“ Normally, here with me as always is blank blank.”
Blank? Blankety blank! No, we’re not censored. Rather, we’re filling in the blanks to solve the mystery sleuthing game The Rise of the Golden Idol. This game plays a little bit like a graphic novel, where you’re given images of fictional crime scenes and you need to figure out the order of events. What sets this game apart is the unique mechanics and fun storytelling elements.
Guests Bill Sunderland and Dani Siller are writers for this game, and they join us again to solve some puzzles and talk about The Rise of the Golden Idol, including the game mechanics, hint system, and upcoming DLC (downloadable content). Our game today is called Precious Metals, where all answers are common phrases containing a metal, along with a twist.
If you enjoyed this episode, check out our interview with Dani and Bill on REPOD S5E8, and you can find all their projects at ConsumeThisMedia.com.
Time Stamps
- 02:03 Game: Precious Metals
- 14:07 Discussion: The Rise of the Golden Idol
- 18:22 Dani & Bill on Writing for The Rise of the Golden Idol
Guest: Bill Sunderland and Dani Siller of Escape This Podcast
Dani and Bill created Escape This Podcast in an attempt to bring escape rooms into the audio space with TTRPG-style gameplay. The experiment worked, and since launching the show in 2017 they now work full time as podcasters and game/ puzzle designers with a second show (Solve This Murder) and a variety of other creative projects.
With backgrounds in science, musical theatre, writing, TTRPGs, trivia, and more, Dani and Bill’s eclectic interests are on display across all their work, from escape rooms set in laboratories, to murder mysteries on planes, to digital puzzle adventures where magicians steal the Sydney Opera House.
Bill and Dani also worked as narrative and puzzle designers for the detective video game The Rise of the Golden Idol by Color Gray games.
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Production Credits
- Hosted by Peih-Gee Law & David Spira
- Puzzles by Peih-Gee Law
- Produced by Theresa Piazza
- Supported by Lisa Spira
- Edited by Peih-Gee Law
- Music by Matt Farthing
- Logo by Theresa Wagner
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