Episode 35 - Conversation with Bruno Beaudoin, creator of Nightmare Reaper at Blazing Bit Games

05/09/22 • 58 min

In this episode I speak with Bruno Beaudoin from Blazing Bit Games, creator of Nightmare Reaper

Start - 6:45 - Intro

6:45 - 16:00 - We talk about how Bruno got into the gaming industry

16:00 - 31:00 - We talk about Bruno's favorite game as a child, Blood. As well as his revisiting of an old favorite Daggerfall.

31:00 - 37:30 - We talk about what it is that make games enjoyable to Bruno

37:30 - 47:30 - Bruno talks about kind of games he enjoys or plays to relax such as Subnautica and Vampire Masquerade

47:30 - 53:00 - We talk about what Bruno likes to do outside of playing and making games

53:00 - End - Wrap Up

Check Nightmare Reaper out on Steam at https://store.steampowered.com/app/1051690/Nightmare_Reaper/

Check out Nightmare Reaper on Twitter at https://twitter.com/NightmareReape4

Check out Nightmare Reaper on the GOG store at https://www.gog.com/en/game/nightmare_reaper

Join the official Discord at https://discord.gg/u2pdcGY

In this episode I speak with Bruno Beaudoin from Blazing Bit Games, creator of Nightmare Reaper

Start - 6:45 - Intro

6:45 - 16:00 - We talk about how Bruno got into the gaming industry

16:00 - 31:00 - We talk about Bruno's favorite game as a child, Blood. As well as his revisiting of an old favorite Daggerfall.

31:00 - 37:30 - We talk about what it is that make games enjoyable to Bruno

37:30 - 47:30 - Bruno talks about kind of games he enjoys or plays to relax such as Subnautica and Vampire Masquerade

47:30 - 53:00 - We talk about what Bruno likes to do outside of playing and making games

53:00 - End - Wrap Up

Check Nightmare Reaper out on Steam at https://store.steampowered.com/app/1051690/Nightmare_Reaper/

Check out Nightmare Reaper on Twitter at https://twitter.com/NightmareReape4

Check out Nightmare Reaper on the GOG store at https://www.gog.com/en/game/nightmare_reaper

Join the official Discord at https://discord.gg/u2pdcGY

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Episode 34 - Conversation with Anton Hand, VR Dev at Rust LTD, creative lead of Hot Dogs, Horsehoes & Hand Grenades

In this episode I speak with Anton Hand, VR Dev, one of the creators of Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades (H3VR).

Start - 4:00 - Intro

4:00 - 7:45 - Anton asks the hard question of "Why hotdogs?"

7:45 - 17:30 - We talk about how Anton got started in the industry starting with modelling and older VR.

17:30 - 23:45 - Anton shares a little advice to get into the industry based on his experiences for 3D Arts with games

23:45 - 34:00 - We talk about why Descent 2 was his favorite game as a child and how all of that sort of bled into aspirations/inspired and such for H3VRs design principles and what not

34:00 - 47:00 - We talk about Escape from Tarkov, a game that Anton enjoys that he feels doesn't get enough credit/attention. Inevitably leading to a discussion about the game philosophy that focuses more on letting you, the player do whatever you would like.

47:00 - 54:30 - I find out what kind of game Anton would make if money and time weren't a concern

54:30 - - Anton talks outside hobbies and what he enjoys unrelated to gaming.

Check out Anton on Twitter at https://twitter.com/AntonHand

Check H3VR out on Steam at https://store.steampowered.com/app/450540/Hot_Dogs_Horseshoes__Hand_Grenades/

Check out Anton and the other Rusties (As he put it!) at https://rustltd.com/

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Episode 36 - Aaron Clark, co-founder Glovebox Games, creators of Beard Blade

In this episode I speak with Aaron Clark, co-founder of Glovebox Games, creators of Beard Blade Start - 3:45 - Intro 3:45 - 10:30 - Aaron answers how and why they landed on a magical beard wielding protagonist named Branson 10:30 - 18:15 - I ask Aaron about the current climate of educational games 18:15 - 30:25 - We talk about how Aaron got into making games, and what kind of advice he can share based on his experience 30:25 - 51:30 - We talk about Aarons favorite game, Super Mario World, and why. We then float through a bunch of other games that Aaron enjoyed and I ask about whether he ever played any of the SNES Capcom games due to his art reminding me of their fantastic designs 51:30 - 54:30 - We talk about what makes gaming enjoyable to Aaron 54:30 - 1:01:00 - We talk about what Aaron enjoys doing outside of playing and making games 1:01:00 - End - Wrap Up Check Beard Blade out on their Steam page at https://store.steampowered.com/app/1546940/Beard_Blade/ Check Beard Blade out on Twitter at https://twitter.com/BeardBladeGame or check out Glove Box Games on Twitter at https://twitter.com/gloveboxgames Check Aaron out on Twitter at https://twitter.com/ac2Dart For you hold outs, you can also check them out on Tumblr at https://beardbladegame.tumblr.com/ Check out their Instagram at www.instagram.com/beardbladegame/