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Big Game Hunger

Big Game Hunger is a weekly comedy show where Jenna Stoeber and friends craft the big next game every episode. Starting with a random genre, concept, and vibe, Jenna and a friend will take a game all the way from pitch, to slightly more developed pitch. By the end of the episode, they’ll have honed an IP so irresistible, you’ll be ready to risk $25 for it on Steam. Get ready to laugh about games you love, learn about game trends, and yearn for titles that will surely never make their release

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50:28

Marlowe Dobbe loves to keep a shop

Big Game Hunger ·

2025/01/06

Marlowe Dobbe, artist and art director for MegaCrit and lots of other games, knows how to brainstorm like a professional, and you'll see it in action with the prompts: indie rock TOUCANS! Cat tower city builder They quickly cycle through about a dozen perfect ideas before settling on a cat-tower-builder with musical elements: "Harmony Cafe Sim: Cats vs Toucans." Keep the Toucans and Cats separate while building the biggest and best cat tree this broken down mall has ever seen! Follow Marlowe

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0:24

Jenna Stoeber takes a winter break

Big Game Hunger ·

2024/12/30

No episode this week! Big Game Hunger will return next week for a normal episode, same big time, same big channel. In the meantime, a happy Hanukkah and Kwanzaa for those who celebrate, and a happy Monday for those who don't. They say that absense makes the heart grow fonder, so if you miss this podcast in your life this week, consider subscribing at Patreon.com/TheJenna!

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51:25

Gabby Darienzo spells it with 5 y's

Big Game Hunger ·

2024/12/23

Gabbyyyyy Darienzo, art director and dev of A Mortician's Tale, is ready to add a new layer to her creative themes with the prompts: Brutal randomized GENDER Combat? In my fashion game? Slayyyyy, a fashion-rouglike, take the feeling of coveting somebody's beautiful pants to the ultimate end: stealing their legs and putting them where your legs were so that you're now wearing their pants. And that includes anything that comes in the pants - it's a full package! Play A Mortician's Tale here and

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55:59

Alex Van Aken lights it UP

Big Game Hunger ·

2024/12/16

Alex Van Aken, video producer and creator of Viewpoints, is taking beautiful notes on how best to make a: Surreal dueling tiki bar Inscrutable, award-winning Eurogame They pile on mechanics in "Overproof," a game about exploring all the highs and lows of bar ownership. Lean into the theatrical intensity of tiki drinks with unique craft cards, and lure the most customers into your uniquely themed joint. But remember - play with fiery drinks and you might get burned! Follow Alex on bsky @itscanaken,

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58:22

Hamish Steele defends a love of vampires

Big Game Hunger ·

2024/12/09

Hamish Steele, creator of Deadendia and Dead End: Paranormal Park, tries out some variants on the prompts: sensual Vampire defense system point-n-click but you don't have a mouse to point with We never would have guessed that vampire defense system would have so many possible interpretations, and we explore them all to make "Love at First Bite." A vampire dating game where YOU are the vampire, trying to win over the love and approval of villagers so you can restore your vitality. Maybe love was

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56:53

Joshua Rivera dies of shame

Big Game Hunger ·

2024/12/02

Joshua Rivera, freelance entertainment journalist, shows off the breadth of his vocabulary while tackling the prompts: waking up hungover after a long night of partying Paper-thin App Store money sink but it's Aliens (like the movie) Once they rid themselves of any good, thoughful, fun ideas, they really clear the runway for "Tailor Swift’s 21st era: Xenomorph murder casino," some truly soulless capitalistic slop. But as the great Joshua Rivera once said: We're not here to make art, we're here to

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52:19

Eric Silver tries a little too hard

Big Game Hunger ·

2024/11/25

Eric Silver, podcaster and GM, has a big game thirst for soda on today's episode, thanks to the prompts: Sweaty you have inherited the world's fizziest drink manufacturer rhythm game They make "Sweatin' Soda," a physical movement game about fizzical sodas. Build your soda or seltzer empire in this decades-spanning simulator, where everything is input with your body. I hope your soda-lifting muscles are warmed up, because you're going to be working them hard! Play Eric's new TTRPG, Model Our

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55:21

John E Warren has never committed a crime

Big Game Hunger ·

2024/11/18

John E Warren, game journalist and creator of VGBees, brings his adjacent knowledge of band management to a folklore-rich crime game based on the prompts: Subterfuge Local band management sim Okami 2 (folklore-rich zelda-lite) Despite the classy and restrained title, "Ballad of the Bands" is a down-and-dirty game about composing the best band.... through whatever means necessary. Check out the foot-pedal-controller at GLYDR at FeetLegal.com, a real website. Interstae 35, a moving and beautiful

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01:13:47

Paul Luetkemeyer is locked in

Big Game Hunger ·

2024/11/04

Paul Luetkemeyer, co-star of Burnt Cook Book Party, returns to the podcast to find it exactly as he left it, no major changes or departures of any kind. Hey. Listen to Burnt Cook Book Party at BCBParty.com. Visit the DFTBA Big Game Hunger merch shop at bit.ly/jennamerch. Support this show, and submit your OWN random prompts, by subscribing at Patreon.com/TheJenna. Email the show at BigGameHungerPod@gmail.com. Big Game Hunger is part of the Multitude Collective of podcasts. Created and

