Episode 6: Interview with Erika Svanoe and Erik Evensen (Marrying Mr. Darcy)

Interview with Erika Svanoe and Erik Evensen

In this episode, game designer Erika Svanoe and illustrator Erik Evensen join hosts Eduard Gafton and Hannah Weaver to talk Marrying Mr. Darcy and the process of adapting Jane Austen’s most beloved novel.

Time Stamps

• 00:00:00 – Start
• 00:02:29 – How does a game like Marrying Mr. Darcy come to be?
• 00:05:22 – Adapting Pride &Prejudice to a card game
• 00:27:50 – The art design for the game
• 00:34:23 – The demographic for the game
• 00:43:20 – Producing and (crowd)funding Marrying Mr. Darcy
• 00:55:15 – What do you strive for in your game(s)? Beyond having fun?

Mentioned in this Episode

• Marrying Mr. Darcy Twitter: https://twitter.com/marryingmrdarcy
• Marrying Mr. Darcy Website: http://www.marryingmrdarcy.com/ 
• Marrying Mr. Darcy Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1898617831/marrying-mr-darcy-the-pride-and-prejudice-card-gam 
• How to play Marrying Mr Darcy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDDq9509YGo&t=1s 
• Buy Marrying Mr Darcy: http://www.marryingmrdarcy.com/blog/buying-marrying-mr-darcy-outside-the-united-states
• Erika Svanoe’s Website: http://www.erikasvanoe.com/
• Erik Evensen’s Website: http://www.erik-evensen.com/
• Erik Evensen’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/eevensen
• Presenting Your Games Through Research: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5If8dDZ9q_c
• Jane Austen, Game Theorist: http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/polisci/faculty/chwe/austen/
• Pride & Prejudice 1995 BBC Adaptation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice_(1995_TV_series)
• Gods of Asgard, by Erik Evensen: http://www.godsofasgard.com/
• Distilled, A Spirited Strategy Game, which takes place in Edinburgh: https://distilledgame.com/

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Seminar and Events

A recording of the talk Presenting Your Research Through Games by our friends and fellow lab colleagues Giuseppe Colico, Francesco Migliazzo and Jacob Morley on 27 April is available on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5If8dDZ9q_c&t=2s

That’s Edutainment: History, Pedagocy and the Video Game Industry is a talk by Tristan Craig from the University of Edinburgh which will focus on the relationship between history, pedagogy, and the video game industry, starting with the and its Discover Tour mode. The seminar will take place on Zoom on 11 May. Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/thats-edutainment-history-pedagogy-and-the-video-game-industry-tickets-152506177081

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