Have you ever wished there was an adventure game that could be played in real life with other people? Sure there are escape rooms and there are murder mystery dinner parties. But what if you could stay overnight in the countryside and play a real life adventure game with puzzles and where you speak to real life characters? Well now you can in Lovecraft immersive experience in Wales, The Key of Dreams. This week Seoirse is joined by Stephen Brown who is well known in the adventure game community particularly for his Freeware Adventure Game articles for adventuregamers.com and new AdventureX director and treasurer. Stephen tells us all about The Key of Dreams and what was his experience over this weekend he spent in the Welsh countryside. Was this as good as it sounds? What was the story like and what was it like resolving puzzles over a weekend with other players? You can find out all about this and much more about this unique experience!

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We’re all probably aware of Greek Mythology and Norse Mythology and maybe Celtic Mythology but what about Spanish Mythology? If you would like to learn more then Luis from Torrezno Entertainment has got you covered as he joins Seoirse to talk about his upcoming game set in Spain where you play as a girl who wants to become a nun and meets some classic figures from Spanish Mythology along the way. Luis also talks about his Kickstarter and what benefits you can get and a lot more besides. So please enjoy!

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In this episode we’re doing things a little differently as instead o speaking to an adventure game developer, Seoirse speaks to DevGAMM CEO, Maria Chyrvona. Maria talks all about this conference which is taking place in Lisbon on 14th and 15th November and she tells us what we can expect and how they are focused on helping indie game developers promote their games as much as possible. She talks about the speakers, DevGamm awards and events happening at the conference this year and much more!

And if that wasn’t enough Maria and her team have very kindly offered two free tickets to the conference for podcast listeners! But since we’re adventure gamers we need to offer some sort of a challenge. So to be in with a chance of winning you just have to answer the following question:

“In which hotel is DevGAMM Lisbon 2024 taking place in 2024?” Hint: answer is on the official website...

The first two people who email the correct answer to info@adventuregamespodcast.com will win a free ticket to the conference so if you are interested in attending (and why wouldn't you be!) then make sure to send in that email as soon as possible! Good luck!

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This week Seoirse and Johnny get together once more to review the latest adventure games. Johnny tells us all whether he solved the mystery at Bent Oak Island in this new comedy point and click adventure game while Seoirse tells us how his therapy session went in Vampire Therapist. Then Johnny travels to Scotland as he reviews Farewell North in a new adventure game where you play as a dog bringing colour back to this world. Staying in Scotland Seoirse travels to an oil rig off the coast of Aberdeen in the 70’s but unfortunately drills a little too far and finds an unexpected surprise. Does he survive? Find out in his review of Still Wakes the Deep. All that and much more!

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That sound you hear is the thunderous crash when two giant podcasts collide as this week, Paul Korman, co-host of the Classic Gamers Guild podcast joins Seoirse on the Adventure Games Podcast to talk about, what else, classic adventure games. Gold Rush and Broken sword are indeed mentioned a couple times as well as others and they discuss the different qualities of Sierra and Lucasarts. They also talk about both their respective podcasts and what they enjoy and the challenges they experience and how Paul and his co-host Anna Vigue continue to come up with topics on classic adventure games every two weeks for their podcast.

If that’s not enough then Paul also talks about his new adventure game, The Phantom Fellows and what players can expect in terms of story, puzzles and how he learned to make an adventure game after co-hosting a podcast for a few years.

All t hat and much more so please enjoy!

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What’s this? Two review episodes in one month? That’s right! There are so many adventure games we want to talk about that we have added another episode where we review the latest adventure games we have been playing. And what adventure games they are! We go back in time as we review two retro adventure games. Firstly Matt. Johnny and Laura discuss the text parser mystery game from Julia Minamata, The Crimson Diamond. Inspired by The Colonel’s Bequest, we discuss if this game stands on its own. Then we also review survival horror game in exploration mode, Crow Country. Also heavily inspired by survival horror adventure games of the 90’s but Seoirse reviews the no combat exploration mode so he discusses whether he believes if this game can, uh, survive without combat.

Not to be outdone thank goodness Laura is here to review Thank Goodness You’re Here as she talks about this comedic adventure game set in Yorkshire. And finally Johnny reviews two new games. Firstly he talks about devil’s Hideout, the third adventure game released by Cosmic Void this year! And finally he reviews Thalassa: Edge of the Abyss, a new detective game set under the ocean. All that and much more!

