Bit Storm
405 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★ - 5 ratingsA 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.
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Episodes
296: The Twinkie Protocol
August 14, 2022 14:00 - 36 minutes - 16.8 MBBen and Trev continue with the What 3 Words prompts this week and discuss video games based on the following ideas such as: Chocolate ecclair based data storage A Rollercoaster/theme park inspired community Ressurection technology
295: Rat Race: Takedown
August 07, 2022 14:00 - 37 minutes - 17.8 MBBuilding off prompts from What3Words.com, Ben and Trevor invent some fresh new video games, such as: an automation game set in the lowlands of a post capitalistic society, deconstructing the junk of the wealthy to build a new oasis; strategically build your empire of retirement homes across the lands; a combination of Papers, Please and Burnout: Takedown as you try to do your office job while simultaneously winning high speed street races; and more!
294: Jessica Brrrr
July 31, 2022 14:01 - 33 minutes - 15.4 MBDelving back into What 3 Words tonight, Ben and Trev discuss the following game ideas: The adventure of a basketball prodigy and his best friend A Fable inspired action adventure with battles between neighbouring territories An adventure where alien spheres influence society
293: Arcade Romance
July 24, 2022 14:00 - 38 minutes - 18.4 MBThree simple games this week as Ben and Trevor munch on some Click Pitch: a side scrolling mash up of Inside and Ico helping an aunt and her niece escape an evil corporation; a sweat inducing acrobatic game where you pull of intense heists; and a romantic game where two teenagers fall in love over arcade games
292: The Ballad of King Midas
July 17, 2022 14:01 - 34 minutes - 15.6 MBBen and Trev continue with their shorter episodes, with games that include A body swap murder mystery Animals taking on King Midas Battle robots in an automated ice factory
291: Pop-a-matic Bubble
July 10, 2022 14:00 - 41 minutes - 19.7 MBClick Pitch is played, game designs are improvised, fun is had! This week: an office worker finds himself in a labyrinth based on popular board games; a couple on a camping trip need to find their way out after a medical emergency; in a company full of inept employees, you must single-handedly overhaul their processes; and more!
290: Smash the Arachniarchy
July 03, 2022 14:00 - 39 minutes - 18.7 MBMoving into some compact episodes for a while, Ben and Trevor explore some improvised video game designs, such as: A Stardew Valley inspired game where you run a bowling alley; A futuristic battlefield surgery game where you can freeze time; Fighting back against the spider overlords with your scorpion friends; and more!
289: Large Sibling
June 26, 2022 14:01 - 1 hour - 29.1 MBBen and Trevor use random movies as game prompts and surprisingly stick mainly with horror based themes in the following games A VR horror game where you must use a camera to detect spirits and traps A Life Guard must guard all life on earth from Cthulhu like monsters A survival horror set in a reality tv show A match 3 game where a swamp witch becomes the main witness against a mob boss.
288: Reckless Engagement
June 19, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 29.4 MBBen and Trevor deep dive into just three games during Click Pitch this week: An isometric RPG set in a small towin that can't be escaped, with inspirations from Under the Dome, Wayward Pines and Atari's Asteroids; A battle royale game where you play knights and have to besiege the castle to take down the king; The epic love story spanning millennia between two immortal beings, and their relationship with the humans on the planet they both protect and destroy.
287: B.A.R.D. Radio
June 12, 2022 14:01 - 59 minutes - 27.2 MBBen and Trev once again return to the ever giving well that is Click Pitch. The games this week include. A GTA clone set in a fantasy / fairytale world A Mario Party style game full of childrens playground games A VR game serving food to monsters A brain breaking quantum physics game
286: Olli Zanetti - Part 2
June 05, 2022 14:01 - 1 hour - 30 MBBen and Trev return to talk more about the indie game developer, Olli Zanetti. They review each of the remaining games and give a sneek peek at the soon to be released latest entry, ***REDACTED***. Games covered this week include Faultlines (2010); Drug Dealing Farmer (2013); Blade Blaze (2016); and of course ***REDACTED*** (202?)
285: Olli Zanetti
May 29, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 31.4 MBIn a new segment, Ben and Trevor explore the games of incredible Australian game designer Olli Zanetti - too many to fit into a single episode, so this week they cover: Miniature Graveyard Party; Occult Rugby Creator; Attack of the Banjo; Lifeless Frontier; and, Red Hot Plunger.
