CanadianGameDevs.com Podcast
346 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWe discuss video games news and indie games created in Canada!
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Ep 235 - Game Awarding, Spider-Manning & Final Fantasying
February 15, 2024 15:00 - 1 second - 86.7 MBSee the Winners of our 2023 Community Awards Poll Here! We reveal the winners and runner-ups for our '23 Community Awards, go over some exciting Toronto indie game dev news and cap off with a long conversation about good (?!) microtransactions and lax technical standards in recent AAA games- and why Spider-Man 2 didn't give us the immediate fatigue Ragnarok did. CANADIAN GAME DEV JOBS | CANADIAN GAME DEV EVENTS CANADIAN GAMING NEWS: Toronto, ON: friend-of-the-site indie dev Devon Taking ...
Ep 234 - Don't Despise, Unionize!
February 01, 2024 15:00 - 1 hour - 98.5 MBVote in our Community Awards Poll This week thousands more game developers join Stephan in the "terminated by evil, stupid people" camp as layoffs hit tons of studios all over Canada and the world. We discuss Sonic as well. Sonic supports Unionizing your Workplace! FULL SHOW NOTES HERE (more job resources here)! CANADIAN GAME DEV JOBS | CANADIAN GAME DEV EVENTS HOSTED BY: @StephanReilly (London, ON) & @StephenLCrane (Owen Sound, ON) PRODUCED BY: Stephan "f*#king Unionize" Reilly PODCAS...
Ep 233 - The Demo Show and Life Update
January 25, 2024 21:20 - 1 hour - 90.9 MBSteve adds an obscene amount of demos to his Steam Deck (Dad Deck), we talk about everything Canadian coming up in gaming in 2024 to distract from Stephan's recent termination at the hands of a true coward. Steve's also going to have a baby, so if you want to help us with the site sometime this year reach out lol onward! -> <3 Nominate your favourite Canadian games in our '23 Community Awards polls right here <3 <- FULL SHOW NOTES HERE! CANADIAN GAME DEV JOBS | CANADIAN GAME DEV EVENTS ...
Ep 232 - We're So Back, Baby
January 10, 2024 23:44 - 1 hour - 90.2 MB-> Nominate your favourite Canadian games in our '23 Community Awards polls right here <- FULL SHOW NOTES HERE! OVERVIEW: After a (ginormous) hiatus, Steve and Stephan are BACK to discuss some Canadian Games Industry news from the past few months but just catch up and talk about games and big game thoughts, man. We're also launching our 2023 Community Awards polls- same as last year there's a week to nominate and another week to vote on the top nominees. Nominate your favourite Canadian...
Ep 231 - Tears of the Steve (feat. Jake VanderHeide)
June 28, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 160 MBFULL SHOW NOTES HERE! Follow our guest and patron Jake VanderHeide (@VanderheideJake) <3 CanadianGameDevs' Discord | Twitter @CanadaGameDevs | TikTok @canadiangamedevs | Instagram @canadiangamedevs MUSIC USED: 00:11 - Intro Music by @jakebutineau (Toronto, ON) 24:39 - 'King of the Spill' by @TeeLopes (NYC) 40:11 - South of Midnight announcement trailer by @CompulsionGames (Montréal, QC) 1:05:05 - The Outlast Trials menu theme by @TheRedBarrels (Montréal, QC) 1:55:28 - Outro Music by ...
Ep 230 - So Long & Thanks For All The Fish
April 26, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 95.8 MBJoin the CanadianGameDevs' Discord | Follow us on Twitter @CanadaGameDevs | Follow us on our hot new TikTok @canadiangamedevs | We also share to Instagram OVERVIEW: In Stephan's last ever episode recorded from Halifax (probably) we go over Mighty DOOM's chart topping launch, big indie launches from Newfoundland to Victoria Island and more Canadian gaming news and wishlists. Steve gives his thoughts (so far) on Canadian indies Hill Agency:PURITYdecay, Fire Station and Super Animal Royale th...
