Toad on Games – Details, episodes & analysis

Tasselfoot from Armor Games joins me to talk about how the Adobe Flash community moved on and preserved games after its closure, how Flash devs made their money, the importance of piracy, and more.

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You can find Tass on Twitter @Tasselfoot. You can find me @Toadsanime.

Music by FearofDark @FoDSteve. Branding art by @Mallerd_Art.

Liam Edwards joins me to talk about the games industry in Kyoto, AAA devs moving to indie, having to make yourself the brand, and his games Scrappers and Cursed to Golf.

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You can find Liam on Twitter @LiamBME. You can find me @Toadsanime.

Music by FearofDark @FoDSteve. Branding art by @Mallerd_Art.

Paul from Fossil Games joins me to talk about their pixel art horror games, Sunshine Manor and Camp Sunshine, the former's recent Kickstarter, and why we love horror games & movies.

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You can back Sunshine Manor at kck.st/30ENSdN. Follow Fossil Games on Twitter @Fossil_Games. You can find me @Toadsanime.

Music by FearofDark @FoDSteve. Branding art by @Mallerd_Art.

Games industry vet Quang from Asobi.tech discusses his new physical Game Boy Color game Super JetPak DX (in the making since the 90s), his upcoming game Mao Mao Castle, his extraordinary video game console collection which tours gaming events, his Pocket Pixel t-shirt brand, and his uncredited Game Boy Color works.

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You can grab Super Jetpak DX at pocketpixel.design/ and Quang on Twitter @Asobitech. You can find me @Toadsanime.

Music by FearofDark @FoDSteve. Branding art by @Mallerd_Art.

Wren Brier, creative lead of Witch Beam Games' upcoming zen puzzler Unpacking, joins me to discuss her game about taking things out of boxes and putting them away, its inspirations, balancing indie creativity with commercial viability, novel games, and the psychology of collecting & checklists.

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You can find Unpacking at www.unpackinggame.com and on Twitter @UnpackingALife. You can find Wren at @Wrenegadey. You can find me @Toadsanime.

Music by FearofDark @FoDSteve. Branding art by @Mallerd_Art.

New Game Plus editor and freelance games writer Olly Smith joins me to discuss the ups and downs of video games journalism, impostor syndrome, pitching and speaking to PR, the benefit of reading reviews after playing a game, and more.

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www.newgameplus.co.uk - @OllyWrites @NewGamePlus_UK
You can find New Game Plus at www.newgameplus.co.uk and Olly on Twitter @OllyWrites. You can find me @Toadsanime.

Music by FearofDark @FoDSteve. Branding art by @Mallerd_Art.

Rocket Adrift's Lindsay, Titus, and Pat join me to discuss their upcoming 90s teen drama dating sim, Raptor Boyfriend: A High School Romance, and their podcast Dark Future Dice, where they play the tabletop role-playing game Cyberpunk 2020.

We also discuss why whiteboards are useful to creatives, their smaller jam game, and their attention to lore details - even for rad raptor boys.

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You can find Rocket Adrift and their work at www.rocketdrift.com and on Twitter @RocketAdrift. You can find me @Toadsanime.

Music by FearofDark @FoDSteve. Branding art by @Mallerd_Art.

Allison James joins me to talk about working with Atari on PONG Quest, the game she developed as one half of Chequered Ink, as well as designing fonts which have appeared in Detective Pikachu, GTA Online, Watch Dogs, and more.

We also discuss her indie game releases such as Ne Touchez Pas, Remaddening, and the excellent NAL is Alive collection on Steam.

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You can find Allison on Twitter @NALGames. You can find me @Toadsanime.

Music by FearofDark @FoDSteve. Branding art by @Mallerd_Art.

Robin & Aimee from Gayming Magazine join me to talk about the LGBTQ+ video games outlet, and why such a thing is important. We also discuss the upcoming worlds-first Gaymer Awards, queer representation in video games (and why indies are ahead of the curve), why gamers 'queerify' games, and even how someone tried copyrighting the term 'gaymer'.

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You can find Robin on Twitter @ThatRobinGray, Aimee @AimemeRights, and Gayming Magazine @GaymingMag and www.gaymingmag.com. You can find me @Toadsanime.

Music by FearofDark @FoDSteve. Branding art by @Mallerd_Art.

Chris from Saved You A Click Video Games joins me to discuss the popular gimmick Twitter account, clickbait in journalism, the controversial topic of the account's ethics, and his plans to address the industry with a new website. (Please note due to potentially sensitive topics, he can only speak for himself and not the other account runners!)

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You can find Chris on Twitter @321Continue and Saved You A Click @SavedYouAClickV. You can find me @Toadsanime.

Music by FearofDark @FoDSteve. Branding art by @Mallerd_Art.