186. Austin's Take on Early Access Games

This week, Alanah and Mike are joined by Nick and Andrew to discuss the one year anniversary of Dispatch. Lessons learned, the unique 'awards' positioning, post-launch success, and Adhoc Studio's recent announcements. (Note: due to an issue with one of the mic tracks, the audio for this episode isn't great - apologies).

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After years of talking about it, Mike, Alanah, and Austin finally had Kerry Dyer (Mike's wife and also stop-motion puppet doctor) on the show to talk about bringing puppets to life! We also discuss how different mediums seem to naturally avoid feedback/criticism, and memorable moments meeting famous people. Video games are in there somewhere idk.

Mike and Alanah chat with Double Fine's Tim Schafer on the indie future (and past?) of the studio since leaving Xbox, including how you can help!

This week, Mike and Alanah sat down with Em from A Shell in the Pit to talk about BIG WALK, and, ultimately, steal foley (sound design) knowledge for use in their own games. Hey, at least we admit it.

In this week's episode, the crew discusses THE DEFINITION OF ART (2026 ver), and finding inspiration in the real world rather than other media, as a result of Alanah visiting Barcelona and exploring Antoni Gaudi's La Sagrada Familia.

This week, Mike announced the latest game from Bithell Games (now a studio of three), Vampirium 1997. Alanah asks him about it!

This week, we talk a bit about composing for early access, and how much scores (and VFX) influence films.

This week, Mike, Austin, and Alanah mostly talk about human nature. No, really. The new James Bond game is also spoken about for about 10 minutes at the end.

Alanah and Mike chat to game director Nic Tringali about science-fantasy city-builder "Amberspire".