A Link to the Past & Novelty Bands

The second half of our conversation with the developer Mad Max, Aaron Clifford is here! On this episode we talk virtual noses, old school game consoles, developing for VR and positional audio. The dreaded quiz is back and we’ve got Pac-man Fever.

Aaron got the idea for DAWT at an event for the Extra Life.
The Extra Life event was for Edmonton’s Stollery Children’s Hospital and it started with a 4 player Tower Fall Ascension challenge.
He decided to enter Codename Goa with DAWT as well. Aaron is featured on a video on that site.
Aaron’s game design is Voxel based like Crossy Road.
Redneck Rampage.
Kingdom of Loathing.
Some of Aaron’s favs to play are Fallout, Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, DLC Quest, Binding of Isaac and “so many other indie games.”
Chris talks about his Atari Stunt Cycle console from his youth.
Paul thought Zelda II: The Adventure of Link had the most amazing graphics, ever! Until, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past came out.
Aaron did a Nerd Nite presentation on death in video games. During the presentation he played a game, rather than use slides. You can check it out here. He used art from Glitch.
He created the presentation in Construct 2.
Aaron tells us about writing books in an MMOG, Asheron’s Call.
You can watch Aaron game and develop on Twitch.
We learn how to dodge throwing stars.
Chris introduces Paul and Aaron to Buckner & Garcia in the quiz!
Pac-man fever on American Bandstand
What’s the better E.T. song? Neil Diamond or Buckner & Garcia?
Now we all have to watch Wreck-It Ralph!
Yikes! Remembering Pogs.
Some 80s fun, WKRP in Cincinnati, BJ and The Bear, The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, and Bosom Buddies.
Watch Aaron on TV showing off DAWT.
If you’re in Edmonton, check out GDX Edmonton each year to discover new games.

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