...Something I've wondered for some time.....when you are playing the games, how do you keep the strategies of each player separate, when you're really the one doing all the moves/playing? I find that so impressive. Do you jot yourself notes on how each player is using their initial abilities/resources/whatnot to win the game? Do you have to break & re-orient yourself to the "orange player's goals", for example, in between takes?
The simple answer is: I take a lot of time to make these. I don't take any notes, just take turns slowly, thinking multiple turns in the future for every player. This takes a lot of time, generally 4+ hours to film even when I often only show a couple rounds of the game. The second answer is: practice makes (almost) perfect :) I have done so many of these, I have trouble believing it. To answer your last question, because these tutorials aren't mean to be strategic, I don't have to try to not think about other players when thinking about the current turn. I alluded to this above, but player turns in my tutorials are generally plotted out with all player's plans at once so that I can show the greatest variety of action options as soon as I can. I try to make player turns make strategic sense, but occasionally I do have to make a player do something rather bad just so that I can force a new teaching situation. Thanks for the kind words, I hope that helps explain my process :)
Now I am even more excited to receive my pre-order of Mesos. I think people are overlooking this game. Thanks for the video.
Where did you preorder from?
I worry it will be overlooked, hopefully this video helps that not be the case :)
Jon, you rarely hesitate or say 'err'. How did you become such a great speaker?
Part of it is editing these things out, and part of it is for doing it for 10 years I think.
...Something I've wondered for some time.....when you are playing the games, how do you keep the strategies of each player separate, when you're really the one doing all the moves/playing? I find that so impressive. Do you jot yourself notes on how each player is using their initial abilities/resources/whatnot to win the game? Do you have to break & re-orient yourself to the "orange player's goals", for example, in between takes?
The simple answer is: I take a lot of time to make these. I don't take any notes, just take turns slowly, thinking multiple turns in the future for every player. This takes a lot of time, generally 4+ hours to film even when I often only show a couple rounds of the game. The second answer is: practice makes (almost) perfect :) I have done so many of these, I have trouble believing it.
To answer your last question, because these tutorials aren't mean to be strategic, I don't have to try to not think about other players when thinking about the current turn. I alluded to this above, but player turns in my tutorials are generally plotted out with all player's plans at once so that I can show the greatest variety of action options as soon as I can. I try to make player turns make strategic sense, but occasionally I do have to make a player do something rather bad just so that I can force a new teaching situation.
Thanks for the kind words, I hope that helps explain my process :)
@@JonGetsGames That's brilliant!!!!!