Lightmap - Conversations with video game creators

Henry Mosse and the Wormhole Conspiracy is a point-and-click adventure game with a story focused on battling cosmic evil, family, and growing up. Ezra Artman the Director at Bad Goat the studio behind Henry Mosse joined us to talk about the importance of bringing the theme of family back into the adventure genre.

Pixel Sift is produced by Mitch Loh, Scott Quigg, Sarah Ireland, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive Producer.

Thanks to Salty Dog Sounds for some of our promo music.

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Logan Branjord is the co-founder and lead programmer at One Shark, the international studio behind Doors of Insanity. Doors of Insanity card based, action RPG Roguelike with a focus on character creation and incredible loot. Inspired by the collective dreams of everyone that has worked on it.

Pixel Sift is produced by Mitch Loh, Scott Quigg, Sarah Ireland, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive Producer.

Thanks to Salty Dog Sounds for some of our promo music.

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Harry Nesbitt and Jair McBain are part of the creative and development team of The Alto Collection, combining Alto's Odyssey and Alto's Adventure the award winning mobile games into one package and making them available on modern consoles. They've just formed a new studio called Land & Sea, which aims to make "folksy" indie game experiences. They share what it's like to move onto another project when your first was a runaway hit and the advice they'd share with up and coming developers.

Pixel Sift is produced by Mitch Loh, Scott Quigg, Sarah Ireland, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive Producer.

Thanks to Salty Dog Sounds for some of our promo music.

Support the show: https://sifter.store

Gianni, Adam, Mitch, Fiona and Daniel explore their favourite games of 2020, a year with a stack of amazing titles.

Gianni: Umurangi Generation by Tali Faulkner
Adam: Hades by Supergiant Games
Daniel: Ori and the Will of the Wisps by Moon Studios
Mitch & Fiona: Moving Out by SMG Studio

Pixel Sift is produced by Scott Quigg, Sarah Ireland, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Mitch Loh, Daniel Ang, Viv Thum & Adam Christou. Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive Producer.

Brian Fairbanks from Salty Dog Sounds composed the Mainstream theme music.

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Art of Rally is a love letter to the golden age of Group B Rally, a series of intense races that pushed drivers to their limits. Creator Dune Casu and Developer Adrian Tessello from Funselekor join us to talk about how they brought this era back to life and developing with an international team.

Pixel Sift is produced by Mitch Loh, Scott Quigg, Sarah Ireland, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive Producer.

Thanks to Salty Dog Sounds for some of our promo music.

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Meredith Hall wears many hats in the Australian Games Industry. At Aconite the developers of Holovista she is a producer and at Film Victoria she is the Games and Digital Content Officer. Meredith joined us to talk about her experience working with an international team to create an artistic game with inclusivity as a top priority.

Pixel Sift is produced by Mitch Loh, Scott Quigg, Sarah Ireland, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive Producer.

Thanks to Salty Dog Sounds for some of our promo music.

‍SPONSOR: Thank you to Murdoch University School of Arts for their support of Pixel Sift. If you want to bolster your skills in media, journalism or game development, check out the Murdoch University School of Arts website for more information!

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Josh "Cheeseness" Bush is the Lead Developer of Hive Time the resource management game centered around a beehive. While playing you will need to adjust population ratios, conduct scientific research, and even occasionally engage in some diplomacy with neighboring insects.

Josh let people pay what they wanted and launched it on the smaller indie platform Itch.io and was really candid about how it actually paid off as well as inspirations behind the game.

Pixel Sift is produced by Mitch Loh, Scott Quigg, Sarah Ireland, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive Producer.

Thanks to Salty Dog Sounds for some of our promo music.

‍SPONSOR: Thank you to Murdoch University School of Arts for their support of Pixel Sift. If you want to bolster your skills in media, journalism or game development, check out the Murdoch University School of Arts website for more information!

Support the show: https://sifter.store

Matthew Cassells from Alderon Games' joins us this week to talk about Path of Titans, a cross-platform MMO where you play as a dinosaur. The game is constructed for fans of dinosaurs of all kinds featuring more than 30 dinosaurs to choose from. During the episode, Matthew shared his thoughts on scientifically accurate dinosaurs and building a game with modding in mind.

Pixel Sift is produced by Mitch Loh, Scott Quigg, Sarah Ireland, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive Producer.

Thanks to Salty Dog Sounds for some of our promo music.

‍SPONSOR: Thank you to Murdoch University School of Arts for their support of Pixel Sift. If you want to bolster your skills in media, journalism or game development, check out the Murdoch University School of Arts website for more information!

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Support the show: https://sifter.store

Round and round our voices spiral, to bring you tales of game developers great trials. The Ring of Pain beckons you nearer, will you heed the call and see it all too clearer? A roguelike card crawler where encounters come to you, Ring of Pain by Simon Boxer and Twice Different is a stylish and unique take on the genre.

Simon takes us through the design process for the game and how he wanted to create a fresh roguelike experience for players.

Pixel Sift is produced by Mitch Loh, Scott Quigg, Sarah Ireland, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive Producer.

Thanks to Salty Dog Sounds for some of our promo music.

‍SPONSOR: Thank you to Murdoch University School of Arts for their support of Pixel Sift. If you want to bolster your skills in media, journalism or game development, check out the Murdoch University School of Arts website for more information!

Support the show: https://sifter.store

Brigitta Rena is the Lead Artist of When the Past Was Around by Mojiken Studio, a story, puzzle game about a girl trying to find her lost memories of a relationship with an owl headed man, a play on the classic beauty and the beast storyline.

Brigitta shares how she was initially worried about making "girly" games in a male dominated industry, how she learnt to simplify her art style to be more collaborative with her team and telling a distinctively Indonesian story.

Pixel Sift is produced by Mitch Loh, Scott Quigg, Sarah Ireland, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive Producer.

Thanks to Salty Dog Sounds for some of our promo music.

‍SPONSOR: Thank you to Murdoch University School of Arts for their support of Pixel Sift. If you want to bolster your skills in media, journalism or game development, check out the Murdoch University School of Arts website for more information!

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Support the show: https://sifter.store