Hey hey! We're back with a talk with composer & community manager Kimi Arquines. Kimi talks about how her work as a social worker informed both her music making process and how she brings people together as part of the AAPI in Gaming group, Amir Satvat's Games Community, and her job at Intel Gaming. She’s also composing for an upcoming indie game by Guava Pixel Studios (guavapixelstudios.com). Plus the story of how I won $10,000 on a game show! Music from Azakaela 🎶

LINKS:

🌐 Kimi's Website: kimikimimore.com

☁️ Kimi's BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/kimikimi-more.bsky.social

📸 Kimi's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimikimi_more/

💿 Azakaela: https://azakaela.bandcamp.com/

Pizza à la mode? More likely than you think 🍕🍦 This week we've got the co-founders of à la mode games, C.B. & Tom Bedford, on to discuss their horror story of love and self-acceptance, Sorry We're Closed. We get into how the two of them met over Phantasy Star Online, the challenges of designing a game with two worlds, and debate the merits of cold pizza. Featuring music from the game!

☁️ à la mode Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/alamodegames.bsky.social

🌐 à la mode Website: https://alamode.games/

🫀 Sorry We're Closed Physical: https://store.serenityforge.com/products/sorry-we-re-closed-premium-edition

For our 157th show (yes, really 🤯), we are joined by game composer & narrative designer Hassan DuRant! Hassan talks about his narrative work on games like WarGroove 2, making themes and trailer music for Ooblets, plus his past as a science journalist. Music from Minus World!

LINKS:

☁️ Hassan's BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/mrhassansan.bsky.social

💿 Minus World: https://minusworld.bandcamp.com/

Have you heard? Game Informer is BACK! Here to explain it all is Executive Editor Brian Shea. Brian and I discuss his start in music journalism and the risks he took to put himself out there in writing about games. Lots of talk about cooking and Pittsburgh too! Plus, some chiptune rock from Kade Kalka 🤘

LINKS:

📰 Game Informer: https://gameinformer.com/

☁️ Brian's BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/brianpshea.bsky.social

📸 Brian's Instagram: @Brianpshea

💿 Kade Kalka: http://kadekalka.bandcamp.com/

Enter the Spooky Doorway (Studio) and meet its co-owner & narrative designer, Dave McCabe! Dave tells us about his background in filmmaking and tabletop games, and how he and his writing team flesh out characters for their mystery games: The Darkside Detective franchise and the upcoming Séance of Blake Manor. Chiptune music from Flleeppyy!

LINKS:

☁️ Spooky Doorway BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/spookydoorway.bsky.social

🌳 Spooky Doorway LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/SpookyDoorway

💿 Flleeppyy: https://flleeppyy.bandcamp.com/

We're going beyond the average podcast experience with this week's guests, Beyond the Board devs Guilherme Gama and Bruno Mascarenhas ♟️ Their game is. The three of us discuss roombas, design sketches, and nonlinear puzzle design. Music from MoGesus!

LINKS:

📸 Beyond the Board IG: @beyond__the__board

🎮 Beyond the Board Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2794160/Beyond_The_Board/

💿 MoGesus: https://mogesus.bandcamp.com/

Get ready to get cryptic with a look into the works of narrative designer Jonas Tarestad! He's collaborated with award-winning Swedish game studio Simogo on games including Year Walk, Device 6, and last year's Lorelei and the Laser Eyes. We discuss engaging players outside of the game, the thin line between the player and the character, and pizza on a farm. Music from Luke Carlin!

LINKS:

☁️ Jonas's Bluesky: http://jonastarestad.bsky.social

💿 Luke Carlin: https://anfeorh.bandcamp.com/

🍕 Pixel Pizza Bluesky: http://pixelpizza.bsky.social

This week we sit down with Brazilian 2D animator & 3D artist Juli Ivy! In her 10+ year career in the industry, Juli has worked on lavishly animated games including Skullgirls, Indivisible, and Dawn of the Monsters. We get into graphic design, accessibility in games, and giant robots 🤖 Music from chiptune artist Domesticatrix!

☁️ Juli's BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/fyscuit.cafe

🌐 Juli's website: https://fyscuit.cafe/

💿 Domesticatrix: https://domesticatrix.bandcamp.com/

Wake up and listen up 🗣️ for this week's show with singer/songwriter/game developer Devin Santi. He's been deep in development on his debut game, the surreal 3D platformer Mr. Sleepy Man. Devin tells us about the illusion of game feel, processing your emotions through art, and the balance between comedy and horror. With chiptune music from Post_voron!

LINKS:

🐦 Devin's Twitter: @Devin_Santi

📺 Devin's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DEVINSANTI

🎮 Mr. Sleepy Man Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1657740/Mr_Sleepy_Man/

💿 Post_Voron: https://postvoron.bandcamp.com/

This episode originally aired on February 10, 2023.

I can't believe it's been two years since this great chat with Fallen Aces co-creator Trey Powell! In the time since then the game has been released into Early Access on Steam and garnered over 5,000 positive reviews! If you've been enjoying the game and want to know more about Trey, now's the perfect time. Music from Computrhead!

*The game I mentioned at the end was The Forgotten City, available on all platforms*
LINKS:
🐦 Trey's Twitter: @TreyPowell1964
🕵️‍♂️ Fallen Aces: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1411910/Fallen_Aces/
📀 Computrhead: https://computrhead.bandcamp.com