The Worst Community Report – Détails, épisodes et analyse

This week we're talking to Jackie and Louis all about their experiences with this year's Worst Game Jam!

Play Jackie's submission, I warned you about the stars, bro!

Play Louis's submission, Reboot: Lost Stars

Play TK's submission, Lost Stars

Play Bluzo's submission, Lost Stars

Play the rest of the submissions here!

• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:49) - Channel Highlight: Games Events > The Worst Game Jam 4
• (02:09) - Game jam discussion
• (02:28) - What engines are we working with?
• (06:17) - Did you do any coding before making games?
• (08:36) - What was your initial reaction to the theme?
• (13:01) - What are some new challenges from this jam?
• (15:48) - What is a game you've wanted to make, but haven't?
• (20:18) - What inspired you to get into game development?
• (27:22) - What would you pick as the next jam theme?
• (29:34) - How was managing time for the jam?
• (33:17) - How did TC map out the space in Ghost & Found?
• (36:14) - How could the jams be different?
• (39:49) - You can make a game!
• (46:56) - Outro

This week, Jared is joined by Katie for the biggest Tierlist of 2007: Gilmore Girls characters!

Recommendations:

• Kaite: Get yourself some lamps! And change the lampshades!
• Jared: Take the joycons off of your switch!

• (00:00) - Intro
• (02:21) - Community Updates!
• (05:46) - Channel highlight: TV? Do we even have a TV channel?
• (06:04) - There is! Television-General in the Film and TV forum in It's Media!
• (06:57) - Let's set the scene
• (07:53) - To the List!
• (08:08) - The Tone Setters
• (09:18) - Dean
• (13:44) - Jess
• (17:57) - Logan
• (21:06) - Rory
• (25:07) - Lorelai
• (28:23) - Emily
• (32:56) - Richard
• (35:58) - Luke
• (41:00) - Sookie
• (44:24) - Jackson
• (46:03) - Lane
• (48:51) - Mrs. Kim
• (50:25) - Michel
• (51:32) - Kirk
• (54:00) - Taylor
• (55:46) - Miss Patty and Babette
• (58:56) - Christopher
• (01:03:00) - Paris
• (01:06:11) - Zach
• (01:07:26) - A New Challenger Appears!
• (01:12:41) - That was so fun!
• (01:14:32) - Recommendations
• (01:14:48) - Katie: Get yourself some lamps!
• (01:17:07) - Jared: Taking the joycons off of your Switch
• (01:19:31) - Outro

This week, Jared is joined by guests Chase, Jordan, and Tony to talk about being parents while trying to maintain the video game hobby!

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Games Mentioned:

• Fire Emblem Three Houses
• Pokemon Legends ZA
• The Legends of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
• Kirby’s Return to Dreamland
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
• Pokemon X Version
• Pokemon Black & White Version
• Paw Patrol: On a Roll
• Paw Patrol: Save Adventure Bay
• Paw Patrol: World
• Untitled Goose Game
• Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Super Mario Wonder
• Paw Patrol Racing
• Sonic X Shadow Generations
• Untitled Goose Game
• The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Absolum
• UFO 50
• Root
• Riichi Mahjong
• Pokemon All-In
• Pokemon TCG Pocket
• Cribbage
• Trash
• Palace
• Monster Train 2
• Ball X Pit
• Final Fantasy XIII-2
• Shin Megami Tensei IV
• Pumpkin Jack
• Hades II
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
• Super Mario 64
• Super Mario World

Recommendations:
Jordan

• Use your local library! I’ve used it way more now as a parent
  • Check for parenting groups, “cultural passes”, and lending/tool library, libraries often stock much more than just books)

Tony

• You get much more traction when you’re playing what the kids themselves are into! I was shocked to see how much more persistent my oldest was at learning mechanics when she got to play as characters/in a world she was already interested in.
• GameTheory’s “How To Teach Video Games To A Non-Gamer”

Chase

• Writing things down

Jared

• Crossplay from Patrick Klepek

TK: Sign up for the Game Jam!

