CanadianGameDevs.com Podcast

CanadianGameDevs.com
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We discuss video games news and indie games created in Canada!

  1. 2024-09-05

    Ep 241 - We're Not the Only Ones... (ft. Devon Wiersma)

    Dev's Games on Steam, itch.io, Tumblr & Patreon | Slaughterneko on Twitch & YouTubeArticle referenced: Solo-Devs and Risk-Takers (An Artistic Exploration of Experimental Tools by Nathalie Lawhead Indie dev, level designer, patron and apologist-to-God Devon Wiersma joins us to discuss their latest release Centauri Dark- as well as life since going full-time indie after the Beans Team games industry'd them. We commiserate on the search for games with better verbs and share thoughts on how we can get this industry and these games to stop being so goshdarn bad lol no for real we're not too cynical it's a really fun chat. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Intro Music by @catbaux (Toronto, ON)01:49 Reign of the Septims by Jeremy Soule (USA)06:23 Quentin Tarantino on Charlie Rose 04/22/200408:10 Devolver Direct 202020:40, 30:47, 37:42 - Idea by Jenerikku (Chicago) from Bombing!! 2: A Graffiti Paradise38:59 Bill Hader talking to The Script Lab46:43 Imagine by John Lennon (Central Park, various locations) HOSTED & PRODUCED BY: Stephan “RIPS - rest in peace steve” Reilly Support us on Patreon | Join the Discord | Follow on "Twitter" @CanadaGameDevs | Follow on TikTok @canadiangamedevs | Follow on Instagram @canadiangamedevs

    47 min

  2. 2024-06-14

    Ep 240 - Incubate Your Portfolio, Buddy (ft. David Boguslavsky)

    Read the Full Episode 240 Show Notes on CanadianGameDevs.com Checkout the Quiver Games Incubator! See the student game Meowmentum David mentioned CANADIAN GAME DEV JOBS | CANADIAN GAME DEV EVENTS This week we're joined by David Boguslavsky (@BOmaniaFTW) Brand & Community Manager at Quiver Games, a "one stop solution to connect with other developers, build up a portfolio, and join people together into dream game dev teams to make amazing games." He tells us about their upcoming Games Incubator (Deadline June 14!) and then joins us for the regular pod to discuss local Vancouver studio Relic Entertainment's turbulent last few years, IGN Entertainment buying everything and the rest of our usual show. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Intro Music by @jakebutineau (Toronto, ON) 00:13 Intro, Events, Jobs! 12:06 'Last Words' by Supergiant Games (San Jose) from Hades OST 12:54 News! 26:34 'The Keeper' by Paul Ruskay (Vancouver, BC) from Homeworld II Remastered 27:02 Wishlist This 36:34 Robots at Midnight The MIX trailer by @FinishLineGames (Toronto, ON) 37:10 Discord Discussion 42:47 Kickstarter Korner 48:02 What We've Been Playing (Hades, Laika: Aged by Blood, Stardew IRL) 53:21 Wrap Up 55:04 Outro Music by @Composingdan (Toronto, ON) CREDITS: HOSTED BY: @StephanReilly (London, ON) & (usually) @StephenLCrane (Owen Sound, ON) PRODUCED BY: Stephan "Games Are Horrible Little Devices" Reilly Join the Discord | Follow on "Twitter" @CanadaGameDevs | Follow on TikTok @canadiangamedevs | Follow on Instagram @canadiangamedevs

    56 min

  3. 2024-05-23

    Ep 239 - Game Dev Gumbo (ft. Eric Beer)

    Read the Full Episode 239 Show Notes on CanadianGameDevs.com Checkout Eric on LinkedIn lolol (homer voice "Neeeeeerd") No for real Eric's Discord kept dropping but we power through the pain like Rocky punching the meats. CANADIAN GAME DEV JOBS | CANADIAN GAME DEV EVENTS TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Intro Music by @jakebutineau (Toronto, ON), 00:13 Intro, Events, Jobs!, 16:11 'Coral Crown' from Hades II OST by Supergiant Games (San Jose), 16:43 News!, 33:36 'Bruising The Fat (Shar Ikal)' by @chefdabu (Montréal, QC) & @simonswerwer (Barcelona), 34:09 Wishlist This, 41:21 Discord Discussion, 1:02:35 'Balatro Main Theme - Funk Fusion Cover' by Dom Palombi (Bridgewater, NJ), 1:03:14 What We've Been Playing (Hades II, should be Gigantic instead of Overwatch 2 lol), 1:13:37 Wrap Up, 1:19:50 'todd and his sweet little lies' by Crowbcat (YouTube), 1:20:27 Outro Music by @Composingdan (Toronto, ON) CREDITS: HOSTED BY: @StephanReilly (London, ON) & @StephenLCrane (Owen Sound, ON) PRODUCED BY: Stephan "Give us the Gifs!!" Reilly FIND US: Join the Discord | Follow on "Twitter" @CanadaGameDevs | Follow on TikTok @canadiangamedevs | Follow on Instagram @canadiangamedevs

