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On the heels of the 2022 Global Game Jam, Ben and Trevor look at 20 games made by other teams, including a few highlights such as:

Small Time Tennis Tale,

Cantankerous Spelling Blaster,

Queen of the Prison in Space,

Armored Virus,

Sleepy Gopher: The Resistence,

and tons more!

With the Global Game Jam theme for 2022 releasing early this year, Ben and Trev utilise the theme in all their game designs for this episode.

• Protecting a space station with the power of tennis
• A 2d Character investigating the "erasure" of objects in their world
• Yet another surprise Batman game
• Bowling, but in two dimensions at the same time.

Ben and Trevor continue to come up with new improvised game designs, such as:

• An adventure game investigating STEMM
• A game that delves into what happens when two rainbows touch
• An adventure exploring dreams and deleting memories
• A surprise Batman game out of nowhere

Trevor and Ben head back into Click Pitch territory this week, improvising game designs from random words, while also throwing in some reviews of games they've been playing lately, such as:

Jackie Chan's Motocross Hunt;

3D Fire Runner;

Mickey's Chicken Operation;

Gothic Puppy 3rd Strike;

and more!

In a break from the typical game news and reviews, Ben and Trevor give their top 10 games from 2021, as well as the honourable mentions.

**There will definitely be some spoiler discussions for some of the games, but, as per usual, they give plenty of warning.

In this holiday spooktacular, Ben and Trevor deck the halls with holiday themes as they invent new improvised game designs, such as:

a Sea of Thieves inspired game where you compete against sleighs of elves to deliver the most gifts each night;

experiencing a laid back Australian summer Christmas in the bush (in VR!);

a space opera where you play a researcher trying to understand the strange jolly force that traverses the galaxy;

a Crazy Taxi-esque drunken escapade across a town, delivery presents as best you can;

and more!

In this weeks Click Pitch Garage, Ben and Trevor delve into the world of stream integration.

• A collectathon starring young aardvark working for the Sloth mafia with powerups selected by viewers.
• Escape from the dome using monsters made from viewer selected material.
• A piratey adventure where the directions are selected by the viewers.
• A platformer where the viewers can change the physics and rules during gameplay.

Continuing the Click Pitch Garage series, Ben and Trevor add combo meters into all their pitches this week, resulting in game designs such as:

a portable toilet management simulator;

a reporter for a National Inquirer style tabloid searches for stories;

a man tries to give back for his past sins against the environment;

a non-violent fighter all about deflection and blocking;

and more!

Ben and Trevor continue with their new segment Click Pitch Garage, this week focusing on Tech Trees. Game ideas include;

• Santa vs Krampus: the epic battle between the mortal foes
• Try to relieve stress while landscaping and building the perfect shed
• The secret behind milk and where it actually comes from
• A horror game involving the first TV sets

Introducing a new game this week, Click Pitch Garage, Ben and Trevor explore a variety of game ideas all sharing the same mechanic: the humble grappling hook.

From this they invent games such as:

a horrifying VR descent into an unexplored cave;

the camera operator for a foreign correspondent exploring a sunken city;

a child stolen from Earth and raised to play a grapple based zero-gee sport;

and more!