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You don’t need to look far to know that the games industry is going through a difficult period right now. While some triple AAA games may be making more money than ever the reality is that with layoffs, crunch and a myriad other reasons a lot of people in the industry are struggling. And you just need to take cursory glance at Twitter to know how much more toxic that has become. But how did it come to this? Was this always inevitable? And what can we do to make things better? To help answer these questions and more gaming insider and author Marijam Did joins Seoirse in this fun, lively interview to discuss these topics and her upcoming book “Everything to Play For” and just how we can make the gaming community a better and safer place for everyone.

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Making his long awaited return Tomas Becks tells us what he’s up to this year and he also tells us about an upcoming game, Whirlight - No Time To Trip and he reveals what he found out in his interview with the developers. Elsewhere Kieran tells us how we can buy the universe in his review of Universe for Sale and what happens until then in eh, new game Until Then. Meanwhile Seoirse also tells us how 12 year old Lil does in her job as a Guardsman in Lil Guardsman and he reviews the first VR exclusive adventure game on the podcast as he reviews Lovecraftian cosmic horror game and award winning Broken Spectre. Before all that the trio discuss the latest news including a second award nomination for the Adventure Games Podcast and some release dates for two very exciting adventure games. All that and much more!

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In April of this year Seoirse was back in Reboot develop Blue in Dubrovnik and while there, he met with some fantastic adventure game developers and played demos of some great looking adventure games. So finally several months later you can listen to Seoirse’s interviews at the conference including interviews with:

• Evan Jones, developer of Vr game Broken Spectre

• Pentakill Studios, developers of The Occultist,

• Grimtalin, developers of The Crimson Maid

Plus Seoirse shares his thoughts on the demo of upcoming point and click adventure game Elroy and The Aliens.

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Nowadays in particular it’s become normal for developers to make truly fantastic debut games such as Norco and The Case of the Golden Idol to mention just two. But it’s hard to think of anybody who has made their mark as much as Tom Hardwidge, one half of Tall Story Games. Along with his wife Emma Hardwidge, who also voiced the main character in their debut game, they took the adventure game community by storm with their debut game Lucy Dreaming. But now they’re back with their new game Heir of the Dog. With a hugely successful Kickstarter which was funded in less than 2 hours and made close to 5 times its goal it’s clear their success is going to continue.

Tom was kind enough to speak to Seoirse last December which is why none of this is mentioned but he does speak in more detail about what we can expect from his upcoming game Heir of the Dog including the story, gameplay, puzzles and he talks about his philosophy regarding puzzles and how much help should be given to players and he also has enough time to talk a little about his time voicing the main character in Guga’s game The Will of Arthur Flabbington. All this and much more!

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In one of our most epic episodes to date Seoirse, Johnny and Matt review 9 games! In this episode there are a lot of monsters about as they need to help people deal with monsters over the phone in Home Safety Hotline. Sometimes however you need to send in a detective or a family member in the remake of Alone in the Dark but when that doesn’t work why not send an octogenarian to fight aliens? If an 80 year old can be US president then surely an octogenarian can deal with a few aliens as well.

Elsewhere Matt tries to get away with murder in Inkle’s classic Overboard and tells us all about Midnight Margo, from one half of the devs of Whispers of the Machine. Seoirse also tells us about his thoughts on detective/horror/visual novel Echoes and a new game which deals with immigration in Songs of Travel.

The final game reviewed this month is Suzerain: Kingdowm of Rizia the new DLC of Suzerain. Instead of being president this time you are king of neighbouring country Rizia and Seoirse gives his thoughts on whether Torpor Games were able to live up the very high expectations from the previous game.

As if that wasn’t enough they also discuss two new Crowdfunding projects as they reveal more details Legends of adventure, a new documentary on Sierra and Heir of the Dog, a new game from Tom Harwidge, developer of extremely well received Lucy Dreaming.