    1h 25m

  4. 2024-04-29

    Ep 238 - "Remake" the Industry lol (ft. Twinolli the Highlighters devs)

    Read the Full Episode 238 Show Notes on CanadianGameDevs.com sdsadas Checkout Twinolli & Highlighters: Highlighters on Steam | Twinolli on Twitter | Highlighters Composer Tori Roberts on Twitter LINKS: JOBS | EVENTS | Joydrop Unionization Labour Board Case Info TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro Music by @jakebutineau (Toronto, ON) 00:13 - Intro 09:27 - Theme from Russian Subway Dogs by @CoinsElectro (Toronto, ON) 09:50 - News! 34:15 - theme from A Knight in the Attic by Neil Quillen 34:40 - Dad Deck Update 36:16 - Wishlist This 44:40 - 'Soba' from Highlighters by @torrybobs 44:53 - Twinolli Interview 56:07 - 'Hasen' from Highlighters by @torrybobs 56:34 - Twinolli Interview Cont'd 1:11:51 - 'Done Tutorial' from Highlighters by @torrybobs 1:12:14 - What We've Been Playing 1:36:22 - Wrap Up 1:38:10 - Outro Music by @Composingdan (Toronto, ON) CREDITS: HOSTED BY: @StephanReilly (London, ON) & @StephenLCrane (Owen Sound, ON) PRODUCED BY: Stephan "Rephan Steilly" Reilly POD MAIN FEED ART BY: @Poltergust234! (Ko-fi - Alberta) FIND US: Join the Discord | Follow on "Twitter" @CanadaGameDevs | Follow on TikTok @canadiangamedevs | Follow on Instagram @canadiangamedevs

    1h 40m

  5. 2024-04-01

    Interview w. Dragon Slumber (Tech Support, Aethernaut)

    Award-winning Québécois game developer Kevin aka @dragon_slumber (creator of Tech Support, Arelite Core, Astral Traveler and most recently Aethernaut) joins special guest host Flynn Ringrose for an electrifying discussion of Kevin's recent plays, watches and step away from full time game dev to other work. Checkout Dragon Slumber's Steam catalogue Follow Flynn on LinkedIn (lol) You can also follow Kevin on LinkedIn?! (lolol)

    52 min

  6. 2024-03-28

    Ep 237 - Segaphen Saturn

    Full show notes are available on our site 3 Joydrop Unionization Labour Board Case Info JOBS | EVENTS TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro Music by @jakebutineau (Toronto, ON) 00:13 - Introduction/Events/Jobs 08:37 - 'Player Select' from Streets of Rage 2 by Motohiro Kawashima & Yuzo Koshiro 08:58 - News! 13:43 - 'Battle Music 3' from Baldur's Gate III by Borislav Slavov 14:03 - News Cont'd 21:35 - 'The Vale Two' from The Vale: Shadow of the Crown by Tom Mullins 22:10 - Wishlist This 32:19 - Discord Discussion: Random DM's 34:50 - Steve's Sega Saturn shit 36:36 - Kickstarter Korner 41:01 - 'Tea Party' from Ravenlok by @mikelizolarocha (Ottawa x Toronto) 41:15 - Been Playing (GUNHEAD, Alone in the Dark (2024), more of Steve's Sega Saturn shit, Can Stardew OR Overwatch 2 be stopped?) 48:26 - Wrap Up 49:15 - Outro Music by @Composingdan (Toronto, ON) CREDITS: HOSTED BY: @StephanReilly (London, ON) & @StephenLCrane (Owen Sound, ON) PRODUCED BY: Stephan "Nintendo Entertainment" Reilly POD MAIN FEED ART BY: @Poltergust234! (Ko-fi - Alberta) FOLLOW: Join the Discord | Follow on "Twitter" @CanadaGameDevs | Follow on TikTok @canadiangamedevs | Follow on Instagram @canadiangamedevs

