Lightmap - Conversations with video game creators
298 episodes - English - Latest episode: 23 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingLightmap is an Australian Podcast Award winning show that explores the creative process of making videogames and interactive media, and introduces you to the creators of some of the most exciting titles. You'll meet developers, musicians, artists, journalist and more, so come join us here and on SIFTER.com.au
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The beauty and tragedy of post-apocalyptic adventure SUBMERGED: HIDDEN DEPTHS
February 17, 2022 14:24 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBExplore a drowned society, a city that has sunk beneath the waves and discover how life has continued after people in non-combat adventure game SUBMERGED: HIDDEN DEPTHS. The sequel to 2015's SUBMERGED might not exist if not for Google Stadia, it was an exclusive title for the streaming service, which meant it couldn't be played in the Uppercut Games' home country. Ed Orman (FALLOUT TACTICS, BIOSHOCK, CITY OF BRASS) is a cofounder of Uppercut Games and said that the upcoming Playstation PC,...
Nintendo Direct recap, HALO composers sue Microsoft, SIMS 4 expansion pulled from sale in Russia
February 13, 2022 00:19 - 10 minutes - 9.16 MBWelcome to Walkthrough SIFTER's brand new weekly news recap show. Each Sunday we'll highlight some of the biggest stories in video games to keep you up to date. Your host on each episode of Walkthrough is Kyle Pauletto, an accomplished journalist with a keen interest in bringing you the best gaming stories each week THIS WEEK: Nintendo outlines 2022 and beyond in it's first Direct - Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, Mario Kart 8 DLC, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Earthbound GTA V sells...
Nintendo Direct recap, Halo composers sue Microsoft, Sims 4 expansion pulled from sale in Russia
February 13, 2022 00:19 - 10 minutes - 9.19 MBWelcome to Walkthrough SIFTER's brand new weekly news recap show. Each Sunday we'll highlight some of the biggest stories in video games to keep you up to date. Your host on each episode of Walkthrough is Kyle Pauletto, an accomplished journalist with a keen interest in bringing you the best gaming stories each week THIS WEEK: Nintendo outlines 2022 and beyond in it's first Direct - Fire Emblem Warriors, Mario Kart 8 DLC, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Earthbound GTA V sells 160 million cop...
KARDBOARD KINGS is a cool new card shop simulator from the maker of DESERT CHILD
January 28, 2022 05:58 - 30 minutes - 28 MBKARDBOARD KINGS is a store management game about a collectible card game, where you do everything but actually play the card game, managing a small town store inspired by working in retail. Oscar Brittain (DESERT CHILD, WORLD'S FASTEST PIZZA) and Rob Gross are Henry's House, they share the challenges of writing believable characters, why speeding up the game made it so much better and how delaying the game to add more features worked for them. SIFTER is produced by Nicholas Kennedy, Viv Th...
Paper House will count the climate cost of developing their game WOOD & WEATHER
January 18, 2022 15:11 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBHow bad for the environment is game development? Terry Burdak from Paper House and Ben Abraham a researcher on the Environmental impact of video games join us to talk about their project to find out. They'll be tracking the exact energy usage while developing their next game WOOD & WEATHER and aim to make the process easy for other studios to do the same. SIFTER is produced by Nicholas Kennedy, Viv Thum, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Mitch Loh is Senior Producer and Gian...
2021 Games of the Year Part 2 - THE FORGOTTEN CITY, SABLE & HALO INFINITE
January 10, 2022 05:01 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBIt's that time of the year, where we sit down and consider all the amazing games we've played in 2021. This is part two of two episodes featuring the SIFTER team. Gianni Di Giovanni has been loving the historical touches and puzzle solving narrative of THE FORGOTTEN CITY by Modern Storyteller Adam Christou has become lost in the beautiful desert world of science fiction adventure SABLE by Shedworks Daniel Ang has strapped on the armor and jumped head first onto Delta Halo in HALO INFINITE...
