396 episodes

A comedy game design podcast by two guys who know nothing about comedy nor game design.

Join Trevor Scott and Ben Slinger as they take prompts from random word generators, movies, game titles and more and turn them into occasionally hilarious but always interesting game designs.

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    • 4.2 • 5 Ratings

A comedy game design podcast by two guys who know nothing about comedy nor game design.

Join Trevor Scott and Ben Slinger as they take prompts from random word generators, movies, game titles and more and turn them into occasionally hilarious but always interesting game designs.

    383: Oops... All Spaghetti

    383: Oops... All Spaghetti

    Using movies as game prompts this week Ben and Trev, muddle their way through lots of spaghetti themed games, such as:
    A WaterWorld-esque world where the only remaining enforcement is the coastguard.A VR adventure set on the starship Poseidon.A vampire adventure based briefly off of 8 Mile.

    • 32 min
    382: Who Killed Mrs Cuddles?

    382: Who Killed Mrs Cuddles?

    Some roguelike inspired Click Pitch this week, as Ben and Trevor roll the old RNG and come up with some improvised game designs, such as:
    controlling crash test dummies through a Jigsaw-esque set of traps;
    stealth based runs as you built your arsenal to become a Predator;
    take down a crime syndicate in successive runs while the surviving bad guys become more powerful;
    and more!

    • 35 min
    381: Podoholochronocast

    381: Podoholochronocast

    A long time ago in a podcast far far away...
    That's right it's a Star Wars themed episode, Ben and Trev muddle their way through many different game ideas based on the popular Star Wars universe. The games include:
    A Han Solo adventure gameA Dredge inspired fishing game on KaminoA heist style game set on Coruscant

    • 34 min
    380: Wind Sock

    380: Wind Sock

    In a rare in-person recording, Ben and Trevor bring back Starch Wars a la Vampire Survivors, then follow up with some Click Pitch, inventing ideas such as:
    guessing countries based on their three dimensional flags;
    a wig controlling the mind of bald people;
    and more!

    • 33 min
    379: Use Chicken On ...

    379: Use Chicken On ...

    With Powerjam 2 going on, Ben and Trevor jump into their favourite genre of games, adventure. They use this years prompt to delve into some adventure games and discuss what they would do for a one room adventure game. Some of the ideas involved in the adventure games discussed include:
    The very sweary grandma from all the fairy tales and nursery rhymes is actually the same person who is under house arrest.What if the adventure game UI became a real object in the game.One guest at the party has a sensory deprivation "helmet" on their head.

    • 36 min
    388: Heimdall in Pieces

    388: Heimdall in Pieces

    Clicking some Pitches, Ben and Trevor improvise some random game designs, such as:
    a tense horror game set in an underwater exoskeleton;
    a golf game set in a fairy tale universe with visual novel elements;
    a kids adventure story exploring a mirror universe called The Back to Front;
    and more!

    • 31 min

Customer Reviews

4.2 out of 5
5 Ratings

5 Ratings

matt kirschner ,

A ton of fun

The dynamic between hosts is great!
Such a fun idea for a show!
Highly recommend!

reservation for Jerry ,

A Great Listen

A show that's sure to please. Very amusing and a good way to start your day off on the right note.

DoomerT ,

I don’t know anything about

Game design either so this didn’t help a lot! Enjoyable craic!

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