Ep 229 - The Foolproof Indie Release Method™
April 19, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 90.7 MBFULL EPISODE NOTES HERE! - Join the CanadianGameDevs' Discord - Follow us on Twitter @CanadaGameDevs - Follow us on our hot new TikTok @canadiangamedevs - We also share to Instagram SEE UPCOMING CANADIAN GAMING EVENTS! SEE CANADIAN GAMING NEWS! MUSIC USED: - 00:00 - Intro Music by @jakebutineau (Toronto, ON) - 02:24 - 'Echo Generation (Main Theme)' by @itsPusher (Toronto, ON) - 35:10 - 'Backpack' by @hollett_samuel (Toronto, ON) - 45:52 - announcement trailer for Anvil Empires sco...
Interview w. Achimostawinan Games on Hill Agency's Launch
April 09, 2023 12:30 - 59 minutes - 82.2 MBCheckout our 1st interview w. Meagan in 2015 | And our 2nd interview in 2020 OVERVIEW: Returning guest Meagan Byrne, founder of Achimostawinan Games (@AchimoGames), as well as Art Lead @Sadekaronhes join Stephan to discuss the recent release of their Indigenous noir detective adventure game Hill Agency: PURITYdecay for PC and hear their stories from the game's development. You can buy Hill Agency: PURITYdecay for Steam and itch.io (but buy it on itch.io so they get more money). MUSIC USE...
Ep 228 - Game Dinosaur's Conference (feat. @haleyfax)
March 29, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 96.2 MBFollow our guest @haleyfax! Join the CanadianGameDevs' Discord | Follow us on Twitter @CanadaGameDevs | Follow us on our hot new TikTok @canadiangamedevs | We also share to instagram OVERVIEW: We're thrilled to be joined by Haligonian gamer lawyer extraordinaire Haley MacLean (@haleyfax, get it) to discuss her GDC experience and impressions, specifically the Goodbye Volcano High demo (and Stephan geeks out over Night in the Woods). We also discuss a duo of Halifax mobile indies launched t...
Ep 227 - Atomic Farts
March 22, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour - 126 MBFULL SHOW NOTES HERE! Join the CanadianGameDevs' Discord | Follow us on Twitter @CanadaGameDevs | Follow us on our hot new TikTok @canadiangamedevs | We also share to Instagram again! OVERVIEW: The boys are back after a brief hiatus: a little older, a little wiser, a little more worn down- but that doesn't stop us from bringing you the latest Canadian gaming news, events, upcoming releases and game impressions. We talk new 2023 release dates for big upcoming Canadian games, Chivalry II's...
Interview w. The Floor Kids Crew
March 17, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 143 MBGet into Hololabs' Mobile AR Game SkyHaven's Beta! | Get Floor Kids on everything | Checkout JonJon's Twitch channel! OVERVIEW: Over 5 years ago, Victoria, BC-based Hololabs (@hololabs) launched their indie rhythm dance game Floor Kids (@FloorKidsCrew) on Steam and Nintendo Switch. A collaboration between Hololabs and longtime creative partners Kid Koala (@kidkoala) and JonJon (@JonJonAnimation), Floor Kids represents the pure expressionism of a form like breakdancing translated to a video...
Interview w. Trio of TUNIC Devs, 1 Year After Launch
March 16, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 97.8 MBGet and Follow TUNIC | Checkout PowerUp Audio | Play some Sparse games LIGHT SPOILERS FOR TUNIC IN THE INTERVIEW! OVERVIEW: Primary Developer and Designer Andrew Shouldice (@dicey/Halifax, NS), Audio Director Kevin Regamey (@regameyk/Vancouver, BC) and Level Artist Eric Billingsley (@SparseGameDev/Ottawa, ON) join Stephan to discuss the award-winning isometric adventure game TUNIC on its 1-year anniversary. We hear advice on avoiding some of the nostalgia-focused design traps that can le...