NEKOGRAMS is a cute cat arranging puzzle game that hides the maths behind cats
January 03, 2022 06:14 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBNick Lowe, Lead Developer at Hungry Sky, first had the idea for NEKOGRAMS a cute sokoban style puzzle game where you move cats onto pillows until they are comfy in the late 2000s, but it took many projects and years until it was ready for players to enjoy. Lauren Fletcher lead artist on the game didn't know she'd be making games when she first started illustrating, and has contributed the adorable kitty aesthetic. SIFTER is produced by Nicholas Kennedy, Viv Thum, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Dani...
Games of the Year Part 1 - MUNDAUN, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY & UNPACKING
December 30, 2021 23:55 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBIt's that time of the year, where we sit down and consider all the amazing games we've played in 2021. This is part one of two episodes featuring the SIFTER team. Nicholas Kennedy shares the genre-subverting MUNDAUN by Hidden Fields, a horror game that brought a lot of joy Fiona Bartholomaeus teams up with a rag tag crew in Marvel's GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY by Eidos-Montreal Mitchel Loh takes time to put everything in it's right place in UNPACKING by Witch Beam Games SIFTER is produced by Nic...
2021 Games of the Year Part 1 - MUNDAUN, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY & UNPACKING
December 30, 2021 23:55 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBIt's that time of the year, where we sit down and consider all the amazing games we've played in 2021. This is part one of two episodes featuring the SIFTER team. Nicholas Kennedy shares the genre-subverting MUNDAUN by Hidden Fields, a horror game that brought a lot of joy Fiona Bartholomaeus teams up with a rag tag crew in Marvel's GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY by Eidos-Montreal Mitchel Loh takes time to put everything in it's right place in UNPACKING by Witch Beam Games SIFTER is produced by...
UNPACKING is an indie puzzler with heart and a personal story for developers Wren and Tim
December 12, 2021 23:14 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBUNPACKING is a pixel art puzzle game tasks you with simply sorting items from boxes into rooms all the while telling a story of a woman's life. Wren Brier & Tim Dawson from Witch Beam join us to share about how they have injected emotion and spirit into their little organisational puzzle game which is entirely environmental storytelling. Lightmap is produced by Nicholas Kennedy, Viv Thum, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Mitch Loh is Senior Producer and Gianni Di Giovanni ...
BOOK OF TRAVELS is an MMO with a storybook design
December 03, 2021 10:32 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBBOOK OF TRAVELS is a different type of MMO experience focusing more on the story and playing the game at your own pace. Dennis Gustafsson from Might and Delight joins us to talk about the philosophy of BOOK OF TRAVELS and the world they are building. SIFTER is produced by Nicholas Kennedy, Viv Thum, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Mitch Loh is Senior Producer and Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive Producer. Join the SIFTER Discord Support SIFTER by buying our merch See om...
BOOK OF TRAVELS is a multiplayer world with a storybook design
December 03, 2021 10:32 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBBOOK OF TRAVELS is a different type of MMO experience focusing more on the story and playing the game at your own pace. Dennis Gustafsson from Might and Delight joins us to talk about the philosophy of BOOK OF TRAVELS and the world they are building. SIFTER is produced by Nicholas Kennedy, Viv Thum, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Mitch Loh is Senior Producer and Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive Producer. Join the SIFTER Discord Support SIFTER by buying our merch Sup...
From Gameboy Color to Nintendo Switch: Twenty years of game development at Wicked Witch Software
November 17, 2021 15:26 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBDaniel Visser started learning to make games like a lot of people who grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, by tinkering away on their computer when they ran out of things to play. That fascination and support from family lead to further studies and making games with studios like Torus Games and Melbourne House. Over twelve weeks Daniel rebuilt ALIENS: THANATOS ENCOUNTER for Gameboy Color from scratch contracting with a company in the UK, which started the company Wicked Witch in earnest in 2001...