284: Sinflation (featuring Alexander Krause)
May 22, 2022 14:01 - 1 hour - 32.4 MBAlexander Krause returns to the hosting chair after his stint in the Antarctic Studio, much to Ben and Trev's chagrin. Games discussed include. Crypto Clicker Nick Bitters: Paranormal Bartender Tinder for voters Inverse Siege
283: 2 P 2 Furious (featuring Jim Fishwick)
May 15, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 32.6 MBTrevor and Ben are joined this week by videogame curator Jim Fishwick to explore the history of a much overlooked genre: the 2nd Person Shooter. Together they jump all the way back to the experimental games of the early 90s all the way to the big budget 2PS games of the modern day. Jim's Twitter: https://twitter.com/fimjishwick Jim's podcast, I Get That A Lot: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/i-get-that-a-lot-1949006
282: Magical Michael
May 08, 2022 14:01 - 1 hour - 33.1 MBBen and Trev delve deep into more games this week including such themes as: Fairies with machine guns Clones Magical wizards and their familiars Extremely dangerous water Stage plays in the apocalypse
281: Virtucide
May 01, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 31.5 MBDiving deep into some high concept ideas this week, Ben and Trevor explore some improvised game worlds, such as: a futuristic dystopia where repo men come for your organs in tactical FPS shootouts; the day to day life of Death as they reap souls and discover what holds some spirits from the afterlife; the story of the inventor of teleportation, brought back 200 years after an accident; and more!
280: Pawn Quest
April 24, 2022 14:01 - 1 hour - 28 MBBen and Trev cobble together more adventure game designs this week including. A mystery set inside of a human body A family drama with many mystery hooks A hidden map unveils a time travel adventure Life of Pi: The Adventure Game An anthology adventure series with a pawn shop wrapper.
279: Right in the Brainy Part
April 17, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 33.6 MBContinuing with some improvised point and click adventure games this week, Ben and Trevor come up with game designs such as: A fairy given responsibility for a green house; Finding your way off a doomed spaceship as it plummets through the atmosphere; Managing the customer service desk at a fancy hotel; Being the work experience kid on a homicide scene; and more!
278: Liuber
April 10, 2022 14:01 - 1 hour - 32.7 MBWith the recent news of a new Monkey Island sequel from the original creator, Ron Gilbert, Ben and Trevor delve into the world of adventure games for every game this week. Escape from an alien zoo, with the help of your trusty Hills Hoist crank Drive passengers to their destinations and learn a little about their lives. A modern retro game set in an 80's mall, built around an alien spaceship.
277: Summer Skate Shack
April 03, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 30.7 MBReviews galore this week as Ben and Trevor reflect on some new games they've played this week, including: Revenge of the Spatula; Grimy Mountain Climber Wars; Scooby Doo and the Burger From Hell; College Karate Chronicles; and more!
276: A Ball in a China Shop
March 27, 2022 14:01 - 1 hour - 30.9 MBBen and Trev continue in their series of game reviews with more undiscovered gems such as: Excruciating Pinball Underground Mupppet Dungeon: Limited Edition Pixelated Driving Siege Geriatric Shock
275: Things are not right in Pocket World
March 20, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 29.2 MBReview, reviews, reviews! Trevor and Ben drawl the dark web and dive into Steam's dumpster to find some obscure games to review for you, including: Orbital Mummy Patrol, Everybody Loves the Blood Munchers, Cloud Impact, Rescue of Heroes, and more!
275: Things Are Not Right in Pocket World
March 20, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 29.2 MBReview, reviews, reviews! Trevor and Ben drawl the dark web and dive into Steam's dumpster to find some obscure games to review for you, including: Orbital Mummy Patrol, Everybody Loves the Blood Munchers, Cloud Impact, Rescue of Heroes, and more!
274: Tatooine, Wind and Fire
March 13, 2022 14:01 - 1 hour - 30.8 MBBen and Trev continue to dive deep into reviews of little known games, such as Intense Bungee World Jedi Funk Academy Spirit Command Psycho Guitar and many more
273: Captain Swish
March 06, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 32.1 MBIt's a review episode! Ben and Trevor take a break from game design to discuss some of the real world games they've been playing lately, such as: the cooking/survival hybrid game Underwater Kitchen Battle; the 'modern retro' spiritual successor to Superman 64, Depressing Underwear 64; the mobile fad of the month, Mech With Friends; the massively popular entry in a series everyone is talking about, Masters of Spelling: Dystopia; and more!
272: World Liquid
February 27, 2022 14:01 - 1 hour - 28.7 MBBen and Trev return to the classic formula of Ramped Up Click Pitch, discussing game ideas such as: Hunting kaiju across the seven seas; Racing against fellow mad scientists in crazy contraptions; Cultivate new crops on the back of a giant creature, while exploring strange new lands; and many more.