Ep 226 - Pegging and Backboning
January 30, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 82.7 MBPLUGS: Join the CanadianGameDevs' Discord Follow us on Twitter @CanadaGameDevs Follow us on our hot new tik tok @canadiangamedevs Aaaaand we're posting news on instagram now! OVERVIEW: Oodles of news from Canada's 2nd and 8th biggest cities (Montréal/Vancouver) and fresh impressions of Red Nexus Games' delightful Peggle roguelike hybrid Peglin- as well as our first Wishlist This segment of 2023 featuring a Toronto sandwich of games (sandwiching a game about not dying in the cold from...
Interview w. Sky Haven devs Hololabs
January 25, 2023 21:00 - 25 minutes - 34.8 MBOVERVIEW: Stephan sits down with the Victoria, BC-based indie studio Hololabs (@hololabs) to talk about their currently-in-beta augmented reality (AR) project Sky Haven (@skyhavenapp) coming to mobile sometime soon. Sign up for the Sky Haven beta at the bottom of their website. We discuss the challenges of AR development, making a geography-based game interesting in Canada's massive surface area, keeping the experience consistent across countless mobile devices and more. Stay tuned next ...
Ep 225 - The CGD GOTY 2K22
January 11, 2023 15:00 - 41 minutes - 56.1 MBSee our 2022 Community Awards Poll winners! (btw that title means CanadianGameDevs' Game of the Year 2022 if you're not a gamer or if you're my mom <3) PLUGS: - Join the CanadianGameDevs' Discord - Follow us on Twitter @CanadaGameDevs OVERVIEW: The results are in! We go over the winners of our 2022 Community Awards Poll- a fine spread indeed. Then we cover a few news stories including an intriguing Kickstarter from a Winnipeg company to build the vendors from BioShock Infinite in real ...
Ep 224 - Our 2022 Community Award Nominees! (& Some 2023 News)
December 30, 2022 22:37 - 54 minutes - 75.4 MBVote in our 2022 Community Awards Poll! FULL EP 224 SHOW NOTES PLUGS: Join the CanadianGameDevs' Discord Follow us on Twitter @CanadaGameDevs OVERVIEW: We go over all the nominees for our 2022 Community Awards Poll, with a few surprises and few familiar games- and also give our own votes. We talk 2023 news already with Sea of Stars new release window and video with one of the composers as well as the first DLC for 12AM Games' Dawn of Monsters coming soon. We then close out with some fi...
Ep 223 - Keighley's Canadian Game Award Announcements (& More)
December 22, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 94.8 MBPLUGS: - FULL SHOW NOTES HERE - Nominate games in our Canadian Game Devs 2022 Community Award Polls - Join the CanadianGameDevs' Discord - Follow us on Twitter @CanadaGameDevs OVERVIEW: We cover all the Canadian announcements and WORLD PREMIERES from The Game Awards 2K22 edition- and boy did Keighley deliver. We then wishlist some contentious DLC for The Long Dark, dish on what we think of Drinkbox's Nobody Saves the World upon completion and Steve's disappointing time with Callisto P...
Ep 222 - The Chanting Schwarzwald
November 03, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 89.9 MBFull Ep. 222 Show Notes here PLUGS: FOLLOW OUR TWITCH FOR EXTRA LIFE THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND Join the CanadianGameDevs' Discord Follow us on Twitter @CanadaGameDevs OVERVIEW: We wishlist a trio of horror titles and discuss the closure of Square Enix Montréal, the new Square Enix IP allegedly being developed in London, ON, and more gaming news. We get first-time-liking-a-card-gamer Steve's glowing impressions of Marvel Snap, Stephan's disbelief in Overwatch 1.2's sorry state and more cyni...