Rebuild a village and nurture life in chill town builder GROW: SONG OF THE EVERTREE
November 12, 2021 00:48 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBQueensland based studio Prideful Sloth returns to the podcast with their brand new low pressure town building adventure game GROW: SONG OF THE EVERTREE, which doesn't have the time pressures of other games in the genre. Developers Cheryl Vance and Adam Markham share their design philosophy for the game which was influenced not only by games like ANIMAL CROSSING and STORY OF SEASONS but also PERSONA 5. SIFTER is produced by Nicholas Kennedy, Viv Thum, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam ...
THE LAST STAND: AFTERMATH is a zombie survival game you actually can't survive
October 30, 2021 06:18 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBIn most zombie survival games, you eventually reach a point where you become so powerful there is nothing in the apocalypse that can stop you, but in THE LAST STAND: AFTERMATH an isometric rogue-lite, you start the game infected with limited time left to make a difference. The fifth game in THE LAST STAND series which originally started out as a Flash game developer Chris Condon of Con Artist Games shares the history of the series, how the game has been modernised and the world players will...
BROKEN ROADS is a FALLOUT inspired classic RPG set in Western Australia
October 22, 2021 11:00 - 29 minutes - 27 MBBROKEN ROADS is a classic isometric roleplaying game by Victorian based studio Drop Bear Bytes that's set in and around the Western Australian wheatbelt community of Brookton after a cataclysmic event . Game Director Craig Ritchie and Art Director Kerst Evans join Lightmap to share the world of BROKEN ROADS, how narrative and player choice will determine the narrative path, and how documentary series Aussie Gold Hunters inspired the look of the game. SIFTER is produced by Nicholas Kennedy,...
Four day weeks and unlimited leave, Mighty Kingdom's Tony Lawrence on the future of making games
October 19, 2021 01:01 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBSouth Australia's Mighty Kingdom (CONAN CHOP CHOP, AVA'S MANOR, PETER RABBIT RUN!) is rapidly expanding and according to COO Tony Lawrence they want to be Australia's answer to an EA sized studio. Tony has worked previously as General Manager of 2K Australia (BIOSHOCK series, THE BUREAU: XCOM DECLASSIFIED, BORDERLANDS: THE PRE-SEQUEL!) and with industry representative groups GDAA and IGEA. Speaking broadly of the economic incentives for new studios, what it was like to see foreign companie...
Won't Someone Think of the Children?! Why Australia Bans Video Games
October 10, 2021 14:43 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBIt is well-known amongst both developers and players that Australia has one of the most onerous and hardline classification systems in the world. From AAA titles including FALLOUT 3 to indies including DISCO ELYSIUM and most recently SLUDGE LIFE and LAKE, there are a significant number of titles that run into release problems under our current classification guidelines. In this PAX Australia 2021 panel, we'll explore how the videogames classification system works, the impact of interaction...
BLUEBERRY is an emotional platformer that tackles mental health and how our perspective shifts
October 08, 2021 09:05 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBMel Taylor from Brisbane's Mellow Games was inspired by her own life to make BLUEBERRY a story focused platform game with light puzzle elements that follows a character's life from beginning to end. This semi-autobiographical game explores how our perspective shifts throughout our lives, climbing a tower filled with memories that you can replay as you get older and understand new points of view. This episode was broadcast live as part of PAX Radio at PAX Australia 2021, supported by Audio ...
Welcome to SIFTER, a new chapter for the team behind Pixel Sift
September 20, 2021 23:02 - 5 minutes - 4.93 MBHi my name is Gianni, and this week marks the sixth year that I’ve been the Executive Producer of a podcast called Pixel Sift. In 2019 we won the Australian Podcast Award for the gaming category, and it’s still one of my proudest achievements. In 2019 with a video game review show called Mainstream and shared our experiences with some of the bigger higher profile titles that everyone was talking about. What I’m most proud of is that often one of the very first interviews that a develope...