• (02:36) - Intro
• (07:59) - Community Updates
• (08:54) - Channel Highlight: Good Things > Parent Zone
• (10:33) - Since becoming a parent, how has your relationship with games changed?
• (33:44) - How do you introduce your kids to your hobby?
• (45:44) - Good games to share with kids
• (49:14) - Pick something they like
• (51:31) - Lego games
• (53:25) - Mail from Doog
• (01:13:17) - What have we been playing?
• (01:13:21) - Jared: Fire Emblem Three Houses & Spindle
• (01:17:34) - Chase: Pokemon Legends Z-A
• (01:24:42) - Jordan: Pokemon All In & Hollow Knight Silksong
• (01:31:24) - Tony: Shin Megami Tensei IV, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Final Fantasi XIII-2 & Pumpkin Jack
• (01:34:14) - Outro

This week Jared.Boo and The Killer have KitWitch on to talk horror games for our Halloween Spooktacular!
Games Mentioned:

• How Fish is Made
• Mouthwashing
• Alan Wake
• Alan Wake's American Nightmare
• Alan Wake II
• Control
• Inscryption

Recommendations:

• Kit: Read (or write) a spooky short story!
• Jared: The Analog Den on YouTube (Don't worry, the channel changed its name between recording and release)
• TK: The Ooh Directory

Chapters:

• (01:32) - Introducing the Threat
• (04:31) - Channel HELLight: Genre Platform Chat - Horror Games
• (06:31) - Booommunity Update
• (08:55) - Interactive Frights!
• (09:26) - Kit: Mouthwashing
• (10:03) - Wrong Organ. Even the name of the studio is scary
• (15:42) - Back to Mouthwashing
• (32:31) - Jared wants to get off Mr. Bones' Wild Ride
• (32:46) - A Note-sveratu About Mouthwashing's Availability
• (33:49) - Jared: Inscryption
• (46:57) - We all fail to recognize Daniel Mullens and Ed McMullen
• (49:41) - The Killer: Alan Wake II
• (51:05) - The true horror: WE'RE OLD
• (51:27) - Alan Wake's Continuous Timewarp
• (52:34) - More Aboot Alan Wake II
• (01:02:04) - Alan Wake II is Octopath Traveler II Coded
• (01:09:32) - Spookendations
• (01:09:39) - Kit: Read or Write Short Horror Stories
• (01:11:32) - Jared: The Analog Den on YouTube
• (01:13:01) - TK: Ooh.Directory
• (01:17:18) - We Try to End the Podcast

This week, TK and Wubble are talking Twin Peaks!

CONTENT WARNING: Twin Peaks is a mature show/movie and contains the following:

• Murder
• Domestic Violence
• Assault
• Sexual Assault
• Rape
• Sex Work (stripping, prostitution)
• Consentual Drug Use
• Non-Consentual Drug Use
• Underage Alcohol Use
• Infidelity
• Relationships between high school students and adults, including sexual relationships

Recommendations:

• WubbleButt: Puuung1 on Instagram
• TK: Symfonium for Android

Plugs:

• emilyjaazaniahphotography on Instagram
• tk-web.top

• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:37) - Community Updates
• (02:20) - Channel Highlight: The Red Room
• (02:59) - Structure and Content Warnings
• (05:02) - Wubble's history with Twin Peaks
• (07:55) - TK's background with Twin Peaks
• (11:46) - What made us want to pick it up again?
• (20:46) - Our Spoiler Free impressions of Fire Walk With Me
• (24:13) - There's a fish in the percolator
• (25:20) - Fire Walk With Me discussion (Spoiler Free)
• (29:42) - Spoiler free discussion of Seasons 1&2
• (30:27) - The Characters
• (40:16) - Spoilers start here
• (45:04) - A Tangent about The Crazy Chicken Man
• (02:18:28) - Predictions for The Return
• (02:21:28) - Lynch as a Director and a Writer
• (02:35:43) - Recommendations
• (02:35:51) - Wubble: Puuung1 on Instagram
• (02:37:11) - TK: Symfonium on Android
• (02:38:34) - Outro

This week is our big bad Hundred Line spoilercast! Join us as we talk about a game that has it all. By all, we mean 100 endings!

Read Lex's write-up of her Tarot pairings here!

