Dave and Aviv (aka captain D and Cosmic Void) join Seoirse this week to discuss their new game The Corruption Within, out on Steam on June 9th. They talk about how they came together in order to make the game, how they split the work between them and how they were able to work remotely in different countries and different time zones. They also give advice on how to run a successful Kickstarter and how they use skills they learned on their previous games on The Corruption within. All that and much more!

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Jack and Pavle, co-founders of Flavourworks, joined Seoirse to discuss their new FMV game Erica. They talked about how they built their ground breaking engine, Touch Video, to ensure there was plenty of interactivity and to keep players engaged, how they ensured the choices mattered in the game and how to write different paths and still ensure the story makes sense, and how they managed to cast A-list actors for the game. All this and much more!

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This week, Laura goes hitchhiking and tries to find out who she is in Hithchiker - A Mystery Game, Tomas tries to remember in Don’t Forget Me and Seoirse tries to find his partner stuck in the darkside dimension in The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark. Plus they discuss the latest news including the return of Tales of Monkey Island on Itunes (Yay), the cancellation of Tex Murphy: The Posioned Pawn (Boo) and a surprisingly funny story in an EPIC courtroom drama.

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In another bumper episode Laura controls a game by blinking in Before Your Eyes and witnesses the Big Bang in Genesis Noir. Seoirse reviews two interrogation games as he tries to find out a young woman’s story in er, Her Story and he investigates if androids dream of electric sheep in a new Blade Runner meets Papers, Please cyberpunk interrogation game, Silicon Dreams. Finally Tomas goes searching for Paradise in alternate world war 2 historical game Paradise Lost. Plus they discuss the latest news including Itch.io coming to Epic Store and much more!

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This week Tom Hardwidge joins Seoirse to talk about how he discovered the indie dev community, how he founded his company Tall Story Games and how he managed to make his game Hair Of The Dog in less than two weeks! He also finds time to talk about his collaboration with the Roman Baths in Bath, UK to make his Roman era set game Where’s my Cloak and his fun game Lockdown: The point & click game. Finally, he tells us what to expect from the Kickstarter for retro Lucasarts inspired game Lucy Dreaming what we can expect from the game and how he managed to find the perfect voice actor for the role!

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In this episode Seoirse reviews the brand new game from the developers of Rainswept, Forgotten Fields. Whilst Tomas heads into Lovecraft country with Chronicles of Innsmouth and its new recent sequel Chronicle of Innsmouth: Mountains of Madness. Meanwhile Laura is looking at some more quirky titles, reviewing Wide Ocean Big Jacket and Internet Court. Plus the gang look at the demo of Plot of the Druid: Nightwatch and there’s news about some brand new Cloudpunk DLC. In a new discussion topic they also ask - is nostalgia a bad thing in adventure games?

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This week Nihal Tharoor joins the pod to talk about his Bafta Nominated Interactive Crime Drama for Andriod and Iphone Dead Man’s Phone. He talks about how he and his teams are looking to create a new platform and how this game puts you into the shoes of a detective. He also talks about how they managed to get a real murder detective to appear in the game and what plans they have for the future. Oh and the first season of the game is free! With no ads! All that and much more!

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This week Yann from Goloso Games joins Seoirse to talk about his new game, Inspector waffles, which has just been released. He talks about its origins, how he got in touch with a publisher and his thoughts on voice acting. He also takes time to take about the reaction to his first game Antenna Dilemma and how likely it is that we can expect a sequel. All that and much more!

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This week Laura reviews first person recursive puzzle adventure game Maquette and goes to 1990’s Ireland in If Found… Meanwhile Tomas has to resole a mystery in Tiny Room and Seoirse tries to survive for 4 days in Don’t Escape: 4 days to Survive. Finally they also set the record straight on yet another article that says that the adventure genre is being “revived”.

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The podcast doesn’t usually get political but this week that’s all we talk about. The reason being that Ata from Torpor Studios drops by to discuss his new political simulation choise based text game Suzerain. Ata talks about what research they did to make the game, how they managed to add so much text into the game and make sure the choices in the game were meaningful and why he went around smiling during Covid times. Finally he also gives some great advice about how to market an indie game in particular when it’s not possible to attend any conferences in person. All that and much more!

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This week Tomas goes searching for Angels in Angel Wings, Seoirse goes back in time to try and save the mountainside town of Curon from being flooded and Laura goes searching for the past in the future in Mutropolis… It makes sense once you hear her review. Plus Tomas tells us what demos he’s been playing and much more!

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This week Chris Ainsley drops by for the second time to give an update Adventuron Classroom the software designed to teach kids how to code and create Text Adventures. He also talks about about the Text Adventure Literacy Jam which “encourages text adventure authors to write a fun game such that can guide children (age 8+) so they can play unassisted, or that younger children can play with a parent or trusted adult.” Chris also reveals how he managed to convince the Godfather of Text adventures, Mr Scott Adams to agree to be a judge and what prize he will give the winner. They also have time to discuss the state of text adventures and whether there is still a market for them. (spoiler: there is). All that and much more!

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In this rather chaotic episode, Laura goes nuts for new squirrel surveillance adventure game NUTS and takes a look under the hood of vehicle adventure game Far: Lone Sails. Meanwhile Seorse is learning about Russia in Døm Rusalok and discovering What Remains of Edith Finch. Tomas takes us through plenty of demos that he’s been playing and joins Seoirse in giving his thoughts on retro ‘90s adventure game Flight of the Amazon Queen. All this and a debate on Indiana Jones: Fate Of Atlantis….Seoirse isn’t a fan!

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This week Seoirse is joined by Tabletop RPG developer and author Steffie De Vaan. Steffie spoke to Seoirse about her latest game City of Flesh which is out now on Kickstarter and she also spoke about how RPG books are written and about some of her fiction work as well and much more!

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In our 100th episode, Former CEO of Sierra Online Ken Williams joins Seoirse and Tomas to talk about the founding of Sierra Online. He also spoke about the creation of King’s Quest, how Sierra survived the crash of the video game industry in the early 80’s, how he and Roberta decided how to hire their employees and a (possible) exclusive scoop!

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This week one of the developers of “The Funny Boneyard” joins Seoirse to discuss their game including how they came together to create this game, how they created this particular art style, and what we can expect from the story and some of the characters. We also find out just what is The Funny Boneyard and the origins of this rather unique name.

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