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Sinopsis
A comedy game design podcast by two guys who know nothing about comedy nor game design.Join Trevor Scott and Ben Slinger as they take prompts from random word generators, movies, game titles and more and turn them into occasionally hilarious but always interesting game designs.
Episodios
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340: Seed Sand
16/07/2023 Duración: 31minBen and Trev return to the classic Click Pitch game this week and discover the freedom that comes with less words. Games discussed include:A management style game where the secrets of the Sandman are revealedAnother management game where the Gym's you manage have more difficult clientele the longer you playA Paper's Please / Not Tonight inspired medical game.
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339: More Than Just A Limbo Contest
09/07/2023 Duración: 33minBen and Trevor review some of the best Dark Web game they've been playing recently, including:Cantankerous Booty of LoveSuper Sexy Business SimulatorTropical Limbo UniverseRocket Powered Stick: World Tourand more!
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338: Dirty Sexy Santa
02/07/2023 Duración: 30minBen and Trev delve into some random movies in this episode and discuss the following game ideas.A gory, Bully inspired, monsters university game Stuart Little gets a jobA mall santa is the only one who can stop the apocalypse
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337: Upwords: Prophecy Edition
25/06/2023 Duración: 33minRamped Up Click Pitch results in some banger game ideas this week, as Ben and Trevor riff on games such as:a Dredge inspired game where you play a mail delivery person in a dark fantasy world;an adventure/puzzle game where you can change the words of prophecies to affect the outcome of events;a game where you are designing and managing a cruise ship liner that is powered by zombie labour;and more!
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336: Smlessgies
18/06/2023 Duración: 34minBen and Trev continue their mad rush to record episodes before Ben leaves for Canada. This time they play What 3 Words and come up with a bunch of fun game ideas.A snowy adventure with a teen vibe and an appearance from a Bit Storm classic characterInvestigate a Zombie outbreak at a very popular food chainA VR adventure through portals and into the characters very psyche.
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335: Toothful the Great and Pointy
11/06/2023 Duración: 29minBen and Trevor turn random movie selections into game ideas this week, including:a Sam Fisher-esque assassin who also happens to be a giant Megalodon;a world with domesticated dragons that discovers a great beast;what a Fast & Furious game should really look like;and more!
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334: Better Yelp
04/06/2023 Duración: 35minBen and Trev are starting to cram as many episodes they can in to one recording session, so these next 10 episodes or so may get a little loopy. However this time they discuss the following games while playing their classic Ramped Up Click Pitch game.Discover why Ken and Ryu have similar moves in Street Fighter 2 onwardsAn adventure set on a steampunk space shipA point and click adventure where the original use for Yelp is discovered.
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333: Nasty Man Bee Killer
28/05/2023 Duración: 34minJumping into a game of What 3 Words, Ben and Trevor create some fun video game ideas such as:playing as a Telecom Justice, in a world where wireless communication has been banned;booby trapping a verandah during a neighbourly dispute;fighting back against giant space bees emerging from the centre of the Earth;and more!
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332: Spider Juice
21/05/2023 Duración: 30minBen and Trev jump into creating games based off of random movies this week. Some of the games include.A vengeful spider chasing after the 1% after years of being juiced.The humble high 5 is discovered to be a way to travel to a new dimensionAn adventure set in Australia during Banjo Patterson's time.
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331: The Devil's Drums
14/05/2023 Duración: 35minClick Pitch is played, and games are improvised! Ben and Trevor come up with games such as:A wacky race across the world;A heavy metal band faces the apocalypse;Forces of heaven and hell vie for the possession of God's fiddle;and more!
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330: Crisp Intelligence Agency
07/05/2023 Duración: 31minThis episode Ben and Trevor are mixing things up by playing What 3 Words to get their random prompts. They discuss weird games including:A Papers Please inspired legal game involving the bad guys from video games suing the heroesA Romeo and Juliet-esque romance game set in a submarine where 2 star crossed Deep Water Polo players fall in loveA point and click / 2d side scroller beat em up mash up set on a weird alien planet.
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329: Carcheology
30/04/2023 Duración: 31minPlaying some Ramped Up Click Pitch, Ben and Trevor invent some video games from whole cloth, such as:a character who finds their autobiography from the future, and must decide how best to use it;a far future society re-discovering the technology of our present day;waking up with Elvis's signature tattooed in a sensitive place;and more!
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328: Everybody Loves the Jetpack
23/04/2023 Duración: 37minTaking a break from the standard video game design shenanigans this week, Ben and Trev review some of their favourite dark web games this week. The games includeNight-time Ballet ChoreographerBionic Devil VoyageViolent Hamster ParatroopersGo Go Gnome SagaEverybody Loves the JetpackGalactic Shaving on the Oregon Trail
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327: George 4: The Revenge
16/04/2023 Duración: 33minImprovised game designs from random movies, go! This week:An old captain is haunted by the ghost of the shark he once fought;A Tiktok trend results in a horrifying night for some babysitters;Two himbos find themselves stuck on a ghost ship;and more!
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326: The Family Jewels
09/04/2023 Duración: 37minBen and Trev return to the random movie pile to gain inspiration for game ideas. They discussed the following games, that unfortunately (or fortunately) don't exist.An intergalactic story of Candace and her robot R.O.C.K.Y. 5A heist within a law enforcement compoundA murder mystery set in the 1970's, where a secret war is boiling between two gangs.
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325: The Holy Raptor
02/04/2023 Duración: 33minBen and Trevor accidentally do a horror themed episode based on random movie prompts, such as:Freddy vs Jason (but they're just twin brothers);A social deduction game where you try to determine who is an angel;A horror roguelike where you have the power to see who the killer will attack next;and more!
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324: The Floor is Water
26/03/2023 Duración: 38minMultiplayer games are in vogue right now, because Epic Games have just released Unreal Engine for Fortnite (UEFN). Ben and Trev discuss a bunch of multiplayer focused games that might be possible in UEFN, but probably not. Games discussed includeA 4v4 team battleship game in first personA 4 player competitve co-op treasure hunting gameA 1v1 game where players take on the role of either an assassin or a bodyguardA water based raid on a protected island / castle
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323: Toothikinesis
19/03/2023 Duración: 34minBen and Trevor dig into the roots of their villainous dentist trope, with just two game designs this week: super hero doctors vs the dentist villain, and a deep dive into a horror anthology game with meta gameplay and a creepy antagonist.
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322: Beetman and Radish
12/03/2023 Duración: 40minBen and Trev return to the standard formula of Ramped Up Click Pitch, and discuss a couple of game ideas before they return to the world of Starch Wars for yet another game.A theme park ride owner tries to unsuccesfully sabotage his rivalSlip through a speaker cabinet into the metal world and bring music back to the forefrontBeetman and Radish fight their way through hordes of cloned fruit to discover the mastermind behind all the recent kidnappings.
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321: Flippin' Off: Continuing the Big Flip Saga
05/03/2023 Duración: 01h02minA mysterious stranger has slipped Ben and Trevor a new episode of the Big Flip documentary series, chronicling the studio's game development saga. This episode shows their brain storming session of the failure of Cross Stitch Hero and the loss of important employees.