Read Heiro de Lima's write-up for Unwinnable on the Romance Route here!

Recommendations:

• Bluzo: The Shortbox Comics Fair
• Rob: Fantastic Four (comic runs by Mark Waid and Jonathan Hickman)
• Matt: Angela: Asgard's Assassin and Angela: Queen of Hel by Gillen, Bennett, Hans, Jimenez, and Jacinto
• Lex: Live Theater

• (00:00) - Intro
• (02:39) - Community Updates
• (06:09) - Spoiler Free Overview
• (23:54) - Route 0 - Prologue
• (54:16) - The Routes
• (55:13) - Second Scenario
• (01:15:10) - Free Time A: Rinoa
• (01:16:47) - Box of Blessings
• (01:17:13) - Killing Game
• (01:31:40) - Slasher
• (01:41:33) - Romance
• (01:45:24) - Free Time B: Stephen
• (01:51:34) - Casual
• (01:52:05) - Box of Calamity
• (01:59:50) - Coming of Age
• (02:04:37) - Fee Time C: Clover
• (02:05:44) - Rebellion
• (02:10:04) - Multiple Eitos
• (02:16:43) - Free Time D: Miyabi82
• (02:31:48) - Eva Route
• (02:34:24) - Mystery
• (02:41:53) - Free Time E: Lex: The Hundred Taylor
• (02:55:48) - V'exness Route
• (03:04:45) - Reset
• (03:13:07) - Free Time F: DLC!
• (03:24:49) - Cult of Takumi
• (03:36:50) - Conspiracy
• (03:37:31) - Serial Battles
• (03:45:04) - Retsnom
• (03:56:14) - Goodbye Eito
• (04:05:12) - Free Time G: Where it all Started
• (04:10:00) - Steady Fundamental
• (04:29:45) - Closing Thoughts
• (04:32:27) - Bluzo: The Shortbox Comics Fair
• (04:33:07) - Matt: Angela: Asgard's Assassin and Angela: Queen of Hel by Gillen, Bennett, Hans, Jimenez, and Jacinto
• (04:34:16) - Rob: Fantastic Four by Waid and Hickman
• (04:37:20) - Lex: Live Theater
• (04:38:13) - Outro

This week we're talking the Shortbox Comics Fair with Zeno and Amet!

Comics Discussed

• Ladies of the Living Princess, by Theo Stultz
• Girl Yaoi, by Ana Two
• Laura, by Marty Tina G.
• Leftovers, by luckycavity
• Lisa and Cerise, by Marie Derambure
• Injest, by Mapurl
• Dead Horses, by Freya JN
• Syringe, by Nozmo

Recommendations:

• Zeno: When I Arrived At The Castle, by E.M. Carroll
• Amet: Shortbox Red Carpet by Bennizone
• Bluzo: Avarice is my Darling's Vice, by Nozmo

• (00:00) - Housekeeping
• (00:35) - Intro
• (02:06) - Community Updates
• (03:49) - Channel Highlight: Manga and Anime, Comics, and In Sequence
• (04:50) - An Intro to the Shortbox Comics Fair
• (12:11) - Ladies of the Living Princess (No Spoilers)
• (19:55) - Spoilers: Ladies of the Living Princess
• (32:42) - Girl Yaoi (No Spoilers)
• (36:22) - Laura (No Spoilers)
• (42:27) - Leftovers (No Spoilers)
• (47:49) - Spoilers: Leftovers
• (52:01) - Lisa and Cerise (No Spoilers)
• (55:29) - Injest (No Spoilers)
• (58:02) - Dead Horses (No Spoilers)
• (01:06:48) - Syringe (No Spoilers)
• (01:16:54) - Recommendations!
• (01:17:34) - Zeno:When I Arrived at the Castle
• (01:18:26) - Amet:Shortbox Red Carpet
• (01:20:52) - Bluzo: Avarice is My Darling's Vice

This week we're challenging you to complete one of these tiny platformers while we yap!