    51 min

  7. 2024-03-21

    Ep 236 - Gamer Dad Mindset

    Full show notes on our website 3 Joydrop Unionization Ontario Labour Board Case Info! CANADIAN GAME DEV JOBS | CANADIAN GAME DEV EVENTS NEWS: Montréal: Sea Of Stars Gets Surprise Co-op Mode To Celebrate 5 Million Players Montréal & Toronto: Behaviour Interactive snaps up Fly Studio Vancouver & int’l: Tails Noir Developer Eggnut Closes WISHLIST THIS: Goeland by @MaartiGames in Montreal, QC. Releasing TBD, Wishlist on Steam; ctrl.alt.DEAL by @OnlyByMidnight in Edmonton, AB. Releasing TBD, Wishlist on Steam - (Listen to our 2020 interview with the team); Engineered To Purpose by Confidence Roll Games by @ConRollGamesETP in the GTA. Releasing March 26, 2024 - Wishlist on Steam. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Producer's Note 00:14 - Intro Music by @jakebutineau (Toronto, ON) 00:27 - Introduction & Events 07:13 - 'Battle On!' from Sea of Stars by @ericsabotage  07:45 - News! 18:14 - Wishlist This 29:15 - 'Drums and Stuff' by @WesMcClintock (Toronto, ON) 32:23 - Been Playing (Spider-Man 2, Deep Rock Survivor, Helldivers 2) 43:14 - 'A Cup Of Liber-Tea' from Helldivers 2 by @WilbertRoget  43:43 - Been Playing (Hotline Miami PS5 BUGGED?!?, FFVII Rebirth) 53:18 - Wrap Up, Winner Gagnez! 59:02 - Outro Music by @Composingdan (Toronto, ON) CREDITS: HOSTED BY: @StephanReilly (London, ON) & @StephenLCrane (Owen Sound, ON) PRODUCED BY: Stephan "pls unionize quebec" Reilly Join the Discord | Follow on "Twitter" @CanadaGameDevs | Follow on TikTok @canadiangamedevs | Follow on Instagram @canadiangamedevs

  8. 2024-02-15

    Ep 235 - Ep 235 - Game Awarding, Spider-Manning & Final Fantasying

    See 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 Beta Sing-ups for Upcoming FPS (closes Feb 16!) Toronto, ON: DrinkBox Gives First Teaser of Future Project (very bottom of post, concept art) WISHLIST THIS: Captain Soda by @Poe_Flower in BC. Releasing 2024, demo available, Wishlist on Steam on Steam; Spring in Summer by @LORENINEstudios in Canada. Releasing TBD, demo available, Wishlist on Steam; DEEP DOWN by Devil Studios in Montréal, QC. Releasing TBD, Wishlist on Steam. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Producer's Note (sorry its late) 00:45 - Intro Music by @jakebutineau (Toronto, ON) 00:15 - '23 Community Awards Poll Winners Revealed/Discussed (apologies for Stephan's bad audio through most of it) 10:07 - 'The Shroud of the Deep' from the Darkest Dungeon II OST by @chatwood (Vancouver, BC) 18:41 - 'Another Year' from Dwarf Fortress OST by @simonswerwer (Barcelona) 19:20 - Wishlist This (these? lol) 31:10 - Spring in Summer Trailer song by @LORENINE (Canada) 31:46 - Sports Talk 37:08 - Stephan finished Spider-Man 2  44:18 - you get next gen Hotline Miami free?! 47:33 - more like Pokemon Scar-bleh 49:14 - Bridge Theme from Final Fantasy 49:40 - Steve Enjoys Final Fantasy 54:38 - "Get Helldivers" begs Steve 01:01:01 - Wrap & Credits 01:02:11 - Outro Music by @Composingdan (Toronto, ON) CREDITS: HOSTED BY: @StephanReilly (London, ON) & @StephenLCrane (Owen Sound, ON) PRODUCED BY: Stephan "Solidarity is Forever" Reilly PODCAST ART BY: @Poltergust234! (Ko-fi - Alberta) Join the Discord | Follow on "Twitter" @CanadaGameDevs | Follow on TikTok @canadiangamedevs | Follow on Instagram @canadiangamedevs

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