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
149: PAX Storm 2019
October 20, 2019 14:01 - 49 minutes - 22.5 MBLive from PAX 2019, Ben and Trevor find time to actually record on the go with their mobile studio. They talked to the developers behind such games as: Mega Punchy Golf Dead Static Drive Heavenly Bodies Cybermonk Brimstone Brawlers Elden: Path of the Forgotten Unpacking
148: Ecto Babble
October 13, 2019 14:01 - 1 hour - 30.8 MBAfter a game based on another Kurodust song, Trevor and Ben switch things up a bit in this episode and talk about a single game idea, and it's all about ghosts.
147: Evil Macaulay Culkin
October 06, 2019 14:01 - 1 hour - 31.9 MBDuck and cover in Mars Attacks: The Arcade Game, set traps and avoid being captured in the next generation of Home Alone, never quite reach puberty as Casper the Friendly Ghost, and more! Ben and Trevor adapt movies into video games this week on Bit Storm.
146: Purgatory: The Bar
September 29, 2019 14:00 - 1 hour - 28.1 MBA Get Smart themed puzzle game, an adventure / role playing game based on Lord of the Flies, a 90's style platformer based on the IT miniseries, and be the newest bartender at Purgatory, the premiere afterlife bar. Ben and Trevor delve into these games and more on this episode of Bit Storm.
145: Mount Defiance
September 22, 2019 14:01 - 1 hour - 32.5 MBBen and Trevor play a bit of Mary Sue and insert themselves into a video game this week, along with games where you play as a man sized spider revealing corporate horrors, control a surgeon giving a tutorial, try to survive a futuristic city covered in toxic mist, teach Dora the Explorer ethics, and more!
144: A.L.F.R.E.D.
September 15, 2019 14:00 - 1 hour - 29.5 MBTravel through time to discover the secret truth of the Titanic, run away from a giant slug, enjoy a relaxing family vacation where you need to tend to everyone else's needs, and finally become a digital vigilante and either help or hinder the police. Ben and Trevor created these game designs and more this week.
143: Stayin' Alive
September 06, 2019 14:01 - 1 hour - 35.5 MBAfter stumbling on a new way to play Click Pitch, Ben and Trevor write a game about the mystery satanic keys that give The BeeGees their power, a Source Code style repeating mystery, a far future X-Com game, and more! o4VOrd0zKqGoLWXa7pK0
142: The Car Whisperer
September 01, 2019 14:00 - 1 hour - 28.2 MBA casual multiplayer game where you and your friends control a farm together, a photographic puzzle game, a rogue like escape game set in a tower and talk to cars to solve mysteries as the Car Whisperer.
141: The Hippogriffic Oath (featuring Jono Pech)
August 25, 2019 14:15 - 1 hour - 33.1 MBAtebit's own Jono Pech of Comedy Rewind and Puttin' In Work joins Ben and Trevor this week, resulting in a Fallout style RPG where you plan an ant exploring a new world, a rogue-like bobsledding management game, a medieval doctor working in a VR apothecary, and more!
140: John Pope and the Vaticar
August 18, 2019 14:00 - 1 hour - 33.1 MBThe sinister truth behind the popularity of the Ask Jeeves search engine, stretchy heroes join forces in a VR adventure, John Pope and his religious following, and more!
139: The Nutrix
August 10, 2019 14:00 - 1 hour - 31.9 MBA VR glass blowing simulation, Soylent Pigs, adventures with warp juice, the evil secret behind Big Cashew, we coin the term "Secruel", and more!
138: I Am Gloria Jean
August 04, 2019 04:00 - 1 hour - 45 MBBen and Trevor have returned to Click Pitch as the random word generator is working again. Games discussed included such gems as: a VR Coffee simulator, VR match three in the real world, a narative story set in multiple time periods of a circus and a Goblins-esque game about luck.
137: Peter Joyce, Peter Joyce, Peter Joyce
July 28, 2019 04:00 - 1 hour - 43.3 MBBreaking free from the random word generator, Ben and Trevor take on movies and TV shows this week, resulting in an adventure game prequel to Beetlejuice, an in-depth competitive version of Australian Ninja Warrior, and a VR version of Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity.