Interview w. Batty Zabella dev Kyle Sharpe
October 31, 2022 15:00 - 28 minutes - 38.9 MBNewfoundland-born and Halifax-based writer, filmmaker and (most recently) game designer Kyle Sharpe's point-and-click, horror game Batty Zabella runs on a GameBoy- but he's also releasing it on itch.io. We talked with Kyle about the constraints of developing a game that has to run on decades-old hardware, the underserved strain of "funny" horror in games a la Addams Family or The Munsters and much more. Follow Kyle on Twitter @IceColdBlood1 and you can pickup Batty Zabella on itch.io on Oc...
Ep 221 - Explorying Some Storyies (feat. Viktor from Blue Pin Studio)
October 20, 2022 02:45 - 58 minutes - 79.7 MBFULL EP 222 SHOW NOTES HERE PLUGS: Follow @BluePinStudio1 and checkout their games on Steam Join the CanadianGameDevs' Discord Follow us on Twitter @CanadaGameDevs OVERVIEW: Stephan is joined by Toronto-based game developer Viktor from Blue Pin Studio, whose upcoming project Explory Story has been covered on this program extensively. We talk about the new spin off studio from fellow Toronto devs Quill Studios, the controversy Canadian voice actress Jennifer Hale stepped into regarding ...
Ep 220 - Demos, Dead Space and More!
October 12, 2022 13:00 - 55 minutes - 76.7 MBPLUGS: Join our Discord! Follow us on Twitter @CanadaGameDevs OVERVIEW: We talk about all the new CDPR announcements in light of their Vancouver studio, Dead Space remake details coming out of Motive Montreal, and loads of impressions of upcoming Canadian indies based on demos from the latest Steam Next Fest! EVENTS: Indie Cup Canada '22 - online exhibit starting Oct 20, award nominees revealed Nov 3, winners Nov 17 - “Indie Cup is hosting a digital festival of indie games with develop...
Ep 219 - Chaos Query (feat. Symbiosis Games)
October 05, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 125 MBPLUGS: Follow our guests @Symbiosis_games Join our Discord! Follow us on Twitter @CanadaGameDevs OVERVIEW: This week we're talking to Symbiosis Games about their spiritual successor to 2005's beloved Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory which is set to release on Steam in 2023: SPECTRE. We talk about what it means to modernize a classic gaming experience, their intriguing Californian patron funding the game's development and review their Steam page in real-time! EVENTS: CANCELLED ...
Ep 218 - Big W for Keffals
September 28, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 128 MBFULL EPISODE NOTES Join our Discord! - London, ON-based trans streamer Keffal's Twitch Channel OVERVIEW: Huge development in the forced abroad Canadian streamer Keffals' story battling online abusers and doxxers, a new game from Dauntless' devs coming exclusively to Switch, Stephan and Steve dish on The Last of Us Part 1 and much more Canadian gaming goodness! EVENTS: - Indie Cup Canada '22 - online exhibit starting Oct 20, award nominees revealed Nov 3, winners Nov 17 - Game Slice 2022...
Ep 217 - Gamescom Canucklery
August 29, 2022 16:46 - 116 MBJoin our Discord! London, ON-based trans streamer Keffal's Twitch Channel and GoFundMe Campaign OVERVIEW: Oodles of Gamescom announcements from Canadian studios and projects- from New Borderlands to a massive Age of Empires anniversary to loads more. We also go over all the fresh Canadian video game releases, wishlist some unreleased Canadian indies and talk about what we've been playing to close out. Enjoy! EVENTS: Game Slice 2022 Online (@GameSliceEvent) Stream: Oct 4-6 Playtesting: S...
Ep 216 - Stephan's Pinball Awakening
August 17, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 95.7 MBFULL EP 216 SHOW NOTES Join our Discord! London, ON-based trans streamer Keffal's Twitch Channel OVERVIEW: Stephan regales Steve of his incredible time at Canada's largest retro arcade bar in London, ON, called Tilt. He finally understands pinball and the appeal of those flapper thingies. We discuss a scary swatting in a transphobic attack on a London, ON-based Twitch streamer. We wishlist some games of our friends and then Steve explains why Multiverse's season one monetization is an is...
