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This week on the show we've got Canadian solo indie dev Devon Wiersma! Devon's best known for the graffiti sandbox Bombing!! games, which were inspired by their own experiences as a street artist. They're also currently working on the procedurally generated mech action game Centauri Dark, so there's a lot to talk about with their varied catalog of work! Tune in for that and chiptune music from Caspro & friends.
LINKS:
☁️ Devon's Bluesky: https://devonwiersma.bsky.social
📝 Devon's Tumblr: https://devsgames.tumblr.com/
📺 Devon's Twitch/YT: SlaughterNeko
🎮 Devon's Games: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45172739
💿 Caspro: https://caspromusic.bandcamp.com/
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On this week's Pixel Pizza we talk with indie game journalist & community manager Jupiter Hadley! As a co-founder of news site Big Boss Battle she covers the most innovative releases and game jams. Plus, as a CM for Toya Play Studio, she works on licensed Roblox experiences for popular IP like Miraculous Ladybug. Jupiter gives us some info on her upcoming book about indie games, talks introducing her own kids to gaming and the internet, and delves into the importance of a community-first approach to indie game development. Music from EKIA!
LINKS:
🐦 Jupiter's Twitter: @Jupiter_Hadley
💿 EKIA: https://ekiaa.bandcamp.com/
✉️ Contact us: pixelpizza at yahoo dot com
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We've got two incredible guests for you this week! Coming to us from Furniture & Mattress Games are co-founders David Hellman (art director) & Nico Recabarren (game designer). David's best known for his work on the landmark indie game Braid, and Nico made a splash designing acclaimed puzzle game Ethereal. We go over both of their past experiences as well as their time working on their latest project, the puzzle/RPG hybrid Arranger! Music from Reia!
LINKS:
🖌️ David's Twitter: @Davidhellman
🧩 Nico's Twitter: @Cabezotta
🎮 Arranger: https://arranger.quest/
💿 Reia: https://reiaa.bandcamp.com/
✉️ Contact us: pixelpizza at yahoo dot com
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Shoutout to all the Rhapsodogs this week, because we're talking with Nico Papalia, creator of the hit indie RPG Athenian Rhapsody! Nico shares his stories about playtesting for comedy, staying physically active while making games, expanding his IP, and making his own pizza. This week's music comes to us from _beto!
LINKS:
🎮 Athenian Rhapsody: https://linktr.ee/athenianrhapsody
💿 _beto: https://betodev.bandcamp.com/
✉️ Questions? Comments?: pixelpizza at yahoo dot com
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Capy Games Director Dan Vader joins us on this week’s show! Over the past 15 years his studio has brought us some incredible original titles, like Grindstone, Super Time Force, Superbrothers: Sword and Sorcery EP, and Below. In our lively and wide-ranging discussion, Dan talks about working on games with very different tones, the collaborative environment at Capy, and how the best ideas come up when you’re getting coffee. Music from Fouinne44!
LINKS:
🐦 Capy Games socials: @Capygames
🎮 Battle Vision Network: https://www.capybaragames.com/games/battle-vision-network/
💿 Fouinne44: https://m.youtube.com/@fouinne44
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Joining us this week on Pixel Pizza is community manager and marketing expert Catherine Litvaitis! Catherine has helped build and foster communities for prominent indie games like Bear and Breakfast, In Stars and Time, and The Tartarus Key. She tells us all about writing social media in-character, what makes a great digital storefront description, and her work on the YouTube cult classic Shrek Retold! All that plus more, and music from Overkissed.
LINKS:
🐦 Catherine's Twitter: @LitvacArt
🐊 Floridale Man: @TheFloridaleMan
💿 OverKissed: https://audiobambino.bandcamp.com/album/cut04-xx
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This week on Pixel Pizza, rock out with narrative designer Idris Grey MacChruteir 🤘 Idris's career has spanned across multiple countries and major studios-- they've worked at Monolith on Middle-Earth: Shadow of War, Guerilla on Horizon: Forbidden West, and are currently in Japan working with Unseen (Ikumi Nakamura's studio) on KEMURI!
Idris breaks down how they design for specific characters, make an open world feel alive, and write a meaningful cover letter. Chiptune music this week also comes to us from Japan via Maak!
LINKS:
🐦 Idris's Twitter: @SirensStrand
🎮 Unseen: @UnseenTokyo
💿 Maak: https://maakmusic.bandcamp.com/
✉️ Contact Us: pixelpizza at yahoo dot com
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This episode originally aired on October 26, 2022.
Let's look back on a Pixel Pizza favorite in this chat with Trombone Champ developer Dan Vecchito. We talked about using the principles of improv comedy in games, going viral, and the best pizza in Brooklyn! For the full Trombone Champ experience, this episode's musical breaks were all in-game performances from YouTube creators. Find their links below and see you next week with a new show!
LINKS:
🐦Holy Wow Twitter: @HolyWowStudios
🎮Trombone Champ: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1059990/Trombone_Champ/
📀 Tim & Matt Play: https://youtu.be/bf021cCR7tQ
💿 JawGBoi: https://youtu.be/1pYm-_C91wQ
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Join us on this week's Pixel Pizza Podcast as we talk to Capybara Games President Eileen Hollinger! Eileen's had some incredible experiences in the industry, like working at ThatGameCompany and forming her own indie game publisher, Astra Fund. She tells us how she made the jump from educational content to working alongside the devs of Journey, Katamari Damacy, and the latest on her studio's newest game Battle Vision Network! Music from Hydragyrum Beholder!