The gritty and pretty world of award winning twin stick "shooter" DAP
September 18, 2021 01:28 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBIris and Paul Anstey of Melbourne's Melting Parrot are first time game developers, but their teamwork on DAP a spooky adventure game with a charcoal drawing aesthetic is a combination of this couple's interests. Recently awarded the top prize at Japan's Bitsummit, The Vermillion Gate Award, and the prize for best sound this Pikmin like twin stick shooter hides complexity within it's visual style. Pixel Sift is produced by Nicholas Kennedy, Viv Thum, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam C...
THE ARTFUL ESCAPE is a scifi adventure into a prog rock album cover
September 08, 2021 16:05 - 29 minutes - 27.5 MBJohnny Galvatron of Melbourne's Beethoven & Dinosaur almost became a 3D animator, but musical success with his band the Galvatrons saw him head down another path. A love of games and storytelling never left him and once the touring was over his next project began with the musical adventure THE ARTFUL ESCAPE. This narrative sci-fi adventure game combines Hollywood talent like Lena Headey, Jason Schwartzmann (who turned up to recording sessions in cosplay) and Carl Weathers, baby, for a cosmi...
Become a cute Aussie spider on a mission in WEBBED by Sbug Games
August 27, 2021 05:33 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBWebbed is an cute pixel art platformer from Queensland based Sbug Games and features an adorable spider using her web-spinning skills and LASER EYES to save her boyfriend! Originally designed as a Just Cause 2 demake, the web like linking grappling hooks inspired this much anticipated game featuring stacks of Australian animals. Riley Neville (Programming, Art, Sound and Game Design) and Noah Seymour (Level and Game Design) Join us on the show to talk about the origins of the mechanics and...
How piles of quokkas are teaching kids this National Science Week
August 20, 2021 00:46 - 10 minutes - 10 MBDr Michael Kasumovic is an evolutionary biologist at UNSW and founder of science education organisation Arludo who this week is taking to Twitch as part of National Science Week to teach kids through video games. Quokkapocalypse is a free game developed as part of the Sydney Science Trail that shows the impacts of predators and prey in an environment as you balance the populations. Quokkapocalypse on Apple App Store Quokkapocalypse on Google Play You can watch the livestreamed event whic...
How piles of quokkas are teaching kids this National Science Week - Dr Michael Kasumovic of Arludo
August 20, 2021 00:46 - 10 minutes - 10.1 MBDr Michael Kasumovic is an evolutionary biologist at UNSW and founder of science education organisation Arludo who this week is taking to Twitch as part of National Science Week to teach kids through video games. Quokkapocalypse is a free game developed as part of the Sydney Science Trail that shows the impacts of predators and prey in an environment as you balance the populations. Quokkapocalypse on Apple App Store Quokkapocalypse on Google Play You can watch the livestreamed event which i...
BURN (Gregory Louden)
August 13, 2021 01:35 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBGregory Louden (Returnal, Quantum Break, STONE) and Convict Games are back with BURN a brand new interactive narrative game with a branching story following pop start Nina Burn through the different phases of her life. Building on the experiences of making STONE, the hip-hop stoner noir game, and as Narrative Director on Housemarque's Returnal Louden shares how the story weaves music and stardom with a a soundtrack follows your choices. Pixel Sift is produced by Viv Thum, Fiona Bartholomaeu...
RETURNAL's Narrative Director Gregory Louden debuts pop music narrative game BURN
August 13, 2021 01:35 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBGregory Louden (Returnal, Quantum Break, STONE) and Convict Games are back with BURN a brand new interactive narrative game with a branching story following pop start Nina Burn through the different phases of her life. Building on the experiences of making STONE, the hip-hop stoner noir game, and as Narrative Director on Housemarque's Returnal Louden shares how the story weaves music and stardom with a a soundtrack follows your choices. Pixel Sift is produced by Viv Thum, Fiona Bartholomae...