136: You're a Wizard, Squarey
July 21, 2019 04:00 - 1 hour - 46.2 MBThings ramp up a bit more this week as Ben and Trevor discuss more crazy game ideas like, a VR Jurassic Park game that retells the original story with the previously unknown 3rd grandchild, a world where corporate logos come to life, a fantasy text adventure about a substitute teacher and a world in a 2d shape suddenly gets the ability to see in 3 dimensions.
135: The Square Accords
July 14, 2019 04:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBSome more ramped up Click Pitch produces a buddy story about a man and the ghost in his throat, an asymmetrical multiplayer challenge inspired by Spy Party, a co-operative shooter where you all play Bishop from Aliens, a conspiracy story about the shape of washcloths, and more!
134: Bow Kegels
July 07, 2019 04:00 - 59 minutes - 41.3 MBReturning to regular Click Pitch this week, Ben and Trevor discuss the following game ideas: an RTS set on someone's face, the post apocalyptic Mushroom Kingdom, the story of Keith the Space God and an archery themed golf game.
133: Murder Sprinkles
June 30, 2019 04:00 - 58 minutes - 40.7 MBUnder the pressure of self-imposed limitations, Ben and Trevor invent a series of rhythm and/or first person shooter games. Games include a world where aliens have turned all roads into roundabouts, John Wick style rhythmic murder, a Wikileak of all the gates to hell, and more!
132: Downunder Aperture
June 23, 2019 04:00 - 58 minutes - 40.9 MBTrev and Ben limit themselves to Platforming and Puzzles in this weeks Click Pitch. Games include Canabalt 2 but this time you control the buildings, picnic tower defence, the story of Eeyore fighting Nazi's and finally the long awaited sequel to Portal set in Australia.
131: The 16th Coming of Jesussica
June 16, 2019 04:00 - 1 hour - 47.7 MBTo celebrate Adventure Jam 2019 (#advjam2019) Ben and Trevor made nothing but adventure games this week, and came up with a Good Omens inspired story of a modern day messiah, a VR game about sitting at the kid's table at a super hero's dinner party, the battle between two rival gyms, a game where Tintin is shipwrecked AGAIN, and more!
130: The Avengers (But Not Marvel's)
June 09, 2019 04:00 - 58 minutes - 41 MBThe epic story of the humble tip office clerk's redemption, digital druids saving deer in a Big Game Hunter style game, building a house while performing ballerina moves in a Tony Hawk Pro Skater way and saving the world in the newest big budget co-op game set in the Avengers universe. Ben and Trevor are back for some more Click Pitch!
129: Squirrel Wedding
June 02, 2019 04:00 - 37 minutes - 26.4 MBA VR wedding photographer game, carpenters vs bricklayers, senior citizens fighting zombies, and more in this episode of Bit Storm! Disclaimer: Ben & Trevor struggled with technical difficulties so this episode is a little shorter than usual and a bit choppy, sorry about that!
128: The Wooley Chronicles
May 26, 2019 04:00 - 1 hour - 46.3 MBBen and Trevor dive into the real story behind the Purple People Eater song by Sheb Wooley, as well as many other crazy game ideas, such as: the teenage genius who figured out cold fusion, Mother Nature's favorite forest, the tragic tale of a lifeguard and a trip to 1980's outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne.
127: Monsters In Paradise
May 19, 2019 04:00 - 1 hour - 45.6 MBBen and Trevor are back with a VR game set entirely through the literal frame of a front door, an alien world where sunlight gives you bullet time, papercraft surgery, celebrity fruit, a monstrous version of The Bachelor, and more!
126: Daniel Steel
May 12, 2019 04:00 - 1 hour - 42.3 MBBen and Trevor return to bring you more insane games that will never be made. A romantic fiction writer has a brush with the supernatural, mindless zombies can be returned to sanity with music, a side scrolling brawler with constant narration and a husband and wife must escape from a creepy doll filled mansion.
125: The House Whisperer
May 05, 2019 04:00 - 1 hour - 44.5 MBIt's a body horrific episode, as Ben and Trevor somehow imagine up games about sentient flesh houses, a serial organ transplanter, a Funniest Home Video simulator, an adventure game about a stage magician and her nemesis, a combinatorial racing game, and more!
124: The Duck Lord
April 28, 2019 04:00 - 1 hour - 47.7 MBThe mysterious duck lord haunts 2-4 lonely individuals, designing the Winchester mansion, making friends while space battles happen overhead and try to stop FUSS Jnr from stealing the childrens souls. Just some of the game ideas discussed by Ben and Trev this week on Bit Storm in yet another Click Pitch segment.
