Pixel Pizza

Give a warm welcome to the two creators of the completely free fighting game Duels of Fortune, Ben Soars & PluckyStar! In their first ever podcast appearance(!), they speak about forming their studio Cosmic Hat Games through a Discord server of another game, having multiple genres in single player mode, and translating a variety of fighting game archetypes into their game's simple-to-learn combat system. Plus much more and chiptune music from Subtunes!

LINKS:

👾 Duels of Fortune Discord: https://discord.com/invite/R5vVYyR

🎮 Duels of Fortune on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2371130/Duels_of_Fortune/

☁️ Cosmic Hat Games on Bluesky: https://cosmichatgames.bsky.social

💿 Subtunes: https://subtunes.bandcamp.com/album/confusic

This episode originally aired December 12, 2025.

Today we're looking back at one of my favorite episodes I've ever recorded, featuring the animation director of Dispatch, Aniket Natekar! Aniket discusses his beginnings in animated film, entering the game industry at Hangar 13, and the process behind some of Dispatch's most hard-hitting scenes. Featuring chiptune music from Aubery aka Elysian Tunes!

LINKS:

📸 Aniket's Instagram: @aniket.natekar

💼 Aniket's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aniket-natekar-143aa04/

💿 Elysian Tunes: https://elysiantunes.bandcamp.com/

Joining us this week from Bangkok is gaming communications expert Kimmi Goh! Kimmi is the Communications Lead at Goldpact Goblins, working with dev teams across Southeast Asia to promote their work and build communities around them. We discuss successful social media campaigns, seeing your coworkers grow, and "friendslop" as a term of endearment! Plus, music from DDRKirby~

LINKS:

💼 Kimmi's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimmigoh/

❌ Kimmi's X: @Rosairei

📸 Kimmi's Instagram: @Rosairei

💿 DDRKirby: https://ddrkirbyisq.bandcamp.com/

Hey! Welcome back to another new Pixel Pizza! This week we've got French art director Simon Hutt Troussellier on the show to chat about his work on games like Furi, Tinykin, and the recently announced Acornia. Simon brings some insight on visual worldbuilding, simple yet distinct character designs, and making connections over drinks. He also tells us about his experience working on the Invader Zim movie!! And, if you speak French, check out his new comic AMR 💥 With music from Creepyweather~

LINKS:

📸 Simon's Instagram: @Simonhuttt

☁️ Simon's Bluesky: simonhuttt.bsky.social

💿 Creepyweather: creepyweather.bandcamp.com

Summer's about to end, so get ready for the snowy season with Austrian snowboarding game expert Hannes Lugstein aka ByteParrot! Hannes hit the scene about two years ago with the cartoony racing game SlopeCrashers, and is now hard at work on the more intense and stylish boarding game, CarveOut 2160 🏂 He tells us about the six-year development cycle of SlopeCrashers, taking inspiration from the cult classic Snowboard Kids, using physics textbooks to figure out the perfect snowboarding controls, and making a distinctly different successor with CarveOut. Featuring music from TheBeastlyPichu!

LINKS:

🌐 SlopeCrashers Website: https://www.slopecrashers.com/

🦜 Hannes' socials: @ByteParrot

👾 ByteParrot Discord: https://discord.com/invite/XdRMfsMnrc

💿 TheBeastlyPichu: https://thebeastlypichu.bandcamp.com/

*chomp chomp* That's the sound of my schedule hungry for an upload of pizza! My guests for this week fell through, but you'll be hearing from them soon ;) I didn't want to leave you guys with another encore so soon after the last one, so here's my annual run-through of what I've been playing. We cover new games, old games, roguelikes, and provide some frigid-yet-relevant takes on the industry developments of the year so far. Featuring some music from chiptune artist Azureflux!

LINKS:

💿 Azureflux: https://azureflux.bandcamp.com/

Ayo, it's Yayo! This week we have composer and sound designer of the acclaimed Promise Mascot Agency (and several exciting games to come), Alpha Chrome Yayo, on the show. We talk about learning traditional Japanese instruments, capturing the right vibe in your home studio, and chasing your dreams. With music from the man himself!

LINKS:

☁️ ACY's BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/alphachromeyayo.com

📺 ACY's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AlphaChromeYayo

💿 ACY's Bandcamp: https://alphachromeyayo.bandcamp.com/

Grab an ice cold drink and join us on this hot summer weekend for a chat with Headless Chicken Games CEO JP Chacon! He tells us about founding his own studio, giving opportunities to industry newcomers, and pivoting the design of the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer game in a month! Plus the wild story of how the team acquired their PS4 devkit! Ft music from Cass Preston aka Witch's Cadence 🪄

LINKS:

☁️ JP's BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/loko08.jpmonge.com

🌐 Headless Chicken Website: https://headlesschickengames.com/

💿 Cass Preston: https://casspreston.bandcamp.com/

This episode originally aired on October 13, 2022.

Hot off the heels of his video game debut in the hit game Motorslice, we're revisiting a chat with Harvey Jones aka Pizza Hotline! If you've played it, come hear about his earlier work and DJ experience. If you haven't, get ready for some incredible tunes~

LINKS:

🍕Pizza Hotline: ⁠@PizzaHotline_
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📀Level Select: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/artist/2pgl3x3t8w0jiQ9PxMreRN?si=VvVjzZtzRGOlEkPqzkxuww&utm_source=copy-link⁠

🎧Level Select Playlist: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgCrOaWmMrzkt_LSe9cJev3oasEMkcQYr

HIKE! We hit the weirdest gridiron this side of Saturn this week with the Birdup and Ratttz, the duo behind the upcoming asymmetric 1v1 puzzler Intergalactic Puzzle Touchdown- releasing in late September! The duo tells us how they met through the competitive puzzle game scene, introducing elements of chance, and how hobbies like street hockey and mycology have influenced their work together. Featuring music from Dāku!

LINKS:

🐦 Birdup's BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/playmagicaldrop.com

🐀 Ratttz's BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/ratttz.bsky.social

🪹 NEST Website: http://nestinteractive.net