LINKS:
🐦 Eileen's Twitter: @Eileen_Holli
🌐 Capy Games: @Capygames
🎮 Battle Vision Network: @BVN_Game
💿 Hydragyrum Beholder: https://hydragyrumbeholder.bandcamp.com/
✉️ Contact Us: pixelpizza at yahoo dot com
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On this installment of the Pixel Pizza Podcast we speak with Unbound Creations CEO Jakub Kasztalski. Jakub and his team have made all sorts of games ranging from political thrillers like Headliner to chaotic cute games like Rain on Your Parade. We talk about using games as a teaching tool, what goes into porting to consoles, and the studio's next game, Just Crow Things. Music from Thefricolix!
LINKS:
🐦 Unbound Creations: @Unboundcreation
🐦⬛ Just Crow Things: https://unboundcreations.com/games/crowy/
💿 Thefricolix: https://thefricolix.bandcamp.com/
✉️ Contact Us: pixelpizza at yahoo dot com
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Cozy up and stay warm (or cool, if listening to this at time of release) with Benjamin Salvqist, CEO of Pine Creek Games. The studio recently made waves with the showcase of their hand-drawn survival game Winter Burrow, and we get deeper into the inspirations behind its atmosphere, game design, and worldbuilding. Music from KnifeHandChop!
LINKS:
🌲 Pine Creek Games: https://www.pinecreekgames.com/
🎮 Winter Burrow: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3008740/Winter_Burrow/
💿 KnifeHandChop: https://knifehandchop.bandcamp.com/
✉️ Email us! pixelpizza at yahoo dot com
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In a blast from the past this week, the director of Soundtrec studio and the Video Games Orchestra, Shota Nakama is here on the show! I used to see his concerts all the time when I was living in Boston and hosting Pixel Pizza on the radio about a decade ago. Since then he's expanded into production on high-profile Japanese games including Final Fantasy XV, D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die, and Bayonetta 3. Most famously at the moment, Shota has been helming the Sonic Symphony World Tour! Together we reminisce on the early days of VGO, talk about changing up your daily routine, and making deadlines. Plus, chiptune music from Caspro!
LINKS:
🗣️ Shota's Socials: @Shotanakama
🦔 Sonic Symphony: https://www.sonicsymphonytour.com
💿 Caspro: http://caspromusic.bandcamp.com
✉️ Contact us!: pixelpizza at yahoo dot com
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This week on the Pixel Pizza Podcast we bird up 🕊️ with the founder of Glass Bottom Games, Megan Fox! You might know her work from the hit skateboarding game, SkateBIRD, or the side-scrolling noir title Hot Tin Roof. Megan talks about normalizing failure, sharing solutions to tech struggles via her blog, and how a bird would realistically hold a sword. Chiptune music this week from P!x3l_BLAM3_F0rtr3$$!
LINKS:
🌐 Glass Bottom Games: www.glassbottomgames.com
☁️ Megan's BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/glassbottommeg.bsky.social
🐘 Megan's Mastodon: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@[email protected]
💿 P!x3l_BLAM3_F0rtr3$$: https://pixelblame.bandcamp.com/
✉️ Questions? Comments?: pixelpizza at yahoo dot com
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Coming to us from Mexico City is this week's guest, Anwar Noriega! He's the CEO of Wabisabi Games, developers of the recently released RKGK (aka Rakugaki). Anwar tells us about making a platformer for adults, creating game industry opportunities in Latin America, and Japanese pizza. Chiptune music this week comes from Leumaestro!
LINKS:
🎮 RKGK: https://rkgk.com/
💿 Leumaestro: https://leumaestro.bandcamp.com/
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Get ready to go Psycho Mode this weekend with an all-new Pixel Pizza! Today we've got Ukrainian developer Yehor aka Martingor. Together with his wife Masha, Yehor is developing the finger-shooting roguelike FPS Psychofinger! We talk about taking inspiration from anime, what it's like making a game with your partner, and advice for first-time developers. Music from Curious Quail!
LINKS:
👉 PSYCHOFINGER: https://linktr.ee/psychofinger
💿 Curious Quail: http://curiousquail.bandcamp.com/
✉️ Pixel Pizza Contact: pixelpizza at yahoo dot com
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On a delightfully devilish Pixel Pizza, indie director Alfred Kamon is here to talk about his upcoming strategy roguelike RPG Food Devils! We discuss the massive success of the game's Kickstarter, what it's like to lead Studio Daimon, and making the leap of faith into full-time game development. Music from Bubble Blade!
LINKS:
🎮 Food Devils (wishlist!): https://store.steampowered.com/app/2861730/Food_Devils/
🐦 Studio Daimon: @StudioDaimon
💿 Bubble Blade: https://bubbleblade.bandcamp.com/
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This week on Pixel Pizza we get radicalized by sound designer and voice director Ali Cedroni! Ali talks with us about the welcoming game audio community, giving yourself the freedom to fail, and how groups like her collective NokNok Audio are changing the traditional game company structure. Music from Kitsune²!
LINKS:
🎧 NokNok Audio: https://www.noknokaudio.com/
🌐 Ali's Website: https://www.alicedroni.com/
🐦 Ali's Socials: @AliCedroni
💿 K²: https://lapfox.bandcamp.com/
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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
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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
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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
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