Deploying Hole in Donut County
02/17/25 • 43 min
Today we're talking about Donut County by Ben Esposito! A game about delivering donuts(?) and hanging out in a hole underneath your town with everyone that hates you.
Buy Donut County on Steam, Playstation, Xbox (also available with Gamepass), GoG, the App Store, or Google Play! Check out Ben Esposito's other work on his website!
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Discussed in the episode
- Donut County (Original Soundtrack) by Daniel Koestner on album.link
- I can't stop pretending to be a sink hole by Joshua Rivera for The Week
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Check out The Worst Garbage Online!
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Art by Tara Crawford
Music by _amaranthine
Additional sounds by Boqeh
Produced and edited by AJ Fillari
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Timecodes:
- (00:00) - Welcome to dotRANT
- (01:47) - AJ, Kim, Chase, and Gerald are here once again!
- (04:03) - What is Donut County?
- (13:18) - Talking about the whole Hole-game | Spoilers
- (16:29) - Surprise it's about capitalism!!! | Spoilers
- (20:59) - Good levels and mechanics | Spoilers
- (25:00) - Big Takeaways
- (25:22) - Chase's Big Takeaway
- (30:15) - Freak games
- (31:18) - Kim's Big Takeaway
- (35:11) - AJ's Big Takeaway
- (39:01) - That IS the podcast
Today we're talking about Donut County by Ben Esposito! A game about delivering donuts(?) and hanging out in a hole underneath your town with everyone that hates you.
Buy Donut County on Steam, Playstation, Xbox (also available with Gamepass), GoG, the App Store, or Google Play! Check out Ben Esposito's other work on his website!
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Discussed in the episode
- Donut County (Original Soundtrack) by Daniel Koestner on album.link
- I can't stop pretending to be a sink hole by Joshua Rivera for The Week
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Check out The Worst Garbage Online!
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Art by Tara Crawford
Music by _amaranthine
Additional sounds by Boqeh
Produced and edited by AJ Fillari
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Timecodes:
- (00:00) - Welcome to dotRANT
- (01:47) - AJ, Kim, Chase, and Gerald are here once again!
- (04:03) - What is Donut County?
- (13:18) - Talking about the whole Hole-game | Spoilers
- (16:29) - Surprise it's about capitalism!!! | Spoilers
- (20:59) - Good levels and mechanics | Spoilers
- (25:00) - Big Takeaways
- (25:22) - Chase's Big Takeaway
- (30:15) - Freak games
- (31:18) - Kim's Big Takeaway
- (35:11) - AJ's Big Takeaway
- (39:01) - That IS the podcast
Previous Episode
Emerging from the Loam in worm girlfriend dating simulator w/ Robin Bea
Today we're talking about worm girlfriend dating simulator by Christine Mi! A game about waking up as a worm and flinging yourself wildly around someone else's apartment.
Download or play worm girlfriend dating simulator on itch! Check out Christine Mi's other games on itch, and check out her other work on her website!
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Discussed in the episode
- Yuki's Palpitating, Passionate, Phenomenal, and quite frankly Proficient quest for a (hot) girlfriend!!! by milkky on itch.io
- Pixel Puzzle Makeout League by Rude Ghost by Rude Ghost on itch.io
- Hatoful Boyfriend by Mediatonic and Hato Moa on Steam
- Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator by Game Grumps on Steam
- the mountain is as it always was by Christine Mi on itch.io
- monarch by Christine Mi on itch.io
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Check out The Worst Garbage Online!
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Art by Tara Crawford
Music by _amaranthine
Additional sounds by Boqeh
Produced and edited by AJ Fillari
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Timecodes:
- (00:00) - Kim I swear it was a joke I love you so much
- (00:29) - Not your father's guest spot
- (03:07) - What is worm girlfriend dating simulator (NOT PORN)
- (05:00) - Worms can't commit time theft
- (05:34) - The controls are the main antagonist of the game
- (08:33) - It's hard bein a worm that everyone thinks is cute
- (10:23) - More like SOILers | Spoiler
- (13:01) - No spoilers, just worm facts
- (14:44) - Anyway back to the ending | Spoilers
- (16:26) - Spoilers for Yuki's Palpitating, Passionate, Phenomenal, and Quite Frankly Proficient Quest for a Hot Girlfriend
- (18:19) - Spoilers for Pixel Puzzle Makeout League
- (19:34) - More dating sims
- (25:31) - Christine Mi's other games
- (27:39) - Big Takeaways
- (27:52) - Robin's Big Takeaway
- (29:07) - Kim's Big Takeaway
- (31:03) - AJ's Big Takeaway
- (33:30) - Wow we talked about the video game!
Next Episode
Self-Actualizing in Perfect Tides w/ Remy Siu
Today we're talking about Perfect Tides by Three Bees! A game about growing up in a resort town and living a life on the early internet.
Get Perfect Tides on Steam, GOG, or itch! Check out Meredith Gran's other work on her website and follow her on Bluesky! Wishlist Perfect Tides: Station to Station on Steam!!!
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Follow Remy on Bluesky! Check out his work on his website! Check out sunset visitor 斜陽過客's website! Buy 1000xRESIST on Steam or Switch!!!!
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Discussed in the episode
- Perfect Tides (Original Soundtrack) by Daniel Kobylarz on bandcamp
- Nextel Chirp on YouTube
- Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton on Drawn and Quarterly
Additional links
- Meredith Gran on YouTube
- Fireside Chat featuring Meredith Gran and Tony Howard-Arias by Fellow Traveller on YouTube
- Meredith Gran Interview | Perfect Tides: Station To Station by Cressup on YouTube
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Check out The Worst Garbage Online!
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Art by Tara Crawford
Theme music by _amaranthine
Additional sounds by Boqeh
Produced and edited by AJ Fillari
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Timecodes:
- (00:00) - We're renaming Early Access
- (00:29) - A normal episode that we are feeling normal about!!!!!!!!!!!
- (01:38) - What is Perfect Tides?
- (02:57) - Why Remy chose Perfect Tides
- (06:24) - Point and Click games
- (09:41) - The game is honest
- (19:40) - Shilling for Perfect Tides
- (21:17) - Perfect Tides by Daniel Kobylarz
- (21:53) - Mara's family | Spoilers
- (30:50) - Lily | Spoilers
- (35:52) - New Reunion by Daniel Kobylarz
- (36:20) - Lily | Spoilers
- (40:54) - The Narrator | Spoilers
- (43:04) - The Jason of it all | Spoilers
- (48:06) - Staggle and The Internet | Spoilers
- (01:04:14) - Timothy and Judaism | Spoilers
- (01:09:38) - Final Fantasy VII Spoilers (for real) | Spoilers
- (01:12:38) - Calling out a few more specific things | Spoilers
- (01:14:24) - Big Takeaways
- (01:15:01) - Chase's Big Takeaway
- (01:19:46) - Kim's Big Takeaway
- (01:22:16) - Remy's Big Takeaway
- (01:29:14) - AJ's Big Takeaway
- (01:33:57) - That's Perfect Tides!
- (01:34:17) - Thank you Remy!
- (01:36:04) - Thank you so much for listening<3
- (01:37:15) - Tides Punk by Daniel Kobylarz
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