This week Jason Godbey joins Seoirse to talk about his two games :”The Search” and “Discolored”. In the interview he discusses how he first got involved in the gaming industry, why he decided to make his games so different to each other and how he wanted to tell a story a different way in Discolored without any dialogue or voice acting. He also discusses how he he got his game to be on Apple Arcade and the advantages that brings and much more!
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This week Seoirse realises his lifelong dream of being a standup comedian in Clam Man: Open Mic with predictable results. Tomas and Laura also join Seoirse this week to review the latest adventure games they’ve been playing including the second game from the developers of Gone Home. All that and much more!
Read MoreThe lead developer of Deliver us the Moon joins Seoirse to talk moon landings, how his game evolved from its creation, how they came up with the story, what research they did and much more!
Read MoreThe Last of Us Part 2 is one of of the highest selling games of all time and with the story getting so much attention and causing so much controversy we thought we would record a two part spoiler episode. In these two episodes we talk about all the twists, the revelations and the themes of the game and much much more more.
*Also since this is a spoiler episode it should go without saying that we would recommend you do not listen to these episodes unless you have finished playing or watching on Youtube (like Seoirse did) the game or you don’t mind hearing about spoilers of the game. You have been warned!
Read MoreThe Last of Us Part 2 is one of of the highest selling games of all time and with the story getting so much attention and causing so much controversy we thought we would record a two part spoiler episode. In these two episodes we talk about all the twists, the revelations and the themes of the game and much much more more.
*Also since this is a spoiler episode it should go without saying that we would recommend you do not listen to these episodes unless you have finished playing or watching on Youtube (like Seoirse did) the game or you don’t mind hearing about spoilers of the game. You have been warned!
Read MoreIn this week’s shorter than usual episode Seoirse is joined by...himself as Tomas and Laura leave him to fend for himself to review some free prologues, a free visual novel, a sitcom set in the worst game development studio of all time and a post-apocalyptic sci-fi where the robots have taken over the world but some of the robots are becoming more human like and take it upon themselves to discover what exactly happened to the humans.
Read MoreThis week Martin from Team Clam joins Seoirse to talk our comedy adventure game of 2019, Clam Man! He talks about the aftermath of Clam Man, what his inspirations for Clam Man 2 were, why he chnaged the look of Clam Man 2 and what benefits and challenges he is facing now that he is working solo. All that and much more!
Read MoreThis week Seoirse, Tomas and Laura talk travel to the Croatian mountains, go on a treasure hunt, entor a dream to try and save a person who is suffering from severe depression, go back to the wild west and travel in a bleak, desolate, post-apocalytic setting. But enough about 2020! They also review The last of Us Part 2 and discuss if this game really is the best game of the year.
Read MoreOn this week’s episode Filipe F. Thomas developer of Into a Dream joins Seoirse to discuss his new game. They also talk about the topics of the game, what can be done to discuss mental health more in the gaming community, what Filipe hopes to achieve with this game, how he managed to convince professional voice actors to volunteer to play characters in his game and much more!
Read MoreOn this final interview celebrating 30 years of Revolution, Rolf Saxon joins Seoirse to talk about his role as George Stobbart. In this interview, Rolf talks about how he got the role to begin with, what it's liek working with the team at Revolution, what appealed to him about the script, why he thinks Broken Sword has become so successful plus much more! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to hear more interviews with more adventure game developers then please subscribe, rate and review wherever you listen to podcasts.
Read MoreFirst they spoke to The Guardian and now Arseniy and Laura from Party for Introverts speak to Seoirse from the Adventure Games Podcast. They’re definitely going up in the world! On this episode they take a time out to discuss their games and their approach to making games in general. They also talk about the benefits and challenges to making short games and making games in their spare time. They talk about the games they want to make and they give advice on how to work together as a couple and they talk a little about their new game they’re working on which can be wishlisted now on Steam. All that and much more!