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53:33

Lily Alexandre negotiates a will

Big Game Hunger ·

2024/10/28

Lily Alexandre, video essayist extraordinaire, is ready to fight for what's hers with the prompts: Epistlatory Reading of a will for the PlayDate In "Yours, Truly," family members must fight for their stake in a vast fortune while they still have a chance to get in on the will. Using the physical clues provided by letters, figure out the family secrets and who's keeping them so you can earn a big payday.... or should I say, URN a big payday? Watch all of Lily Alexandre's video essays, starting

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56:31

Amber DaSilva builds a shipyard

Big Game Hunger ·

2024/10/21

Amber DaSilva, auto journalist with Jalopnik, is ready to set sail with some very body-horror, Halloween-appropriate prompts: Gooey quorum nautical horror With this strong load out, Jenna and Amber make "Vessel," a game about expanding your network of boats and flesh and flesh boats by conquering other ships at sea. Is this the world's first horror MMO? Is this the world's last Snowcrash fan game? If you're in NYC, check out out T-Climbing! Also read Amber's work at Jalopnik, even though she

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01:02:50

Hunter Donaldson pigeonholes himself

Big Game Hunger ·

2024/10/14

Hunter Donaldson, stand up comedian and host of Old Gamer's Almanac, is here today to reinforce his only interested, Twilight Imperium. Thankfully he also had time to make a game based on the prompts: musical claustrophobia takes place on a single screen Horror was not explicitly on this list but you better believe we made a horror game anyway. And the worst kind: one you inflict on your friends! This game, I know why the caged bird sing (and it’s scary!), turns karaoke into a shotgun blast of

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50:35

Nick Lives writes dinosaur propaganda

Big Game Hunger ·

2024/10/07

Nick Lives, game dev for Night Signals, maker of Home Safety Hotline, brings his horror and HG-Wells related expertise to the prompts: Liliputian, time travel without space travel, text-based, In between rallying for long-necked dinosuars and theorizing about the heights of future and past peoples, Nick and Jenna make an "Descendents into Madness," where you cannot change history, only chronical it. What went wrong in the future that caused humanity's downfall? Well it certainly wasn't a history

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58:43

Clayton Ashley takes a knife to a masterpiece

Big Game Hunger ·

2024/10/02

Clayton Ashley, video editor for Polygon and co-host of Temporal Culture War, puts his board gaming skills to work with the prompts: Wontonly colorful, Art restoration, Social deduction (like Werewolf) With two options synergizing so much, it isn't hard to find an art angle... but how to include the social deduction aspect? Should this be a physical game or a Jackbox property? And how do we even pitch Jackbox anyway??? Listen to Clayton's excellent new podcast, Temporal Culture War! It's great

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0:40

Jenna Stoeber is Out Of Office

Big Game Hunger ·

2024/09/23

No episode this week! Try enjoying some of the content at patreon.com/thejenna instead!

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56:06

Brandon Sheffield kicks his little feetsies

Big Game Hunger ·

2024/09/16

Brandon Sheffield, creative director for Demonschool, is ready to hit the pavement in "A long peer at a short walk," a game based on the prompts: self aware not mini games but maxi games foot-based After getting VERY distracted talking about VHS tapes on this gaming show, Jenna and Brandon get to work parsing what could make a game "self-aware" and how best to get people to look at their feet a lot. Listen to Insert Credit here or on your podcast app, and wishlist Demonschool on Steam! Visit the

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52:46

Isabel J. Kim hunts cars by night

Big Game Hunger ·

2024/09/09

Isabel J. Kim, attorney, author, podcaster, and sword girl, makes the game "Oil Zone," based on the prompts: Neon, hydraulic, a game that doesn't use a regular controller The Mad Max of it all is that you hunt feral AI cars - and other players - at night in order to customize and upgrade your whip. But I hope you have strong arms because you've only got a valve wheel and a hand pump to do it with! STRAP IN FOR A BUMPY RIDE. Hear more of Isabel J. Kim on Wow, If True here or on your favorite

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53:21

Geoff Moonen makes magical girls burn out

Big Game Hunger ·

2024/09/02

First-time returning guest Geoff Moonen rejoins the show to make "My Magical World Never Went Away," based on the prompts: hyper realistic Magical Girls fist-fighting Geoff and Jenna run with a fairly generous understanding of the phrase "hyper realistic," as applying to the magical girl portion and NOT the physics or fist-fighting. Their game undercuts modern dark-retellings of Magical Girl stories and opts for a more relatable story about recovering from burnout and realizing that your past

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53:56

Chase Carter makes a multi-dimensional flapping game

Big Game Hunger ·

2024/08/26

Chase Carter, games journalist and co-founder of Rascal News, deploys his incredible language skills to make "Flappy Bird: Shifted" with the prompts: ASCII, Supernatural Investigation, Flappy-bird-like I hope you're ready for a hard-hitting story about a search for a lost loved one, undertaken entirely by pressing a button to fight gravity. Shift your perspective to find your way through dimensions of text and punctuation in this moving ASCII-art game. This may potentially be the most competent

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52:18

Tristan Cooper makes some more great content

Big Game Hunger ·

2024/08/19

Tristan Cooper, social media manager for The Verge and Can I Pet The Dog, makes "Stable 4: They Like It!" based on the words: Anachronistic haberdasher Racing Game The resulting game leans into the indie game trope of making lots of cute hats for cute animals, using the materials you can scrounge from your trophy wins. And most importantly, the horses love it! See more of Tristan's work on Twitter at TheVerge, and CanYouPetTheDog, and find more Can You Pet The Dog related accounts here. Visit

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