This month we dive deep into the Megagon Industries' mountain bike racing game, Lonely Mountains: Downhill. Including our thoughts on the game, its challenges, and if we think it's a game people should play. And naturally, we listen to the thoughts of several of our amazing Patrons along the way. This is one of our formerly Patreon exclusive episodes. But we'll now be posting one every Monday until free feeds have caught up to the Patrons. Afterward, free feeds will receive Special Episodes and Book Club episodes one month after our Patrons. If you'd like to participate in the Book Club episodes become a patron today.

Links:

Lonely Mountains: Downhill Steam Page:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/711540/Lonely_Mountains_Downhill/ 

Indie Pod Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/IndiePod

If you love Indie Games and want to stay informed, or better yet entertained, be sure to tune in each and every Friday for new episodes of Indie Pod. In which we run you through all the news surrounding the world of Indie Game Development, as well as check out Indies over on crowdfunding sites, answer your listener questions, and even interview a developer or two. So be sure to subscribe to Indie Pod: An Indie Games Podcast on your favorite listening platform.

Music Credits:

Song: Overworld

Artist: Kubbi

Direct Download: http://bit.ly/Overworld_Download

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In this week's episode, we walk about the Thunderful World showcase and the director of Scorn apologizing to Kickstarter backers for a hostile update statement. We also head over to Kickstarter to check out an upcoming Metroidvania Boomer-Shooter called, Chains of Fury, and much more.

If you love Indie Games and want to stay informed, or better yet entertained, be sure to tune in each and every Friday for new episodes of Indie Pod. In which we run you through all the news surrounding the world of Indie Game Development, as well as check out Indies over on crowdfunding sites, answer your listener questions, and even interview a developer or two. So be sure to subscribe to Indie Pod: An Indie Games Podcast on your favorite listening platform.

Links:

Chains of Fury: Chains of Fury is a Metroidvania Boomer Shooter inspired by Lobo & XIII, with loads of blood, gore, easter eggs and Duke's dark humor.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gamingfactory/chains-of-fury?ref=discovery_category

Time Codes: (Approximations)

What we've been playing:

Josh: 20:38

Dicey Dungeons (Terry Cavanagh)

Vaughn: 34:30

Moonlighter (Digital Sun)

Main News Stories: 43:20

News Cram: 1:05:40

God Bless The Crowd: 1:11:50

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In this week's developer Interview, Josh sits down with the team from Kid Onion Studio to talk about their up coming couch co-op game, River Tails: Stronger Together. As well as, the mixed feelings that come with preparing for a Kickstarter campaign, the importance of designing a co-op game with teamwork in mind, and how their love for platformers inspired this first title for the studio.

If you like what you hear, be sure to follow the development of River Tails on Twitter by following the game's account and check out the game's Kickstarter campaign which goes live on November 19th.

Links:

River Tails: Stronger Together Kickstarter Campaign:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/frenzyfresh/river-tails-stronger-together

River Tails Twitter:

https://twitter.com/RiverTailsGame

Indie Pod Twitter:

https://twitter.com/IndiePod

If you love Indie Games and want to stay informed, or better yet entertained, be sure to tune in each and every Friday for new episodes of Indie Pod. In which we run you through all the news surrounding the world of Indie Game Development, as well as check out Indies over on crowdfunding sites, answer your listener questions, and even interview a developer or two. So be sure to subscribe to Indie Pod: An Indie Games Podcast on your favorite listening platform.

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In this month's special episode we switch up our normal gaming picks and try something from each other's libraries. While Vaughn sits down with Matt Dabrowski's Streets of Rogue, Josh trudges through Heart Machine's Hyper Light Drifter. If you like what you hear and haven't checked either game out, Streets of Rogue is available on Xbox Game Pass and Hyper Light Drifter is fantastic so spend the $20 on it. Links for both games will be provided down below. This is one of our formerly Patreon exclusive episodes. But we'll now be posting one every Monday until free feeds have caught up to the Patrons. Afterward, free feeds will receive Special Episodes and Book Club episodes one month after our Patrons. If you'd like to participate in the Book Club episodes become a patron today.

Links:

Streets of Rogue Steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/512900/Streets_of_Rogue/ 

Hyper Light Drifter Steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/257850/Hyper_Light_Drifter/ 

Indie Pod Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/IndiePod

Music Credits:

Song: Overworld

Artist: Kubbi

Direct Download: http://bit.ly/Overworld_Download

If you love Indie Games and want to stay informed, or better yet entertained, be sure to tune in each and every Friday for new episodes of Indie Pod. In which we run you through all the news surrounding the world of Indie Game Development, as well as check out Indies over on crowdfunding sites, answer your listener questions, and even interview a developer or two. So be sure to subscribe to Indie Pod: An Indie Games Podcast on your favorite listening platform.

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In this week's episode, we talk about Devolver Digital going public, Sony purchasing a 5% stake in them, and the awesome success of #PitchYaGame. We also head over to Kickstarter to check out an upcoming PixelArt Shooting Action-Platformer called Last Soul, answer your listener questions, and much more.

If you love Indie Games and want to stay informed, or better yet entertained, be sure to tune in each and every Friday for new episodes of Indie Pod. In which we run you through all the news surrounding the world of Indie Game Development, as well as check out Indies over on crowdfunding sites, answer your listener questions, and even interview a developer or two. So be sure to subscribe to Indie Pod: An Indie Games Podcast on your favorite listening platform.