271: Procedural Swayze
February 20, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 34.2 MBBen and Trevor riff on some randomly generated prompts to come up with game designs - this week the ideas tended towards relationships and small narrative segments, with games like: a cross between X-Com and The Sims where your soldiers relationships are tied deeply into the combat mechanics a simulated road house with extensible stories that play out night after night a Satisfactory style automation game where all of your tools and machines are plants that you must keep alive a retired ...
270: Rex Spyderman
February 13, 2022 14:01 - 1 hour - 32.9 MBContinuing our classic prompts from last week, Ben and Trevor make random game designs from https://what3words.com/ and random movies. Games such as: A platforming game with Gameshark/Gamegenie mechanics; Cats playing tennis with beatem up mechanics; Escape from your AI controlled house; Alien bounty hunting in a Narnia/Last Starfighter inspired mashup. and more!
269: Iron Fist of Puppies
February 06, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 34.3 MBJumping back into some old games this week, Ben and Trevor make random game designs from https://what3words.com/ and random movies. Games such as: rival chocolate worshipping churches; a sequel set after Dorothy has left the Land of Oz, and the political machinations she left behind; exploring a mysterious maze with a bunch of survivors; discovering the real world outside the Metaverse; and more!
268: World of Platypus
January 30, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 32.8 MBOn the heels of the 2022 Global Game Jam, Ben and Trevor look at 20 games made by other teams, including a few highlights such as: Small Time Tennis Tale, Cantankerous Spelling Blaster, Queen of the Prison in Space, Armored Virus, Sleepy Gopher: The Resistence, and tons more!
267: Dimensional Strike
January 23, 2022 14:01 - 55 minutes - 25.6 MBWith the Global Game Jam theme for 2022 releasing early this year, Ben and Trev utilise the theme in all their game designs for this episode. Protecting a space station with the power of tennis A 2d Character investigating the "erasure" of objects in their world Yet another surprise Batman game Bowling, but in two dimensions at the same time.
266: Touching Rainbows
January 16, 2022 14:01 - 55 minutes - 25.6 MBBen and Trevor continue to come up with new improvised game designs, such as: An adventure game investigating STEMM A game that delves into what happens when two rainbows touch An adventure exploring dreams and deleting memories A surprise Batman game out of nowhere
265: Dread Hog
January 09, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 31.4 MBTrevor and Ben head back into Click Pitch territory this week, improvising game designs from random words, while also throwing in some reviews of games they've been playing lately, such as: Jackie Chan's Motocross Hunt; 3D Fire Runner; Mickey's Chicken Operation; Gothic Puppy 3rd Strike; and more!
264: GOTY 2021
January 02, 2022 14:01 - 1 hour - 28.1 MBIn a break from the typical game news and reviews, Ben and Trevor give their top 10 games from 2021, as well as the honourable mentions. **There will definitely be some spoiler discussions for some of the games, but, as per usual, they give plenty of warning.
263: Weird Elf Physics
December 26, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 33.1 MBIn this holiday spooktacular, Ben and Trevor deck the halls with holiday themes as they invent new improvised game designs, such as: a Sea of Thieves inspired game where you compete against sleighs of elves to deliver the most gifts each night; experiencing a laid back Australian summer Christmas in the bush (in VR!); a space opera where you play a researcher trying to understand the strange jolly force that traverses the galaxy; a Crazy Taxi-esque drunken escapade across a town, deliver...
262: Batvark
December 19, 2021 14:01 - 1 hour - 27.5 MBIn this weeks Click Pitch Garage, Ben and Trevor delve into the world of stream integration. A collectathon starring young aardvark working for the Sloth mafia with powerups selected by viewers. Escape from the dome using monsters made from viewer selected material. A piratey adventure where the directions are selected by the viewers. A platformer where the viewers can change the physics and rules during gameplay.
261: Nonviolent John Wick
December 12, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 31.4 MBContinuing the Click Pitch Garage series, Ben and Trevor add combo meters into all their pitches this week, resulting in game designs such as: a portable toilet management simulator; a reporter for a National Inquirer style tabloid searches for stories; a man tries to give back for his past sins against the environment; a non-violent fighter all about deflection and blocking; and more!
