved one made him reevaluate his life, his choices and led him to the place his is today. We talked about religion, Catholicism, Buddhism, stoicism, and A LOT MORE!

This is a juice episode and I really hope y'all enjoy it!

Let's get weird with Cezar Capacle!

Check out Cezar's work!

His link tree: https://bento.me/capacle

Games on itch: https://capacle.itch.io/

Cezar's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/capacle/about

Join his Newsletter: https://capacle.substack.com/

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Stuff mentioned in the Episode:

Madeira Island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeira

Midnight Melodies: https://capacle.itch.io/midnight-melodies

Oneironaut: https://capacle.itch.io/oneironaut

Neil Gaiman: https://www.neilgaiman.com/

Neverwhere: https://www.neilgaiman.com/works/Books/Neverwhere/

Soul: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2948372/

Hunger Games: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunger_Games

Trying not to Try: https://www.amazon.com/Trying-Not-Try-Ancient-Spontaneity/dp/077043763X/ref=pd_sbs_sccl_2_1/140-8255302-3108816

Being Aware of Being Aware: https://www.amazon.com/Being-Aware-Essence-Meditation/dp/1626259968/ref=sr_1_1

Alan Watts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Watts