Less is more in minimalist skating game THE RAMP
August 03, 2021 23:17 - 10 minutes - 9.33 MBDeveloper Paul Schnepf, one third of Grizzly Games who made Islanders and Superflight, was inspired by Tony Hawk Pro Skater to take up skateboarding when he was a kid, but nothing ever really captured the actual feel of skating. That's why he made THE RAMP, a isometric minimalist skating game with no points that looks amazing and tries to capture that state of flow. Music in this episode from the game The Ramp composed by Paul Schnepf and Hendrik Lux. Thanks to Paul for providing us with a...
Where The Snow Settles (Alisha Stone)
July 31, 2021 01:42 - 27 minutes - 25 MBAlisha Stone is the Creative Director of Tasmania's Myriad Game Studios, a small team that have just released the narrative story game Where The Snow Settles. Where the Snow Settles draws inspiration from filmic genres telling the story of Aurelia as she travels through a world facing ecological collapse. Learn how the team juggled other work and balancing their expectations to deliver a game that can be enjoyed by anyone regardless of their level of expertise with games. Pixel Sift is prod...
The filmic influences of WHERE THE SNOW SETTLES
July 31, 2021 01:42 - 27 minutes - 25 MBAlisha Stone is the Creative Director of Tasmania's Myriad Game Studios, a small team that have just released the narrative story game Where The Snow Settles. Where the Snow Settles draws inspiration from filmic genres telling the story of Aurelia as she travels through a world facing ecological collapse. Learn how the team juggled other work and balancing their expectations to deliver a game that can be enjoyed by anyone regardless of their level of expertise with games. Pixel Sift is pro...
Warhammer 40,000 Battlesector - How a small Western Australian team made on the best new 40K games
July 27, 2021 12:26 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBPaul Turbett and Anthony Sweet of Perth's Black Lab Games are no strangers to big franchises, they made the critically and fan acclaimed strategy game Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock, but when the opportunity came to work on one of the biggest science fiction universes Warhammer 40,000 they leapt at the challenge. Warhammer 40,000 Battlesector is that game, which has been released this week to rave reviews exploring the stories of the Blood Angels Space Marine chapter in their clashes with t...
Building the roadmap for MINI MOTORWAYS, the sequel to hit MINI METRO
July 24, 2021 02:43 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBPut your urban planning hat back on for Mini Motorways a minimalist puzzle game where you build roads in an ever expanding levels and makes its Steam debut this week. Casey Lucas-Quaid is Community Manager at New Zealand based Dinosaur Polo Club and share the fun feedback given by players, how to set up a good community ground rules and how this game evolved from Mini Metro which we featured on Episode 80 of the podcast Pixel Sift is produced by Viv Thum, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang &...
Mini Motorways (Casey Lucas-Quaid)
July 24, 2021 02:43 - 34 minutes - 32 MBPut your urban planning hat back on for Mini Motorways a minimalist puzzle game where you build roads in an ever expanding levels and makes its Steam debut this week. Casey Lucas-Quaid is Community Manager at New Zealand based Dinosaur Polo Club and share the fun feedback given by players, how to set up a good community ground rules and how this game evolved from Mini Metro which we featured on Episode 80 of the podcast Pixel Sift is produced by Viv Thum, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & ...
How Lego inspired open world transport game MARS FIRST LOGISTICS
July 18, 2021 06:09 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBBuild your own cross-planet delivery vehicles and trek across the great red marble in Mars First Logistics, the newly announced game from multi-award winning game designer Ian MacLarty. We spoke to Ian about the ideas behind the game, designing the perfect mars rover and more. Pixel Sift is produced by Viv Thum, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Mitch Loh is Senior Producer and Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive Producer. Thanks to Salty Dog Sounds for some of our promo mu...