Read MoreTo continue our celebration of 30 years of Revolution, Broken sword series producer and writer Steve Ince jojns Seoirse to discuss his experience at revolution. He talks about how he first joined the studio, his role working on Beneath a Steel Sky. He then goes into some detail into the development of Broken Sword and he also discusses his book “Writing for Video Games” and how he hopes that this can help both experienced and aspiring game developers. Finally he also discusses other games he has worked on including So Blonde, The Witcher and The Witcher 2 amongst others. All that and much more!
Read MoreBack in 1994 Beneath a Steel Sky was released. This game would go on to become a beloved classic. Now 26 years later, the sequel Beyond a Steel Sky is finally upon us. It’s safe to say that this is the most eagerly anticipated adventure game of the year but does it live up to expectations? In this episode Seoirse gives a non spoiler review and reveals whether he thinks this is a welcome return to Union City or if we would have been better off in the gap.
Read MoreThis week Charles Cecil, the mastermind behind classics Beneath a Steel Sky and the Broken Sword series, joins Seoirse, and after some slight fanboyism from seoirse, he then talks about how their partnership with Apple came about, his design philosophy regarding puzzles and story in video games and why it took him 26 years to make Beyond a Steel Sky. All that and much more!
Read MoreIn this first episode celebrating 30 years of Revolution, co-founder Tony Warriner and Seoirse go back in time to talk about the objectives of Revolution when it was founded, and they go behind the scenes on all their games as Tony gives some fascinating anecdotes about the making of Lure of the Temptress, Beneath a Steel Sky and of course, the Broken Sword series. Plus he talks about how Revolution survived during the dark ages of the adventure genre, why they made Broken Sword 3 in 3d, what the highest selling Revolution is (the answer may surprise you) and what ever happened to the Broken Sword movie. He also talks about what he’s working on now and what his favourite Revolution game is. So sit back and enjoy this trip down memory lane with one of the greats of the genre!
Read MoreThe Adventure Games Podcast is up for the Podcast Awards! We are up against some very stiff competition and much like adventure games we are punching above our weight. However, if you would like to help us, and in turn help adventure game developers who come on the show and help prove to the world that the adventure game genre is still very much alive then you can vote for the Adventure Games Podcast! Do this:
Go to the Podcast Awards sign up page here.
Add the information required. It takes 30 seconds to sign up, it’s also free and completely safe. You will also NOT be spammed and you only need to do this ONCE.
Once you have signed up, you can choose The Adventure Games Podcast in the menu under The People’s Choice and Games & Hobbies categories.
Once you have done this then select Save Nomination at the bottom of the screen and you’re done!
Read MoreThis week, Seoirse, Laura and Tomas discuss Will Ferrell’s new Eurovision movie and what a Eurovision adventure game would look like. We also have time to discuss the latest adventure games including the Life is Strange prequel, a fun puzzle game, one of the weirdest games ever made and a new conspiracy thriller set in Miami.
Marko from Red Martyr Entertainment joins Seoirse to discuss his upcoming game Saint Kotar and the free prologue Saint Kotar: The Yellow Mask, available now on Steam. He talks about the plot, gameplay, he gives an example on how the choices will have consequences in the game, which famous actors will appear in the game and he also talks about what rewards players can expect if they back the game on Kickstarter.
Read MoreIn this bonus episode, Armaan talks to Seoirse about his hit game Rainswept which certainly “swept” the adventure game genre when it was released way back in February 2019. Armaan talks about quitting his day job to become a full time indie developer and he talks about the game in more detail including what research he did, what were his objectives when he founded the studio and he also tells us a little about his upcoming yet to be titled game which he expects to be released very soon and much more!
Read MoreThis week Seoirse goes fishing the Night Fisherman and goes on a search for the Hand of Glory, Laura goes on “A Short Hike” through the woods, and then Tomas, eh, goes home. We also talk about those three games and we also have a (hopefully) final discussion based on a highly scientific Facebook poll about whether 3d works with adventure games (it does) or whether all adventure games in 3d suck (they don’t). We also try and beat the record for the most amount of times we say the word “Nice” in a sentence! Plus all the latest adventure game news!
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