260: Milk Loaders
December 05, 2021 14:01 - 58 minutes - 26.9 MBBen and Trevor continue with their new segment Click Pitch Garage, this week focusing on Tech Trees. Game ideas include; Santa vs Krampus: the epic battle between the mortal foes Try to relieve stress while landscaping and building the perfect shed The secret behind milk and where it actually comes from A horror game involving the first TV sets
259: Grapple-Dank
November 28, 2021 14:00 - 38 minutes - 18.1 MBIntroducing a new game this week, Click Pitch Garage, Ben and Trevor explore a variety of game ideas all sharing the same mechanic: the humble grappling hook. From this they invent games such as: a horrifying VR descent into an unexplored cave; the camera operator for a foreign correspondent exploring a sunken city; a child stolen from Earth and raised to play a grapple based zero-gee sport; and more!
258: Girlfriend Garage
November 21, 2021 14:01 - 58 minutes - 26.8 MBThe random word gods keeps bringing us great game ideas such as: A multiplayer city builder / exploration game within a futuristic setting with conflicting gameplay An investigative game with fantastic arm physics A redemption story with Stanley Parable-esque gameplay A disturbing take on the Transformers.
257: QANDI Qomputers
November 14, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 30.7 MBThe ideas are popping like champagne tonight as Ben and Trevor riff on improvised game ideas such as: An endless stealther set in a high security office building; A narrative adventure about a prophetic child and his father; A side scrolling journalistic mystery about a tech giant and their mysterious AI; and more!
256: Art Imitating Afterlife
November 07, 2021 14:01 - 1 hour - 31.8 MBBen and Trevor battle through a power outage to bring you this episode, filled to the brim with game ideas that, unfortunately, will never be made, such as: The selection and subsequent adventures of the fifth Horseperson of the Apocalypse Investigate old recordings to find out the secret of your favourite band A rogue like set in a child's mind Investigate the death of an unknown playwright.
255: Cooking Four Humans
October 31, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 32 MBIn the second Halloween special of the seasons, Ben and Trevor continue with some creepy Click Pitch, coming up with game ideas such as: a band trying to escape from a town of cannibals; the relationship between an elderly woman and the Grim Reaper; the haunting of a community television show; and more!
254: The Good Dentist
October 24, 2021 14:00 - 59 minutes - 27.7 MBIt's a horror themed episode this week, as Ben and Trevor brainstorm game ideas such as: A prisoner put on a haunted island by a corrupt prison system; The human revolution against a race of steampunk vampires; A traveler trapped in a hotel by an underground beast; A town full of people being replaced by androids; and more!
253: Patchwork Pigeon
October 17, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 27.6 MBBen and Trevor present a special PAX Online episode and return to their original Click Pitch structure. Games discusses include An adventure through time via a cryo chamber A pigeon detective solving crimes for other animals A multiplayer food delivery game with Road Rash rules. This episode was recorded for PAX Radio presented by Audio Technica as part of PAX Online 2021
252: Through The Fire and Flames
October 10, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 35.4 MBJoin Ben and Trevor for a jolly old game of Click Pitch, with fully improvsied game designs including: A rage virus in space that is only active when hot; The Wicked Witch of the West navigates a wet day with only an umbrella; A game focusing on DC's Joker and his many henchman; A couch competitive game focused on jetpacks in zero gravity; and more!
251: Bad Dad Energy
October 03, 2021 14:01 - 57 minutes - 26.4 MBBen and Trev bring their dadness to the forefront in this episode where every game is based on dad's The crazy adventures of a house dad Escape from the eternal recital A road trip adventure of a dad and his two sons Multiplayer gardening mayhem
250: Hotboxing Phoenix Tears
September 26, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 37.3 MBBen and Trevor sweep up their cutting room floor to present you with a special episode of previously unseen content, culled from the numerous improvised games unused from old episodes, including: A tantric clock winder on the edge; Interviewing for a job with Santa Claus; Hunting down your nest egg from a rogue emu; Buying anti-depressants for your pet phoenix; and plenty more!
249: Synaptic Storage Service
September 19, 2021 14:01 - 1 hour - 29.4 MBIn the episode before the biggest episode of the year, Ben and Trev discuss numerous game ideas which have some sort of threshold. A Dread inspired VR RPG set in a basement A noir adventure set in a daycare centre An RPG loosely based on a Kurodust song An action adventure set in the cutthroat delivery industry
248: Return to Camp O.D.
September 12, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 32.5 MBBen and Trevor take some deep dives this week, exploring games where you might: Explore the world looking for mystical SCP like artifacts for use by your evil company Decipher the timeline of a summer at camp after you find a mysterious phone in the woods Play a demon hunter ridding a small English town of monsters in a Hades inspired roguelike And more!