Mars First Logistics (Ian MacLarty)
July 18, 2021 06:09 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBBuild your own cross-planet delivery vehicles and trek across the great red marble in Mars First Logistics, the newly announced game from multi-award winning game designer Ian MacLarty. We spoke to Ian about the ideas behind the game, designing the perfect mars rover and more. Pixel Sift is produced by Viv Thum, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Mitch Loh is Senior Producer and Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive Producer. Thanks to Salty Dog Sounds for some of our promo mus...
Agent Intercept (Rick Stemm & Robin Wilson-Davey)
June 26, 2021 05:41 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBJump behind the wheel of an amazing transforming spy-machine in Agent Intercept by New Zealand's PikPok which has just made it's Steam debut after arriving on Apple Arcade last year. Rick Stemm, Design Manager & Robin Wilson-Davey, Production Artist shared their design inspirations and what it took to bring this mobile game to your PC. Pixel Sift is produced by Viv Thum, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Mitch Loh is Senior Producer and Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive Pro...
AGENT INTERCEPT is the spiritual successor to the SPY HUNTER series
June 26, 2021 05:41 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBJump behind the wheel of an amazing transforming spy-machine in Agent Intercept by New Zealand's PikPok which has just made it's Steam debut after arriving on Apple Arcade last year. Rick Stemm, Design Manager & Robin Wilson-Davey, Production Artist shared their design inspirations and what it took to bring this mobile game to your PC. Pixel Sift is produced by Viv Thum, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Mitch Loh is Senior Producer and Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive Pr...
E3 2021 Extravaganza
June 20, 2021 10:51 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBGianni, Fiona, Adam and Nick sit down to discuss the completely online E3 2021 streamed around the world for all to enjoy. We've found our highlights and can't wait to share them with you, but why not share yours with us by visiting https://www.pixelsift.com.au/discord to join our Discord server. Pixel Sift is produced by Scott Quigg, Sarah Ireland, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Mitch Loh is our Senior Producer, Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive Producer. Brian Fairban...
How a podcast interview led Jono Pech to write TRIGGER WITCH
June 10, 2021 09:30 - 29 minutes - 27 MBTrigger Witch is a twin-stick shooter where firearms have replaced the magic of a fantasy world. You take on the role of Colette as she unravels the story of this mashup world, a world that writer Jono Pech helped shape. Developed by New Zealand's Rainbite, Trigger Witch takes you to a Super Nintendo inspired world as you unleash carnage. Pixel Sift is produced by Viv Thum, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Mitch Loh is Senior Producer and Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive...
Trigger Witch (Jono Pech)
June 10, 2021 09:30 - 29 minutes - 27 MBTrigger Witch is a twin-stick shooter where firearms have replaced the magic of a fantasy world. You take on the role of Colette as she unravels the story of this mashup world, a world that writer Jono Pech helped shape. Developed by New Zealand's Rainbite, Trigger Witch takes you to a Super Nintendo inspired world as you unleash carnage. Pixel Sift is produced by Viv Thum, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Mitch Loh is Senior Producer and Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive ...
BEFORE WE LEAVE: A real time strategy game without the conquest
May 31, 2021 00:24 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBBefore We Leave is a mostly non-violent strategy game where players emerge from a bunker to reclaim their world after a disaster in a beautiful hex built world which has just made its Steam debut. Developers Anna Barham and Sam Barham from New Zealand's Balancing Monkey Games wanted to make a game that actively challenged the inherent colonialism in many other strategy games as you rebuild in a world once yours. Pixel Sift is produced by Viv Thum, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Chr...
Before We Leave (Anna Barham & Sam Barham)
May 31, 2021 00:24 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBBefore We Leave is a mostly non-violent strategy game where players emerge from a bunker to reclaim their world after a disaster in a beautiful hex built world which has just made its Steam debut. Developers Anna Barham and Sam Barham from New Zealand's Balancing Monkey Games wanted to make a game that actively challenged the inherent colonialism in many other strategy games as you rebuild in a world once yours. Pixel Sift is produced by Viv Thum, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Chri...
