<description>&lt;p&gt;Laura, Rob, and Sarah chat with Adam Robinson-Yu about The Annual Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival, a communal and virtual festival experience hosted every ~October for the last six years. We discuss the logistics of running a seasonal multiplayer game, encouraging emergent interactions through limited tools, highlighting pumpkin artistry, expressing embodiment in digital space, building secrets over time, and more!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;NOTE: If you want to avoid spoilers of this year's additions to the game, skip the section from 1:12:40 to 1:22:00!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Audio edited by Dylan Shumway&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Discussed in this episode:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href= "https://adamgryu.itch.io/pumpkin-carver"&gt;https://adamgryu.itch.io/pumpkin-carver&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Laura E. Hall's 31 Days of Halloween newsletter&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href= "https://buttondown.com/31daysofhalloween"&gt;https://buttondown.com/31daysofhalloween&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Adam's Itch&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href= "https://adamgryu.itch.io/"&gt;https://adamgryu.itch.io/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Adam's Bluesky&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/adamgryu.bsky.social"&gt;https://bsky.app/profile/adamgryu.bsky.social&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href= "https://eggplant.show/"&gt;https://eggplant.show/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://discord.gg/eggplant"&gt;https://discord.gg/eggplant&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.patreon.com/eggplantshow"&gt;https://www.patreon.com/eggplantshow&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/eggplantshow"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/eggplantshow&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Secret Lives of Games

The Secret Lives of Games

148: Carving Out Some Time with Adam Robinson-Yu (Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival)

OCT 24, 202588 MIN
The Secret Lives of Games

148: Carving Out Some Time with Adam Robinson-Yu (Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival)

OCT 24, 202588 MIN

Description

Laura, Rob, and Sarah chat with Adam Robinson-Yu about The Annual Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival, a communal and virtual festival experience hosted every ~October for the last six years. We discuss the logistics of running a seasonal multiplayer game, encouraging emergent interactions through limited tools, highlighting pumpkin artistry, expressing embodiment in digital space, building secrets over time, and more!

NOTE: If you want to avoid spoilers of this year's additions to the game, skip the section from 1:12:40 to 1:22:00!

Audio edited by Dylan Shumway

Discussed in this episode:

Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival https://adamgryu.itch.io/pumpkin-carver

Laura E. Hall's 31 Days of Halloween newsletter https://buttondown.com/31daysofhalloween

Adam's Itch https://adamgryu.itch.io/

Adam's Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/adamgryu.bsky.social

https://eggplant.show/

https://discord.gg/eggplant

https://www.patreon.com/eggplantshow

https://www.youtube.com/eggplantshow