Episode 170 - Some Real Indie Darlings

ANOTHER PLUG FOR INDIGENOUS SUPPORTS!

Land Back Lane in Ontario

Wet'suwet'en in British Columbia

Mi’kmaq in Nova Scotia

WATCH NIGHT OF THE INDIGENOUS DEVS UP NOW ON YOUTUBE!

Overview:

This week we talk about the new Canadian game trailers and content shown off in the Nintendo Indies World and the Wholesome Snack Direct. We take a look at the first (?) Canadian-focused Humble Bundle, a new indie vinyl for charity featuring some Canadian artists and another successful Canadian Kickstarter in 2020!

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Events:

None!

Jobs:

- Achimostawinan Games - Intern Video Game Programmer (Toronto, ON)

- Canuck Play - Senior Unity Game Developer, Unity Game Developer & 3D Modeller (static objects) (Peterborough, ON)

- Sleeping Giant Interactive - Character Animator - Rigger (Toronto, ON)

- Stormy Shore - Lead 3D Artist (Paradise, Newfoundland)

News:

- Derelict Void successfully Kickstarted by Stirling Games in Vancouver

- SantaCraft by Milkbag Games (@MilkbagGames) in Guelph/Canada is Out Just in Time for the Holidays

- Humble Québec Indies Bundle December 29 @ 2 PM ET

- Grindstone Out Now on Switch

- Venba Gets New Trailer in Wholesome Snack: Holiday Edition

- Slice of Life Vinyl for Charity Featuring some Canadian Composers

Wishlist This:

1 - Venba (@venbaGame) in Toronto, Ontario. Releasing November 2021, Wishlist on Steam. “Venba is a narrative cooking game, where you play as an Indian mom, who immigrates to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Players will cook various dishes and restore lost recipes, hold branching conversations and explore in this story about family, love, loss and more.”

2 - Ember Knights (@TheEmberKnights) by Tiny Titan Studios (@TinyTitanGames) in London, Ontario. Releasing Summer 2021, Wishlist on Steam. “Ember Knights is a 1-4 player dungeon crawling rogue-lite featuring intense hack and slash combat.”

3 - Season by Scavengers Studio in Montreal, Quebec. Releasing TBD, Wishlist on Steam. “Close your eyes, take a deep breath and let yourself be carried away by the great journey of Season, a third-person atmospheric adventure bicycle road trip game. Explore the world through the eyes of a young woman. Collect artifacts and memories before a mysterious cataclysm washes everything away.”

Credits:

Intro Music by @jakebutineau

Outro Music by @Composingdan