Ep 215 - Anotha One (Quits BioWare)
August 07, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 115 MBCheckout the 2022 Games from BC Steam page OVERVIEW: Yet another BioWare veteran has quit the beleaguered studio who hasn't shipped a new game since Anthem in 2019 (if you don't count the Mass Effect collection- which we don't). We've got oodles of new details on Digital Extreme's successor to Warframe entitled Soulframe which I think is a great name. We've of course got all the upcoming gaming events, more news, some jobs for you to checkout and more Canadian-developed games to add to yo...
Ep. 214 - Québec's Very Stupid Language Bill
July 13, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 129 MBFull show notes: https://canadiangamedevs.com/podcast/ep-214-qubecs-very-stupid-language-bill EVENTS: - Online Grant Writing for Creatives Workshop hosted by Hand Eye Society (@HandEyeSociety) - July 13th @ 6pm EST: “Join us as we delve into the often intimidating field of Grant funding and give you advice on what grants you can apply for, how to write arts grants, and typical expectations to met to create a strong application!” - Game DEV Summer BBQ Meetup hosted by Vancouver Game Develo...
Ep. 213 - Keigh3 and TMNT!
June 22, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 111 MBPLUGS: - Support the Wet’suwet’en Defend Their Land 🌎 - Get the Queer Games Bundle 2022 "to support queer people in a life changing way and in exchange you get over 500 amazing, heartfelt, fun, and radical games." OVERVIEW: Is the new TMNT game Tribute Games' ultimate tribute? What the heck got announced at Keigh3 and do the developers at Cococucumber Co ever sleep? We investigate these questions and more- and then talk some more about more (Canadian) games- on this week's show. EVENTS:...
Interview w. James Russwurm & Canada's First Game Dev Union ✊
June 17, 2022 16:00 - 62.9 MBIn a little over a month James Russwurm and his colleagues at Keywords Edmonton, who’d been supporting BioWare Edmonton with quality assurance support since the Mass Effect Legendary Edition, unanimously unionized their studio creating the FIRST game dev studio in the country, the third in North America after Vodeo and Raven Software. This is his story. You can follow the Union on Twitter KWS Edmonton United (@KWSUnited) for more updates and if you have ANY questions about unionizing your w...
Interview w. James Russworm & Canada's First Game Dev Union ✊
June 17, 2022 16:00 - 62.9 MBIn a little over a month James Russwurm and his colleagues at Keywords Edmonton, who’d been supporting BioWare Edmonton with quality assurance support since the Mass Effect Legendary Edition, unanimously unionized their studio creating the FIRST game dev studio in the country, the third in North America after Vodeo and Raven Software. This is his story. You can follow the Union on Twitter KWS Edmonton United (@KWSUnited) for more updates and if you have ANY questions about unionizing your w...
Ep. 212 - Highlighting Highlighters
June 17, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBPLUGS: - Support the Wet’suwet’en Defend Their Land 🌎 - Get the Queer Games Bundle 2022 "to support queer people in a life changing way and in exchange you get over 500 amazing, heartfelt, fun, and radical games." OVERVIEW: This (slightly late) episode we discuss exciting updates to retro puzzler Highlighters (including a sick listen to the trailer song). Then we break down several new releases from across Canada and a title announcement for the definitely real new Dragon Age game. Steve...
Ep 211 - CONTINUE UNIONIZING BIOWARE('S CONTRACTORS)
May 25, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 104 MB(This one was also named by Stephan- let it be known.) Support the Wet’suwet’en Defend Their Land 🌎 OVERVIEW: We (Stephan specifically) celebrates the BioWare contract studio Keyword's unionization drive and recent win of a key demand that work from home remain for everyone who wants it. We also discuss Behaviour Interactive's surprise but already highly anticipated Dead By Daylight dating simulator. And then Stephan complains about NHL 22's blatant bug despite record profits (clearly not...
