Pixel Pizza

Happy Holidays, pizza lovers! Take a seat by the fireplace, sip on some hot cocoa, and listen to our penultimate episode of 2022. This week we have brothers Paulo & Pavel Lara on to talk about their upcoming Day of the Dead-inspired adventure game, Kulebra & The Souls of Limbo! The three of us talk about Kulebra's many iterations before its current look, re-attempting a Kickstarter, designing nonviolent combat, and much more. Chiptune artist of the week is Duality Micro! Thanks for listening and see you in 2023!

🌐Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gallagames/kulebra-and-the-souls-of-limbo-relaunch/posts

👾Galla Games Discord: http://discord.gg/W48P2dvdTj

💿Duality Micro: https://evadeanddualitymicro.bandcamp.com/

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Hot off the heels of releasing his latest game, River City Girls 2, director Bannon Rudis of WayForward sits down for a chat on Pixel Pizza! He tells us about his start in the film industry and transitioning over to games, how he records his own fighting moves as reference for his games, and designing a more nonlinear structure for RCG2 compared to the original. BitVortex sets the vibe for us with some great chiptunes~

🌐WayForward: https://wayforward.com/

💿BitVortex: https://bitvortex.bandcamp.com/

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Join us this week for a chat with the up-and-coming Indian development team I Miss My Friends Studio! Writer/Art Director Rhea Gupte and Artist/Programmer Prateek Saxena formed their two-person studio during the pandemic. Their first game, Fishbowl, is based on their experiences during lockdown. We discuss how they've approached their first-ever game, the online resources they've used to figure out the craft, and how their skillsets complement each other. Tunes this week come from CrazyGoji!

🐦IMMF Twitter: @imissmy_friends

🌐IMMF Website: https://imissmyfriends.studio/

💿CrazyGoji: http://crazygoji.bandcamp.com

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Joining us as our latest game industry guest is writer Merritt K. Merritt is the Managing Editor at Fanbyte, an Artist-in-Residence at NYU, and writer/editor of the book "Videogames for Humans" as well as the upcoming "LAN Party"! With all that background plus her own history as a podcaster and game developer, we've got a lot to talk about. So pull up a chair, grab a snack, and get ready to listen and jam out to some accompanying tracks from Captain Groovitron!

🐦Merritt’s Twitter: @MerrittK

🐝Merritt’s Hive: @MerrittK

📸Merritt’s Instagram: @MerrittK9

💿Captain Groovitron: https://captaingroovitron.bandcamp.com/

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Come on over and hear from Komi Games CEO, Julian Spillane! His studio has done a wide variety of stuff, including developing Mighty Fight Federation and Use Your Words, porting games like Fossil Hunters and Halycon6 to console, and providing support on Psychonauts 2 and King of Fighters XV. With all that background, Julian shares a treasure trove of knowledge about navigating the industry! Plus some hot beats from chiptune artist Firebrandboy!

LINKS:

🎮 Komi Games: https://www.komigames.com/

✉️ Julian's Email: [email protected]

💿 Firebrandboy: https://firebrandboy.bandcamp.com/

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📺 Pixel Pizza YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0d0z50dWcdc_dpEdbM8n5A/featured

Today we dive into the heart of one of Hollywood's most prolific animators, Seth Kearsley! He's worked with every animation studio under the sun--Disney, Sony Pictures, Fox, Warner Bros, Dreamworks, Illumination, the list goes on--but you probably know him best for developing the Kingdom Hearts pilot animatic that's recently made the rounds online. We chat about his development as an artist, how he adapted the story of Kingdom Hearts into the structure of an animated series, and what makes a great game->animation adaptation. Taking us out is a personal favorite chiptune artist, Blitz Lunar!

🐦Seth’s Twitter: @SethKearsley

📀Blitz Lunar: https://blitzlunar.bandcamp.com/

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Get ready for a tootin' good time with the creator of viral hit Trombone Champ, Dan Vecchitto! We chat about making games in Brooklyn, "yes and"-ing your game ideas, and even get a bit real about the emotional weight of games. But make no mistake, this is still very much an episode about the world's premiere virtual trombone simulator(?). For you to fully understand the Trombone Champ experience, this week's music all comes from real play sessions with the game. Brought to you by creators across YouTube: Tim & Matt Play, Michamaru, and JawGBoi! An episode for the ages.

🐦Holy Wow Twitter: @HolyWowStudios

🎮Trombone Champ: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1059990/Trombone_Champ/

📀Tim & Matt Play: https://youtu.be/bf021cCR7tQ

💽Michamaru: https://youtu.be/QKd4C4se-Io

💿 JawGBoi: https://youtu.be/1pYm-_C91wQ

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Choose your pizza and get ready to fight on this week's episode! Matt DeLucas is in the (Zoom) house talking about making his own fighting games, Battle High and MerFight. And it's not only those-- he's been working with the studio Fighting Chance on their drag queen-inspired fighter, Drag Her! Plenty of cool game design nuggets on this episode. Plus, MisfitChris gives us some throwback trance off his recent Downer EP! 

LINKS:

🎮 Mattrified Games: www.mattrifiedgames.com

💿 MisfitChris: https://misfitchris.bandcamp.com/

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📺 Pixel Pizza YouTube: https://bit.ly/3BgOyHX

It's a double order of pizza this week when PS1/Dreamcast-inspired musician Pizza Hotline (aka Harvey Jones) joins the show! He's just released the new album Level Select. It's been a smash hit not only on all the streaming platforms, but also on PS1 and Dreamcast discs?! We get into that, plus how to create a sonic mood board, promoting your work, and performing in VR Chat! This week's musical interludes come straight off of Level Select, of course~

📀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

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