123: That's Not a Rock!
April 21, 2019 04:00 - 1 hour - 46.4 MBA high stakes battle to give your mother your kidney in a dystopic future, a skilled team of Dream Walkers exploring their enemies psyche, an ancienct curse creating zombies from whole cloth, pet rock battles, and the secret life of Hyacinth Bucket from Keeping Up Appearances. You heard me.
122: Anatomy of a Murder
April 13, 2019 23:13 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBA submarine ride to hell, passing notes in class, a sentient robot fighting back against the oppressors, and solving murders with a Minority Report inspired interface - all this and more as Ben and Trevor take random words and turn them into game designs.
121: Medieval Hangover
April 07, 2019 04:00 - 1 hour - 45 MBDrinks ahoy! In this episode of Bit Storm, Ben and Trevor bring out their narrative side as they create games exploring a thief on the streets of turn of the century London, biological weapons in the most literal sense of the word, a town quarantined after a terrorist attack, and a young page's exploration through a medieval city to figure out what exactly happened last night after all that mead.
120: Quantum Horse
March 31, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 42.9 MBBen and Trevor return once again to create zany games featuring ideas such as a murderous dinner party, battlefield tic-tac-toe, an alien that was swapped at birth and of course a quantum horse. How did they come to these conclusions, find out in this episode of Bit Storm.
119: Dude, where's my Yellow
March 24, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBBen and Trevor have returned from the quickest hiatus in history to bring more weird ideas from the depths of their collective minds. Games discussed include: the newest comic book "hero" the Handyman, a factory controlled by monkeys, a necromantic/instructional kids game and a Metroidvania where two stoners go in search of the mysterious "Yellow".
118: AGPN Shuffle 2019 (starring Platforms & Pitfalls)
March 17, 2019 03:00 - 46 minutes - 32.6 MBReplicating wreckages, fighting premonitions of death and fate, inflicting world peace via mattresses, a cock (rooster) wielding a blowtorch to save chickens, a hospital fighting the resistance to “laughter is the best medicine” and lastly an insomniac wanting nothing but just some alone time in the night without disrupting their loved one’s sleep. As part of the AGPN Shuffle, this week’s hosts are Rowan And Blue from Platforms and Pitfalls, a game design podcast, you can find more about it ...
117: Air Crimes Division (featuring Sam Harkin)
March 10, 2019 03:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBA humiliated news anchor running from angry mobs, Mario & Luigi's Plumber Party, a VR pharmacy and diagnosis sim, a lost plush toy trying to reach its owner, the police unit responsible for airborne infractions - all this and more as Ben and Trevor are joined by Sammy from the Inconsolables this week!
116: Battle Royale Tycoon (Featuring Drew Agnew)
March 03, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 46.5 MBDrew Agnew, from the House of Mario podcast, joins Ben and Trevor this week to discuss numerous fake games with ludicrous themes such as, a 90 second Battle Royale game with a twist, exploring a giant floating turtle, eyedrops that cause eyes to become sentient, and finally an 8 bit RTS Battle Royale with hacking mechanics.
115: Special Tusk Force
February 24, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 42.6 MBA detective interrogating the maker (of the universe?), an adventure game based loosely on American Vandal, a Lost real time strategy set in an alternate universe and a new breed of heroes come together as a Special Tusk Force. Ben and Trevor laugh their way through these ideas and more.
114: Dentist the Menace (featuring Brendan White)
February 17, 2019 03:00 - 53 minutes - 37.1 MBTo celebrate joining the Atebit Collective, Brendan White of The Hungry Gamers joins Ben and Trevor this week, bringing a new army of villainous dentists into the Bit Storm canon, plus a superhero lion, a date gone very wrong, a very hungry lawn, a parrot detective, and more of his dark desires.
Global Game Jam 2019 - Post Mortem
February 15, 2019 12:37 - 28 minutes - 20.2 MBBen and Trevor give a brief rundown of their experience at the Global Game Jam 2019, including the ideas they didn't use, and the development of their prototype game Ghost Home. Play Ghost Home now! https://globalgamejam.org/2019/games/ghost-home-0
113: Sinder
February 10, 2019 12:03 - 56 minutes - 39.2 MBBen and Trevor bring to you another group of crazy ideas. A genetically engineered bear, a day in the life of a medievil stable boy, a mystery shopper observation game with a twist and a hell management game where you plan out the punishments.