Ep 210 - Just Say it's Cancelled
May 18, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBSummary: This week we talk dumb PR ways not to say a game is cancelled, we celebrate Abhi's announcement they're leaving their job to do Venba development full-time, Phantom Compass' cool new game preservation move and more! Full show notes: https://canadiangamedevs.com/podcast/ep-210-just-say-its-canceled FOLLOW US: Website: https://canadiangamedevs.com/ Twitter: @CanadaGameDevs MUSIC USED: - Intro Music by @jakebutineau - art of rally original soundtrack ‘the art of rally’ by Tatre...
Interview w. Sol Studios
May 13, 2022 13:00 - 25 minutes - 35.3 MBIn this interview, we talk with the young guns Angelo Graci (@agraci07) and Ryan Farkas (@RyanFarkas7) from Sol Studios (@SolStudios) about their new company, making their debut project Wormhole, their process, lessons learned and hopes for the future.
Ep 209 - The Data Innovation Centre of Excellence
May 11, 2022 12:00 - 53 minutes - 74 MBFull episode notes: https://canadiangamedevs.com/podcast/ep-209-the-data-innovation-centre-of-excellence A massive acquisition of Canadian studios this week by the Swedish Bond-villain-sounding Embracer Group. Achimostawinan wins a cool $50k in hard-fought Indie Prize. The Big Con finally finds a not-bad GOTY version name. Join the Steve's as we dish Canadian gaming news, events, jobs, impressions and more.
Ep 208 - UNIONIZE BIOWARE (Stephan Named This One)
May 05, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBFull show notes: https://canadiangamedevs.com/podcast/ep-208-unionize-bioware-stephan-named-this-one
Ep 207 - #DadDeck Review
April 06, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 127 MBSupport the Wet’suwet’en Defend Their Land <3 OVERVIEW: PlayStation has its first Canadian studio since forming 27 years ago, thanks entirely to Steve and this site. Inscryption wins big at GDC/IGF awards (Boyfriend Dungeon wins one too). Then Steve and Stephan gush over TUNIC and the amazing in-game manual. Finally, Steve gives his review of the long-awaited #DadDeck (Valve's new Switch-like handheld console Steam Deck). JOBS: Here are all the game dev jobs we’re currently advertising o...
Ep 206 - WTF is up with BioWare
March 02, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBSupport the Wet’suwet’en Defend Their Land <3 OVERVIEW: After a much longer than anticipated hiatus, we're back to discuss the rather dramatic series of stories coming out of BioWare- the much beleaguered Edmonton-based EA subsidiary. JOBS: Here are all the game dev jobs we’re currently advertising on the site! Butterware Studios - Game Developer Job Unity/GameMaker Studio Insert Coin Account - Accounting & Tax Associate, and Accounting & Tax Manager Jobs Outfusion Hiring Back End & F...
Ep 205 - Stephan's Left Unattended (feat. Adam Boyce)
January 12, 2022 13:00 - 2 hours - 153 MBSupport the Wet’suwet’en Defend Their Land <3 This week we're joined by software developer, game creator and great Twitter presence Adam Boyce (@AdamBoyce4) currently working out of London, ON (home of the last Jumbo Video/Microplay combo in the world). He joins Stephan and briefly Steve to discuss upcoming gaming events, news, wishlist some upcoming indies and get to the bottom of how capitalism is ruining the games industry and our lives. No seriously, sorry (not sorry) for the tangents! ...
Ep 204 - Our (personal) Canadian GOTY's for 2021
January 07, 2022 13:00 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBFor this week Steve and Stephan discuss our own personal Canadian games of the year as well as the Canadian game we most want to get back to as well as our most anticipated Canadian game yet to release! The polls for our 2021 categories will go live to the public on January 7 so stay tuned (we'll add the link here once it's live). For Steve, his winners are: Canadian game he most wants to get back to: Wytchwood by Alientrap in Toronto, ON Most anticipated Canadian game: Sea of Stars in d...