Links:

God Bless The Crowd:

Last Soul: Humankind lost its will to live. This cute-shooting robot is the last hope. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wulum/last-soul-only-a-machine-can-stop-a-machine

Time Codes: (Approximations)

What we've been playing:

Josh: 13:30

The Forgotten City (Modern Storyteller)

Vaughn: 23:10

Moonlighter (Digital Sun)

Recompile (Phigames)

Main News Stories: 43:20

News Cram: 1:02:00

God Bless The Crowd: 1:04:40

Listener Questions: 1:14:00

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In this week's developer Interview, Josh sits down with Robert of Flyaway to talk about their upcoming game Triple Take. They talk about how feedback from game jams was the main thing that shaped his current game and an in-depth look at their upcoming title. If you like what you hear, be sure to follow Robert on Twitter and add Triple Take to your Steam Wishlist for notifications about when the game goes live, sales, and more.

Links:

Triple Take Steam Page:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1734250/Triple_Take/

Robert/Flyaway Twitter:

https://twitter.com/FlyAway22554350

Indie Pod Twitter:

https://twitter.com/IndiePod

Indie Pod Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/IndiePod

If you love Indie Games and want to stay informed, or better yet entertained, be sure to tune in each and every Friday for new episodes of Indie Pod. In which we run you through all the news surrounding the world of Indie Game Development, as well as check out Indies over on crowdfunding sites, answer your listener questions, and even interview a developer or two. So be sure to subscribe to Indie Pod: An Indie Games Podcast on your favorite listening platform.

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In this month's special episode Josh and I sit down to talk about our thoughts on Mechanical Head Studios' hit 2D Action-Platformer, Cyber Shadow. We also discuss the thoughts of two of our amazing Patrons who sent us their opinions of the game. This is one of our formerly Patreon exclusive episodes. But we'll now be posting one every Monday until free feeds have caught up to the Patrons. Afterward, free feeds will receive Special Episodes and Book Club episodes one month after our Patrons. If you'd like to participate in the Book Club episodes become a patron today.

Links:

Cyber Shadow Steam Page:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/861250/Cyber_Shadow/

Indie Pod Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/IndiePod

If you love Indie Games and want to stay informed, or better yet entertained, be sure to tune in each and every Friday for new episodes of Indie Pod. In which we run you through all the news surrounding the world of Indie Game Development, as well as check out Indies over on crowdfunding sites, answer your listener questions, and even interview a developer or two. So be sure to subscribe to Indie Pod: An Indie Games Podcast on your favorite listening platform.

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In this week's episode, we talk about Eric Barone, aka ConcernedApe, developer of the uber-popular Stardew Valley has gone on the record saying that they won't release The Haunted Chocolatier until they're "personally satisfied that It's very fun and compelling", and the Thunderful Groups recent acquisition of Robot Teddy. We also head over to Kickstarter to check out an upcoming 2D Action-Roguelite titled Helms of Fury, answer your listener questions, and much more.

If you love Indie Games and want to stay informed, or better yet entertained, be sure to tune in each and every Friday for new episodes of Indie Pod. In which we run you through all the news surrounding the world of Indie Game Development, as well as check out Indies over on crowdfunding sites, answer your listener questions, and even interview a developer or two. So be sure to subscribe to Indie Pod: An Indie Games Podcast on your favorite listening platform.

Links:

God Bless The Crowd:

Helms of Fury: A 2D action roguelite featuring big pixels, fast combat and crazy abilities

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/abitawake/helms-of-fury

Time Codes: (Approximations)

What we've been playing:

Josh: 19:50

Gloomhaven (Flaming Fowl Studios)

Inscryption (daniel mullins games)

Vaughn: 32:40

Main News Stories: 33:11

News Cram: 50:48

God Bless The Crowd: 1:04:08

Listener Questions: 1:16:50

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In this week's developer Interview, Josh sits down with Coolie Calihan an environment artist at Polyarc developers of the upcoming Moss Book 2. They talk about the struggles that can come from building pieces of a game and then realizing tweaks need to be made once putting all of them together. If you like what you hear be sure to follow Polyarc on Twitter, add Moss to your Steam wishlist, and or pick up the game on your favorite VR platform.

Links:

Polyarc Twitter:

https://twitter.com/PolyarcGames

Polyarc Website:

https://www.polyarcgames.com/

Moss Steam Page:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/846470/Moss/

Indie Pod Twitter:

https://twitter.com/IndiePod

If you love Indie Games and want to stay informed, or better yet entertained, be sure to tune in each and every Friday for new episodes of Indie Pod. In which we run you through all the news surrounding the world of Indie Game Development, as well as check out Indies over on crowdfunding sites, answer your listener questions, and even interview a developer or two. So be sure to subscribe to Indie Pod: An Indie Games Podcast on your favorite listening platform.

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In this month's very special episode of Indie Pod Josh and Vaughn list their top 10 games of all time. Keep in mind these are in no particular order. This is one of our formerly Patreon exclusive episodes. But we'll now be posting one every Monday until free feeds have caught up to the Patrons. Afterward, free feeds will receive Special Episodes and Book Club episodes one month after our Patrons. If you'd like to participate in the Book Club episodes become a patron today.

Links:

Indie Pod Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/IndiePod

If you love Indie Games and want to stay informed, or better yet entertained, be sure to tune in each and every Friday for new episodes of Indie Pod. In which we run you through all the news surrounding the world of Indie Game Development, as well as check out Indies over on crowdfunding sites, answer your listener questions, and even interview a developer or two. So be sure to subscribe to Indie Pod: An Indie Games Podcast on your favorite listening platform.

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