Ep. 22 — Give A Milestone

Posted by IGDA Twin Cities on December 11, 2012

The IGDATC Podcast Episode 22, Give A Milestone

Ryan and Tori must have consumed a six-pack of energy drinks because they are in full swing in this episode of the IGDA Twin Cities Podcast. They discuss games they’ve been playing and working on, local development studio news, some good and some bad, as well as answer a listener question.

We invite your feedback and comments. Thank you for listening.

Show Notes

Soldak’s Drox Operative, Tori did sound and music.
Local game company Concrete Software’s Jellyflop! gets 1 million downloads.
Angry Birds, Bad Piggies and Ryan’s Rocket Prototype
4X games, Explore, Expand, Exploit and Exterminate
Don’t Starve on Steam
Nights of Pen and Paper (on Android and on iOS)
Bowling Dead video (watch first 2 minutes)
Keyboard and Mouse vs Controller for FPS (and other) games.
Member Project: Joel Stewart’s Ludum Dare 24 game Geovolve and some other projects and products (Sensus from Canopy).
Main Presentation: Creatively Bypassing the Limitations of HTML 5 as a Gaming Platform (see their presentation in the GDC Vault)
IGDATC plans for Dec and the Global Game Jam 2013 in the works.
Layoffs at Activision Publishing in Minnesota
Disney Buys Star Wars, including LucasArts (game developer and producer)
Question from a listener. Intro music from Adam at Forge Interactive.