CanadianGameDevs.com Podcast CanadianGameDevs.com

Steve and Stephan break down Baldur Gate 3's unprecedented success and the knock on effects it'll have on the industry and how we make games moving forward. We also speak to Ontario-based indie game devs Twinolli about their upcoming action-puzzler Highlighters which just got a (Dad Deck-verified) Steam demo!

Today we have another interview for you all- this time with longtime Canadian Game Devs discord user, Québéc-based, award-winning indie game developer: Dragon Slumber.

Steve has attained the Sega Saturn (thank you Justin) and he's getting INTO it. Cococucumber co. celebrates a big indie milestone and we get into all the big game award wins this past month and does unionizing even work anymore?! Dethrone Overwatch, Establish Democracy!

As we age and come to grips with our shifting priorities the things we get from our games also change- for Steve, he cries at Dad-stuff and is even more irritated by ideological blabbermouths. For Stephan, a dumb video game character saying "i love you" makes you cry and you can only QA test games now. These minds also discuss the latest Canadian gaming news, events and wishlist some sick-looking neon bright light games (and Goeland- what a good name).

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.

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!