Vernacademia Season 2.14: Starcraft Modding

For this cast I take a moment to interview Sientir about his experiences modding Starcraft

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Cliff Notes:

00:04 Introduction
00:14 Some Background
01:31 How does Modding Effect the Design Process
03:06 Simplified Design from an Established Base
03:36 Lessons Learned from Modding
03:47 Rote and Emergent Role Interplay
05:19 Building Emergent Counterplay
06:03 Magic's Color System and Emergent Counterplay
06:45 The Carrier Mod Example
07:27 Exploring the Removal of Air Units
08:41 Age of Exploration Mod
09:32 The Value of Idea Exploration
11:39 Developed Design Intuition?
12:20 StarCraft and StarCraft 2 Modding Differences
13:20 The Research Backbone
14:17 End State Variance
16:07 Limitations in Starcraft and Starcraft 2 Modding
18:13 Player or Modder?
20:11 Lesson Carry Over
20:30 The Value of Modding
24:14 Next Cast
24:57 Sign Off