The Platformers:

• Toree Saturn
• Super Kiwi 64
• Twig's Adventure
• Gwen The Hen 64

Recommendations:

• Rinoa: Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE
• Bluzo: Bowl of Lentils: The History of Chunsoft Sound Novels
• Jared: Felix from Fire Emblem: Three Houses
• TK: Bloodthief

Games Mentioned

• Banjo Tooie
• Refunct
• Toree Saturn
• Gwen The Hen
• Pilfer the Guardian of Light
• Twig’s Adventure
• Super Kiwi 64
• Trails in the Sky FC
• Hollow Knight Silksong
• Super Mario 64
• Banjo Kazooie
• Yooka-Laylee
• Super Mario Odyssey
• Mario Sunshine
• Mario Sunshine Sunburn
• Assassin’s Creed
• Bloodthief
• Fire Emblem Three Houses
• Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:48) - Community Updates
• (02:14) - Channel Highlight: Platformers
• (06:04) - Tiny 3D Platformers with Rinoa
• (06:14) - Why look into tiny games like these?
• (11:53) - Our History with 3D Platformers
• (17:05) - Super Kiwi 64
• (24:27) - Toree Saturn
• (31:54) - KuriGameDev
• (43:09) - Wrapping up Platformer Talk
• (48:03) - Recommendations
• (48:16) - Rinoa: Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE
• (53:02) - Bluzo: Bowl of Lentils's YouTube video history of Chunsoft Sound Novels
• (54:30) - Jared: Felix Fire Emblem Three Houses
• (57:34) - TK: Bloodthief
• (01:00:03) - Outro

I mean you probably got it from the title, right? This week we're on break since it's been a very busy autumn for all of us.

Please tune in next week for Tiny 3D Platformers with Rinoa and the following week for the oft-threatened Hundred Line spoilercast the following week!

This week is all about Ys, the Action RPG series developed by Falcom!

Games Mentioned:

• Atelier Ryza 2
• Disco Elysium
• Final Fantasy X
• Octopath Traveller
• Scarlet Hollow
• Thank Goodness You're Here
• Triangle Strategy
• Va-11-Hall-A
• Ys Origin
• Ys 1
• Ys 2
• Ys The Oath in Felghana
• Ys Memories of Celceta
• Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim
• Ys Seven
• Ys Origin
• Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana
• Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
• Ys X: Nordics

Recommendations:

• Notrock: Stories from Sol: The Gundog
• Rob: Draw Steel!
• Jared: Grow Vegetables and Share them with Neighbors.
• TK: Moondrop Chu II

Music in this episode:

• Genesis Beyond the Beginning - Ys Origin
• Sunshine Coastline - Ys VIII Lacrimosa of Dana
• The Boy's Got Wings - Ys The Oath in Felghana
• The Boy's Got Wings - Ys III: Wanderers from Ys
• Windslash Steps - Ys Vi: The Ark of Napishtim
• Innocent Primeval Breaker (Game Version) - Ys Seven

Chapters

• (01:11) - Genesis Beyond the Beginning - Ys Origin
• (01:35) - Intro
• (02:10) - Community Updates
• (03:20) - Jared's Apology Corner
• (04:28) - Sunshine Coastline - Ys VIII Lacrimosa of Dana
• (04:30) - An Introduction to Ys
• (12:48) - The Frame Story
• (17:31) - Original Podcast Do Not Steal
• (18:49) - Short Burst Gameplay and Varied Difficulty
• (23:08) - Listen to the Music
• (24:43) - The Boy's Got Wings - Ys: The Oath in Felghana
• (24:54) - The Boy's Got Wings - Ys III: Wanderers from Ys
• (25:49) - Retaining Employees is a Priority at Falcom
• (33:41) - Depth of mechanics in Boss Fights
• (39:54) - Where to start?
• (50:57) - Windslash Steps - Ys VI The Ark of Nepishtim
• (51:00) - Recommendations
• (51:04) - Notrock: Stories from Sol: The Gundog
• (52:24) - Rob: Draw Steel!
• (57:27) - Jared: Grow Vegetables and Share with Neighbors
• (59:18) - TK: Moondrop Chu II
• (01:01:17) - Pro Union, Pro Right To Repair
• (01:03:50) - Outro: Innocent Primeval Breaker (Game Verson) - Ys SEVEN