Season V, Episode 4 – Juggling (Frozen) Doves

We’re only four episodes into this season, but already we can sense a pattern emerging. Much of the conversation we’ve had so far has evolved around “the rise of the auteur,” so to speak: Games that are, essentially, developed by a single person. With the prevalence of digital distribution and ready-made tools at everyone’s disposal,

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We’re only four episodes into this season, but already we can sense a pattern emerging. Much of the conversation we’ve had so far has evolved around “the rise of the auteur,” so to speak: Games that are, essentially, developed by a single person.

With the prevalence of digital distribution and ready-made tools at everyone’s disposal, it’s no wonder that we’re seeing more and more auteur games on the rise. Last season, we had a riotous chat with Jacob Janerka, developer of Paradigm. This season, we are thrilled to chat with someone who made us laugh just as hard: Charlotte Gore, creator of Yorkshire Gubbins.

Charlotte didn’t just make her own game. She made her own game engine, graphics, music, and voice production. Impressive as that may be, however, the major selling point is that it’s also a sidesplittingly funny game. Although she, on account of being British, refuses compliments on what we were otherwise in agreement on was a sidesplittingly funny game, now that she’s not listening I can say, without fear of retribution, that it is, in fact, sidesplittingly funny.

Do not play unless you have adequate health insurance.

With no sarcasm whatsoever, I can honestly say this is one of the funniest interviews we’ve ever done. Charlotte is incredibly aware of how funny everything sounds in her Yorkshire accent (which Gareth was also needlessly quick to remind her), and she is also quite candid on what it’s like to make a game from scratch whilst juggling crippling self-doubt, a lack of name recognition, and, for some reason, frozen doves.

Pretend this pigeon is a dove.

It all unfolds in yonder episode, which you can listen to below this post, and on the ‘Tubes of You, if You are so inclined.

Our weekly Patreon shill is not without merit this time. Listening to the outtakes from the green room preparations for this episode had me personally in laughing fits whilst traveling on public transportation. And they are available to you — if you give us money, that is.