Ep 203 - All That Was Canadian at The Keighley's
December 15, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 76.8 MBSupport the Wet’suwet’en Defend Their Land <3 Get the full show notes here: https://www.canadiangamedevs.com/podcast/ep-203-all-that-was-canadian-at-the-keighleys
Ep 202 - Crunchy Pixels are Better Than Smooth
December 01, 2021 12:59 - 61.3 MBGet all the links here: https://canadiangamedevs.com/podcast/ep-202-crunchy-pixels-are-better-than-smooth
Ep 201 - A Big Dump of Game Impressions
November 17, 2021 13:59 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBWe're back! Sort of - it's been a while for Steve and Stephan so we go over the Canadian games we've played in the past few weeks and give our impressions/reviews. Stephan: - Inscryption -Age of Empires 4 - The Vale - The Big Con Steve - Guardians of the Galaxy - Chivalry 2 - Echo Generation - JETT: The Far Shore
Ep 200 - In-Person Talkin' Top 5 Canadian Games
November 05, 2021 11:59 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBFor the first time ever Stephan and Steve gathered around the same microphone (sorry about the slight echo) to record episode 200 of the Canadian Game Devs Podcast! We broke down our personal top 5 Canadian game lists to celebrate the occasion, then Stephan drove 1700km back to Halifax.
Ep 199 - A Day Old Pod <3
November 04, 2021 11:59 - 64.6 MBJobs: Jean Leggett will be looking for a part-time producer soon! Archipelago of DesignGame Designer Joydrop is looking for Unreal and Unity Developers Events: Fri OCT 22 - Gamedev Atlantic (Online - Halifax, NS) by NSIS“A day-long conference, celebrates and fosters the growth of the game development industry in Atlantic Canada.” Oct 26th - Canada - Melbourne digital games webinar: LEADERSHIP & SCALING YOUR STUDIO Releases This Week x2: RC Rush from Tea Monster Games News and Announ...
Interview with Recombobulator Games
October 27, 2021 16:27 - 46.8 MBIn this interview, we talk with the gang at Recombobulator Games, whose game Spaceboat currently has a week left on Kickstarter. You can also wishlist the game on Steam and play the demo.
Ep 198 - Big Fan of the 'W' (feat. Gabriel from Bluish-Green Productions)
September 29, 2021 17:31 - 87.9 MBThe gang is joined by Gabriel from Bluish-Green Productions, a Toronto-based indie dev whose latest project Worlds Within Worlds was featured at GameSlice 2021 so he tells us his experience from the show, what he learned from playtesters, and more! We also go over all the news like the next episode in Vancouver-based Hinterland's The Long Dark (the first new episode in 2 years) to loads of new studio news out of Québec.
Ep 197 - Stephan Smooches Some Swords
September 22, 2021 12:00 - 47.6 MBFull show notes here: https://canadiangamedevs.com/podcast/ep-197-stephan-smooches-some-swords
Ep 196 - Long Live Last Soul (feat. Tony Munoz)
September 01, 2021 12:00 - 70.9 MBTony joins Stephan to discuss a slew of new Canadian releases, a second Gearbox studio opens in Québec, dates for a couple of upcoming high profile indies and more! We also get into Tony's work as an indie game dev, lessons learned and ambitions for Last Soul
Ep 195 - A Bad Omen for Licensed Crossovers (feat. Devon Wiersma)
August 25, 2021 12:11 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBPlease Consider Supporting: Donate to the Indian Residential School Survivors Society Donate to The 519, Canada’s most prominent LGBTQ2S community centre and service provider Overview: We're joined by illustrious indie game dev Devon (@Devon_Wiersma) to talk Stranger Things leaving Dead by Daylight and what this could mean for the future of licensing in games. We also talk Goodbye Volcano High's delay, the death of Benjamin Rivers (Inc, not the person), why on earth Steve is still buying ...