112: The Jolly Hut
February 03, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 48 MBA knight cop and her rogue partner keeping the streets safe from wizards, the new platforming hit Bubsy and the Scarf of Wonder, a reporter entering a town and getting sucked into the mystery of a murder hut, an engineer hesitantly using her technology to make you weapons, and more as Ben and Trevor play Click Pitch!
111: More Horsepower
January 27, 2019 21:52 - 1 hour - 43 MBMore Click Pitch antics as Ben and Trevor bring you a game where the final hit of a combo is always explosive, a four player competitive game with hide and seek mechanics and a gauntlet inspired multiplayer game with severe consequences for under estimating how many monsters you will kill.
110: Charlie and the FMV
January 20, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 45.2 MBSatan is a wizard who has lost his wand, Charlie has run the Wonka factory into the ground, aliens have come to earth and got it VERY wrong, a postman is using unconventional tools to increase their efficiency, and a pencil is alive and drawing with its butt. Don't miss this thrilling episode of Bit Storm!
109: Grinsville
January 13, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBInvestigate a murder of an AI Actor, play as Lucio escaping from Overwatch and Talon agents after he was framed for the murder of Doomfist, playing paintball in a wax museum, and relax while you arrest citizens for smiling and spreading joy. All these games and more exist in audio form in this episode of Bit Storm.
108: Crunchy Westward: Necromancer at Law
January 06, 2019 03:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBRaising the dead to solve crimes, building houses out of sponges, deducing clues in the 80s, jumping and kicking with your bionic hip, mapping a procedural coastline - all this and more as Ben and Trevor party like it's 2019.
107: PPUG 2
December 30, 2018 03:00 - 1 hour - 45.2 MBIn our second annual Game of the Year special we discuss the GOTY games that don't exist but should! With pitches ranging between 2 and 5 words from some of the best and brightest of the AGPN network, Dinosaurs eating pizza while wearing Nikes, Spiderman mixing music and skateboarding, and a Bit Storm feature heavily. Trev and Ben finish the episode by pitching their own GOTY games.
106: Jingle Balls (Featuring Sam Abrahim)
December 23, 2018 03:00 - 1 hour - 45.1 MBSam from the Hungry Gamers joins Ben and Trevor and together they click their way to a horrific holiday season! Daddy's cocaine mistake, an open world Santa simulator, a sub delivering letters to Santa during WW2, a rogue-like side scrolling beat 'em up, and more!
105: Banner Putt
December 16, 2018 03:00 - 59 minutes - 41.3 MBBen and Trevor continue to reimagine old DOS games as new, and then proceed to play some more Ramped Up Click Pitch. Games include Magic Pockets, Star Control, a game where you play as a Cauliflower who has joined a pirate crew, a Saved by the Bell game with a difference and a game where Hulk is the smart one and Bruce Banner has a lower IQ.
104: Jester Assassins
December 09, 2018 03:00 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBA narrative heavy episode with a soldier working through her PTSD via scrapbook, a wanna-be jester finding out he is heir to the throne, a bad-ass buff wizard performing field medicine, vampire cats, plus Ben & Trevor re-imagine some games from their childhood: Thexder and Little Big Adventure
103: Mid Riff Mishap
December 02, 2018 03:00 - 1 hour - 41.5 MBBen and Trevor attempt to reimagine some old DOS games as current day titles, before jumping back into some Ramped Up Click Pitch. Games discussed included programming robots to pick nectarines and not humans, competitive carpeting and a Sliding Doors inspired adventure game. Reimagined games included Commander Keen, Rocket Jockey, Magic Carpet and Quarantine.
102: Robin Hood and the Merry Teens
November 25, 2018 03:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBA solemn horseback ride across country, trouble at the NSD (National Sandman Division), a merry band of teens standing up for the downtrodden, a free-running scientist-dodging race for the Nobel Prize, banking in the world of the undead, and more as Ben and Trevor play Click Pitch this week!
101: Lust Zombies
November 18, 2018 03:00 - 1 hour - 43.7 MBThe first episode of a new era of Bit Storm is upon you... and we're doing the same stuff as before. In ramped up click pitch this week Ben and Trevor discuss the ethics of aerosolising vaccines, the greatest new superhero who happens to need a wheelchair, Grimace gets a new backstory and people are turned in zombies by a pheromone.