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Times are difficult for just about everyone these days so it’s only natural that we may need to see a therapist. But what if you were a vampire? Imagine all the traumatic events you would have seen. If anyone would need therapy it would almost certainly be a vampire. And that’s where you come in. Vampire Therapist is a game where you speak to vampires and give real therapy techniques but this time for vampires. This week Seoirse was delighted to catch up with the developer and talented voice actor in his own right, Cyrus Nemati. Cyrus spoke about his different roles in Hades, what therapy techniques we can use in Vampire Therapist and he talks about some of the weird and wonderful characters we meet in his game. All that and much more!

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Have you ever dreamed of being a reporter? Have you ever thought about how it would feel to have a scoop of a lifetime? Well now you can do just that in Times and Galaxy, a new adventure game where you play an intern roboreporter. To get the scoop on this game Seoirse was joined by the developers at Copychaser Games to find out as much as he could all about what we can expect from the characters, story, gameplay, choices and much more!

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Rise of the Dragon was a highly ambitious game that in many ways was ahead of its time on its release in 1990. As well as receiving plenty of positive reviews at the time, it also won a Special Award for Artistic Achievement from Computer Gaming World in 1991. In 1996 they also included it as 83rd best game of all time. And yet this game has become largely forgotten nowadays. Very rarely will you see this included in recommended adventure games or sci fi games so, hoping to go some way to rectifying this, Seoirse is joined by newest member of the AGP team, David Lambert, as they both discuss this game in detail including what they enjoyed about the game, what they feel could have been improved and just why they believe this game should be discussed more. So after listening to this episode, why not check the game out on GOG (link below!) and find out why this is a hidden gem!

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In another bumper episode Laura aka Cressup goes on the run as a nun as she reviews Indika, Seoirse takes to the roads in Open Roads and he goes to post apocalyptic Finland in Rauniot. Elsewhere Cressup also has time to grow some plants in Botany Manor and Kieran tries to solve the case in No Case Should Remain Unsolved. Finally Seoirse investigates what happened to the secret salami (not a euphemism) in the latest animal detective adventure game The Duck Detective: The Secret Salami. Plus they discuss the latest gaming news including more unfortunate layoffs and a new game announced by Ron Gilbert!

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“Lies flow like water but the Truth burns.”

This is just one of many quotable lines from arguably one of the best adventure games ever made. And for this episode Seoirse was delighted to speak to the lead designer of that game, Chris Bateman. Chris spoke about his puzzle philosophy and how it changed throughout the three Discworld games, how he got involved in leading the design of the game and just how involved was Terry Pratchett. He also spoke about his passion project Silk, a game literally like no other game out there. And he also teased what the future may hold for another Discworld game in future. All that and much more!

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In this episode Seoirse chats with James Lightfoot and Steve Horry, developers and writers of upcoming adventure game and comic Sleepytime Village. They talk to Seoirse about how the story of the comic came to me, why James thought it would make a great adventure game, how they are using the art inspired by Steve Horry’s very talented daughter and what rewards you can expect in the Kickstarter. All that and much more!

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THERE’S BEEN A MURDER! Or several in fact. Yes indeed this week Seoirse and Kieran review a number of murder mystery games, including the first of the latest Hercule Poirot games as Seoirse gives thoughts on Hercule Poirot: The First Cases. He also reviews new FMV detective game Case Files: Behind Closed Doors and Kieran talks about Murders on the Yangtze River. Finally, in a non murder mystery shocker, Kieran reviews the Inkle classic 80 Days. Is this game as good as everyone says it is? Find it out at the link above!

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In April 2024 Seoirse was lucky enough to return to Reboot develop Blue in Dubrovnik where he had the chance to speak with Charles Cecil, co-founder and CEO of Revolution Software and lead designer of the Broken Sword series. In this interview Charles spoke about the origins of Broken Sword, why he was remstering the first game, why they launched a Kickstarter, his thoughts on puzzles in adventure games and much more!

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This week Seoirse speaks with Director, Actor and Game developer Ramon Hamilton, who both develops and stars in new FMV game Case Files: Behind closed doors. In this game we play as a detective and we need to guide detective Martin Ruiz (played beautifully by Ramon himself) as he interrogates four potential suspects. Ramon talks to Seoirse about how he filmed and made the game, how he came up with the game mechanics and he gives us a background on the actors who appear in his game. He also talks a little about his two upcoming projects. All that and much more!

Please note Domestic Violence is discussed in this interview and in the game.

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