Amusement Sparks

@cheapshot from the CheapBeats record label joins the podcast to design a Chiptune Theme Park! Join the process of turning this incredible music aesthetic into a visual world to explore. This episode features a lot of music, check the transcript for track titles. Oh yeah, we have transcripts now--on AmusementSparks.com! Check out James' record label: cheapbeats.net Transcript and other goodies: amusementsparks.com Member of the FancyBat Podcast Collective Episode Transcript: ChiptuneThemeParkTranscript  

High five! nic brings us another groundbreaking and pulse-pounding theme park concept. Always great having this guy on the show, and this episode is a ton of fun!

What if the Super Mario universe was turned into a theme park? One without the limitations of budget, functionality, or tradition? Strap into the rainbow road transit as we brainstorm our dream Super Mario Theme Park! Today's guest is Jeff Ryan, author of Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America and A Mouse Divided. Amusement Sparks is a member of the FancyBat Podcast Collective.

GiantLands Kickstarter Live Now! Ends 12/13/2019 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dinehart/giantlands-limited-edition-boxed-set On this episode, Stephen and Andrew discuss: Kickstarter Early Dungeons & Dragons Creative Portfolios Working with Legends Rapid Prototyping Making Videos Grognards vs. Creatives: Different Play Styles. The Transition from Wargaming to Role Playing

  Zack Hartzman from @heylistengames_ (heylistengames.org) joins to create a theme park based on Nickelodeon's Avatar series. This theme park has a very unique structure that represents the different cultures from the nations in the series.

Fate, free will, or physics? Rebirth. Social connections in gaming. Finite and Infinite Games.

The incredible action/adventure video game series serves as inspiration for this theme park. @johnathonoscar, codesigner of our Portal and Bioshock them parks, joins to create this super fun concept. Check out his YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNYEjr7GR70REmtQ82Kp_XQ) and Podcast (https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/anchor-podcasts/horns-wings-an-issuebyissue-saga-podcast) Enjoy!

Andrew Spohn and Stephen Dinehart begin a discussion on GiantLands, a new role-playing game (and upcoming park) created by Stephen and James M. Ward. Let us know what you think!

Dustin Staats of the Board Gaming with Education Podcast joins to design a theme park based on tabletop games including board, card, miniatures, and more!

Joe from Brave World Anime joins to help design a theme park that incorporates all of Kyoto Animation's works!

Stephen Dinehart, creator of the upcoming GiantLands theme park, joins the Amusement Sparks creative crew! We focus on representing the Halo universe in a next gen theme park, exploring lots of experience design concepts along the way.

Ben from The Cartoncast returns to help design a theme park based on the soulsborne video game series.  

What a classic episode! Robby from Toy Joy and Yummi Joy joins to design a Pokémon theme park! Originally aired in November 2016.

Justine Mastin and Larisa Garski of the amazing Starship Therapise Podcast join in designing a theme park based on Riverdale and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina!

Brent and Andrew design a next generation Star Trek theme park!    

Jacob Wright from Puff Puff Hour brings his expertise to our Dragon Quest Theme Park! Produced by CUYOMI Member of the FancyBat Podcast Collective Find the show on YouTube

The phenomenal time travelling JRPG finally gets a theme park! Check out Greg's band, Lipstick Generation, and podcast, The Lipstick Panel! Produced by CUYOMI Member of the FancyBat Podcast Collective Find the show on YouTube

Kaleb and Joe from Ultima Final Fantasy bring their expertise to the design process of SpiraLand!   Experience and explore the beautiful and unique world of Final Fantasy X!

XenoChat is Tyler Trosper's excellent deep dive podcast. Each episode explores a different feature of the Xeno Series. Check out the show on YouTube, Spotify, and Twitter! This episode is a rebroadcast of Episode 017, which is a super cool, sci fi episode! Amusement Sparks is now on Spotify!

You can travel through time. Doc Brown needs you to travel back to Marty McFly's pioneering time travel adventures to make sure everything gets done correctly. Explore Hill Valley throughout the centuries, meeting up with all sorts of thrills, mysteries, characters, and experiences. The only way to uncover all the mysteries and correct all time distortions is to travel to every time period and unlock all the secrets. Shout out to Zack for being our wonderful guest on this episode!