Eastern Market Murder (Andy Yong & Emma Ramsay)
May 14, 2021 06:15 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBEastern Market Murder takes you back in time to the scene of a horrific crime, all while walking through the streets of Melbourne using augmented reality to meet the characters involved. Can you bring the killer to justice? Emma Ramsay and Andy Yong join us to talk about how they researched the history of this true crime, and worked with the descendants of the real world people involved to create this interactive game. Pixel Sift is produced by Viv Thum, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Ad...
AR game EASTERN MARKET MURDER lets you walk the path of history
May 14, 2021 06:15 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBEastern Market Murder takes you back in time to the scene of a horrific crime, all while walking through the streets of Melbourne using augmented reality to meet the characters involved. Can you bring the killer to justice? Emma Ramsay and Andy Yong join us to talk about how they researched the history of this true crime, and worked with the descendants of the real world people involved to create this interactive game. Pixel Sift is produced by Viv Thum, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & A...
Forgotten Fields (Armaan Sandhu)
May 06, 2021 01:52 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBArmaan Sandhu had trouble with a follow up release to his first game Rainswept. That feeling was captured in the narrative game Forgotten Fields, a nostalgic narrative adventure where writer Sid travels to his family home in Goa, India while formulating the idea for his next book. Recently shown as part of the LudoNarraCon online convention, Armaan shares his process of capturing the nostalgia of home, the feeling of writers block, and homesickness for the beauty of his home in Goa. Pixel ...
Find your way back home to seaside Goa in nostalgic narrative game FORGOTTEN FIELDS
May 06, 2021 01:52 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBArmaan Sandhu had trouble with a follow up release to his first game Rainswept. That feeling was captured in the narrative game Forgotten Fields, a nostalgic narrative adventure where writer Sid travels to his family home in Goa, India while formulating the idea for his next book. Recently shown as part of the LudoNarraCon online convention, Armaan shares his process of capturing the nostalgia of home, the feeling of writers block, and homesickness for the beauty of his home in Goa. Pixel...
KINDER WORLD helps you practice mindfulness as you care for digital plants
April 20, 2021 04:14 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBLauren Clinnick of Lumi Interactive wants to build a game that can help players support themselves. It's called Kinder World and players share nice messages, care for their houseplants and work towards maintaining a community garden. Lauren shares how her experiences with making previous games like Critter Clash and playing games like Animal Crossing have shaped the game. Pixel Sift is produced by Scott Quigg, Sarah Ireland, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Mitch Loh is Seni...
Kinder World (Lauren Clinnick)
April 20, 2021 04:14 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBLauren Clinnick of Lumi Interactive wants to build a game that can help players support themselves. It's called Kinder World and players share nice messages, care for their houseplants and work towards maintaining a community garden. Lauren shares how her experiences with making previous games like Critter Clash and playing games like Animal Crossing have shaped the game. Pixel Sift is produced by Scott Quigg, Sarah Ireland, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Mitch Loh is Senio...
John Romero live at XRWA
April 07, 2021 03:14 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBJohn Romero is a pinnacle of the game development industry and most people know or love his work. Titles such as Doom, Wolfenstein, Commander Keen and his newest game Empire of Sin have been delighting players for years. Speaking as part of the XRWA conference in Western Australia, John shared lessons from his decades in the games industry, how things have changed and what he thinks about the Bethesda acquisition by Microsoft of which Id Software the company he co-founded is now a part. Pi...
Why YOU should give Valorant esports a go
March 31, 2021 01:43 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBBen Green is an ESL Australia shoutcaster and is one of the people behind the university Valorant tournament Red Bull Campus Clutch and he says now is the perfect time for you to get involved. He shares what the competitive scene for Valorant is like, how it feels that esports events are coming back in person, and what he does to prepare for a match. The Red Bull Campus Clutch is open to University teams across the countrywith online qualifiers which running from April 8 to April 16, and y...