Ivar Hill is the designer of Core Decay, an upcoming immersive sim game being published by 3D Realms. We’re discussing updates & plans for the game’s release, how much Ivar loves Deus Ex, the definition of immersive sim, & what it takes to publish a game of this scale. // Ivar Hill: https://twitter.com/ivarhill // Core Decay: https://coredecay.com/ // In The Keep: https://inthekeep.com/ //

Orlando Guevara is an indie game developer currently working on Grimcurse, a top down RPG where your encounters are not turn based combat, but in fact Time Crisis influenced gallery shooters. We’re chatting about the game’s setting in the French-Indochina conflict, our favorite Vietnam-themed movies, his background as an engineer, education & entrepreneurship. // Orlando: https://twitter.com/veryeviltomato // Grimcurse: https://twitter.com/grimcurse // Demo: https://lonelymoongames.itch.io/grim-curse // In The Keep: https://inthekeep.com/ //

We’re joined by Project Downfall developer Crimson Reaper to discuss the game’s deceivingly complex design, it’s dystopian themes & how they’re influenced by life behind the Iron Curtain, traveling across the world, & why American football never caught on in Poland. // Project Downfall: https://store.steampowered.com/app/992730/Project_Downfall/ // In The Keep: https://inthekeep.com/ //

Zdravko Marinov joins Motherload in the wee hours of the morning to chat about his upcoming

indie FPS Limitless Hunger, how far we’ve come since his last appearance on

episode #11, philosophy, how games reflect our philosophies & morals &

to get HYPED for Realms Deep 2021. // Zdravko: https://twitter.com/Void__ink // In The Keep: https://inthekeep.com/ //

David L. Craddock is a journalist & author of Rocket Jump: Quake and the Golden Age of FPS. Robin Block is the founder of CREATORVC, producers of In Search of Darkness about 80s Horror & In Search of Tomorrow about 80s sci-fi. Together they are working on FPS: First Person Shooter, a documentary about the history & evolution of… First Person Shooters! // David L. Craddock: https://twitter.com/davidlcraddock // Robin Block: https://twitter.com/robinblock // FPSDoc: https://twitter.com/FPSDOC // CREATORVC: https://www.creatorvc.com/ // In The Keep: https://inthekeep.com/ //

Sam Prebble is the mastermind indie developer behind the upcoming Turbo Overkill. The game is a hyper violent FPS set in a dystopian future where people and technology have become one, a computer virus has infested the masses and only a complete badass with a chainsaw for a leg can take care of the mess. // Sam: https://twitter.com/wadaholic // Turbo Overkill: https://twitter.com/turbo_overkill / https://discord.com/invite/22xvVZg // In The Keep: https://inthekeep.com/ //

Scumhead is an independent game designer and artist currently working on Vomitoreum, an FPS metroidvania game based on the artwork of Zdzisław Beksiński. Scumhead is also known for the GZDoom engine games Shrine, Shrine 2, Lycanthorn & Lycanthorn 2. // Scumhead: https://twitter.com/Scumhead1 // Support Vomitoreum: https://www.patreon.com/scumhead // Music by Primeval: https://twitter.com/PRIMEVAL  // In The Keep: https://inthekeep.com/ //

Rich Vreeland (Disasterpeace) is a musical composer known for the games Fez & Hyper Light Drifter as well David Robert Mitchell’s horror film It Follows. This episode explores Rich’s origins, philosophies on permanence & impermanence in music, working across the mediums of games/TV/film & working with Heart Machine on Hyperlight Drifter & its upcoming successor Solar Ash Kingdom. // Disasterpeace: https://disasterpeace.com/ // Heart Machine: https://heartmachine.com/ // In The Keep: https://inthekeep.com/ //

Smilecythe is a Finnish Quake mapper known for Suomi Mappers Episode Jam 1 & 2 (smej & smej2) & January Jump Jam from 2020. His maps are known for their dreamlike architecture, complex puzzles & overall high difficulty level. Smilecythe is also a musician specializing in industrial & electronic metal inspired by Turmion Kätilöt & the Quake 2 soundtrack. // Smilecythe: https://discord.com/invite/JTVsmzn // Quake Mapping Discord: https://discord.gg/TksRcuC  // Smilecythe on The Quakecast: https://quakecast.podbean.com/e/quakecast-57-smej2/ // In The Keep: http://inthekeep.com/ //