Pixel Pizza

The latest fresh interview we're serving here on Pixel Pizza is with AAA-turned-indie developer Nathan "Jitspoe" Wulf! Jitspoe worked on some of the most intense FPS games around, including Far Cry 3 & 4 and Lawbreakers. Now he's hard at work on two very different games: The Lovecraftian Quake-like KOOK and the atmospheric 2D platformer Fist of the Forgotten. Learn all about those and more, plus music from Tombofry!

LINKS:

🐦 Jitspoe's Twitter: @Jitspoe

📺 Jitspoe's Twitch: http://twitch.tv/jitspoe

💿 Tombofry: https://tombofry.bandcamp.com

✉️ Contact Us: pixelpizza at yahoo dot com

This week on Pixel Pizza we are joined by head honcho of the video game music/sound design studio A Shell in the Pit, Gordon McGladdery! The studio has brought audio to some of the most acclaimed games in recent years, including Untitled Goose Game, Wandersong, and Rogue Legacy. Gordon shares his story of finding his way into game development after pursuing woodworking, teaching English in South Korea, and studying film. He also gives us a condensed version of his GDC talk on sustainability in managing a game studio! With music from Nagz.

LINKS:

🐦 Gordon's Twitter: @ASiTP_Gord

🐙 A Shell in the Pit: https://ashellinthepit.com/

💿 Nagz: https://nagz.bandcamp.com/

✉️ Contact Us: pixelpizza at yahoo dot com

On this week's episode of Pixel Pizza, we're speaking with 3D environment and prop artist Sophie Stübinger in Germany! In her five years in the gaming industry she has already worked on major titles including Fortnite and Party Animals, and has most recently brought her talents over to Double Fine. Sophie tells us about working from home, building a portfolio, and trying new art styles. Music from Pixelization!

LINKS:

🐦 Sophie's Twitter/Insta: @Merilwenart

🎨 Sophie's ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/merilwen

💿 Pixelization: https://pixelization.bandcamp.com/

✉️ Contact us: pixelpizza at yahoo dot com

Roll for initiative before listening to this episode 🎲 Our guest this week is Christoffer Bodegård, Swedish game writer and solo dev. He's contributed writing to games like Raft and Apsulov: End of Gods, and has been working for the past several years on his own project, the DnD and Disco Elysium-inspired Esoteric Ebb! We talk about freelance writing, the Swedish gamedev scene, and adding dumb fun choices to your game. Music from Slamhaus!

LINKS:

🎮 Esoteric Ebb Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2057760/Esoteric_Ebb/

🌐 EE Website: https://esotericebb.com/

💿 Slamhaus: https://slamhaus.bandcamp.com/

✉️ Contact us: pixelpizza at yahoo dot com

Another week I'll be out of town, but not gonna leave you guys high and dry again! Here's a redux of one of our more popular early episodes featuring LakeFeperd, the beloved Brazilian developer behind the Spark the Electric Jester trilogy ⚡️🃏 And music from Sunnexo!

If you're a recent listener I hope you enjoy, and if you were here when this originally premiered thanks for sticking around :)

LINKS:

🐦 Lake’s Twitter: @LakeFeperd

🎮 Feperd Games: https://feperdgames.com/

💿 Sunnexo: https://sunnexo.moe

Hold onto your hats! This week's Pixel Pizza features a convo with Ubisoft Massive lead writer & narrative designer Aoife O'Friel. Aoife has helped bring Assassin's Creed Odyssey and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora to life, and she tells us about the lore and research that goes into making those worlds as immersive as possible. And our music this week comes from Nicky Spacebum!

LINKS:

🐦 Aoife's Twitter: @AoifeOFriel

🌐 Aoife's Website: https://aoifeofriel.wixsite.com/portfolio

💿 Nicky Spacebum: https://nickyspacebum.bandcamp.com/

✉️ Contact Us: Pixelpizza at yahoo dot com

Sleuth around with us on this week's Pixel Pizza as we chat with Julia Minamata, solo dev behind the adventure mystery game The Crimson Diamond 💎

Julia talks about cozy mysteries, Canada's mineral history, and how pixel art can be a great starting point for new artists. Music from WaxWolf!

LINKS:

💎 The Crimson Diamond: https://www.thecrimsondiamond.com/

🐦 Julia's Twitter: @JuliaMinamata

💿 Waxwolf: https://waxwolfofficial.bandcamp.com/

✉️ Contact us: Pixelpizza at yahoo dot com

Is it cold in here? Maybe because there was no episode last week due to vacation, or maybe because this week we've got the Frostman himself, Digital Eclipse's Head of Production Stephen Frost! You might know Digital Eclipse for their in-depth collections of the Street Fighter and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games, or their interactive documentary Gold Master series. We discuss all of those and everything else Stephen has tackled and learned in his 20+ years in the industry. Music from Chosen Realm!

LINKS:

🌘 Digital Eclipse: www.digitaleclipse.com

🐦 Stephen's Twitter: @Frostman007

✉️ Contact Us: Pixelpizza at yahoo dot com

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One of indie gaming's most clever minds, Arvi Teikari, joins us this week to dive deep into his game design process! With music from Synhancer

*No new episode next week, see you the week after*

LINKS:

🎮 Arvi's Games: https://hempuli.itch.io/

🪄 The Legend of Zelbaba: https://youtu.be/69CH0Zpvnd4?si=vtDNd3ZDh5_FokGO

💿 Synhancer: https://synhancer.bandcamp.com/

✉️ Podcast Inquiries: pixelpizza at yahoo dot com