Designing Pinstripe & Atmospheric Story-driven Games with Thomas Brush Ice Cream for Everyone Podcast

I hadn't played any video games in a long while and I'm glad I got back into it thanks to Thomas Brush's beautiful Pinstripe game. As I explain in the episode, I came across Pinstripe's Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign last year, really liked what I saw and participated in bringing the game project Thomas had already been working on by himself for several years to fruition. The game was released on Steam a few months ago and I played through it. I really enjoyed the design, style, storytelling, atmosphere, quite tough themes to approach, and the music. I reached out to Thomas and we had a great conversation about what it takes to create this kind of solo indie game project. We talked about Thomas' background in South Carolina, his creative influences, how he started designing games, and much more.
You can find Pinstripe on Steam, and if you have a console take note that it will be released on XBox and Playstation in just a few months. Thomas is now working on his next game: Once Upon a Coma.
 
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Pinstripe Kickstarter campaign
Thomas Brush Atmos Games
Thomas Brush | AtmosGames on Twitter
Pinstripe on Steam
Time review of Pinstripe
Once Upon a Coma Game
Hollow Night Game
Firewatch Game
Greenville, South Carolina
PAX West Conference
Hurricane Irma
Bible Belt
Sweet Tea
Cream Tea
E3 Game Expo
Tim Burton
Emo
Newgrounds.com
SXSW
Indie Game documentary
Steam / Valve
Pan's Labyrinth
Guillermo Del Toro
The Last of Us
Bioshock
Clash of Clans
Candy Crush
Monument Valley
UsTwo
House of Cards
Playstation
Xbox
Think and Grow Rich
TED Radio Hour - A Better You episode
Super Size Me, Morgan Spurlock
Unity Game Awards
Mark Hamill
The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World
Settlers of Catan
Cards Against Humanity
Scoundrels Pirate Game Design with Randy O'Connor