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The Sausage Factory

Chris O"Regan

The videogame discussion podcast

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The Sausage Factory Episode 278: Floating Island Games

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2020/05/29

Show host and producer, Chris O'Regan chats to Tyrus Peace of Floating Island Games about the design and development of their first person platformer adventure game, Cloudbase Prime. Why is it so difficult to make a platformer that is has a first person view? Well it turns out all you needed to do is let players see the feet of the character they are controlling! OK there is a lot more to it than that, but the presence of feet in a player's view is a big step forward when it comes to first person

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1:03:06

The Sausage Factory Episode 277: SMG Studio

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2020/05/22

Show host and producer, Chris O'Regan, chats to Ashley Ringrose of SMG Studio about the design and development of their couch co-op moving home inspired arcade game, Moving Out. Overcoming obstacles with one another is something that human beings are naturally drawn to do, yet most videogames encourage conflict instead. SMG Studio's Moving Out embraces cooperation, while laying on a heavy dose of humour and some comedically wonky

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47:35

The Sausage Factory Episode 276: Maschinen-Mensch

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2020/05/15

Show host and producer Chris O'Regan talks to Johannes Kristmann of Maschinen-Mensch about the design and development of their roguelike Victorian explorer-themed adventure game, Curious Expedition. Curious Expedition is a game that models the concept of pushing one's luck, but generally deals with extremes of consequences of your actions. Curious Expedition is a fascinating game that considers how people react to finding themselves in stress-filled

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40:28

The Sausage Factory Episode 275: Grey Alien Games

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2020/05/08

In this episode of The Sausage Factory show host and producer Chris O'Regan talks to Jake Birkett of Grey Alien Games about the design and development of their card based action adventure game, Ancient Enemy. Modelling the concept of combat and skill challenges has been something role playing games are built around in most cases. Ancient Enemy uses playing cards and the ability of the player to clear them efficiently in order to either succeed in a test or defeat an enemy in

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54:21

The Sausage Factory Episode 274: Troglobytes Games

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2020/05/01

In this episode of The Sausage Factory. show host and producer Chris O'Regan talks to Saverio Caporusso of Troglobytes Games about the design and development of their rogue-lite action adventure, HyperParasite Keep moving; advice that is often proffered when considering arcade adventures games. HyperParasite, a game that requires the player to consider where they are and what they are trying to achieve over a split second and if they falter, the avatar they are controlling will likely meet a

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47:04

The Sausage Factory Episode 273: Echo Chamber Games

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2020/04/24

Chris O'Regan chats to Tim Lewis of Echo Chamber Games about the design and development of their dating simulator, Table Manners. Taking seemingly mundane tasks and turning them into Herculean ones is the cornerstone of recent titles that have been designed from the ground up to make players laugh. Table Manners puts the player into a relatively low risk situation in the form of a dinner, date only to have them discover that they have lost control of their

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1:02:02

The Sausage Factory Episode 272: Lightning Rod Games

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2020/04/17

Chris O'Regan chats to Mark Laframboise of Lightning Rod Games about the design and development of their puzzle platformer, A Fold Apart. Lateral thinking and spatial awareness are two very important skills one must have to fathom the increasingly complex challenges presented to the player in the excellent A Fold Apart. The setting is a simple love story, where a couple who are deeply in love are temporarily separated by distance and A Fold Apart deals with the stresses this places on their

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The Sausage Factory Episode 271: Sixth Vowel

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2020/04/10

Chris O'Regan chats to Javier Entelman of Sixth Vowel about the design and development of their turn based tactical sci-fi game, Element Space Sixth Vowel, a South American developer has now made its first foray into making their first full game in the form of Element Space. A turn based tactical game in a similar vein to XCom, with a heavy emphasis in narrative, Element Space is quite unique in this regard. This show explores the challenges Sixth Vowel faced in making such a

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1:00:55

The Sausage Factory Episode 270: Retroid

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2020/04/03

Show host and producer, Chris O'Regan chats to Niklas Istenes of Retroid about the design and development of their puzzle platformer, Wunderling With videogames being as old as they are there is now a set of tropes that are ripe satire and that is how Wunderling was formed. A puzzle platformer, it has the player controlling a creature that would normally only walk backwards and forwards until squished by a passing hero. The main protagonist is granted the ability to jump and is thrust into an

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1:00:06

The Sausage Factory Episode 269: Wonderbelly Games

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2020/03/27

Chris O'Regan, host and producer of The Sausage Factory, chats to Andrea Roberts of Wonderbelly Games about the design and development of Roundguard Mashing a well-loved puzzle game into another genre can have mixed results. Thankfully when it comes to Roundguard the meshing of Peggle and Skyrim with a dash of Rogue Legacy thrown in this is far from a damp squib. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/sausage/TSF_Episode269.mp3 Music by Wonderbelly Games The Sausage Factory

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1:00:14

The Sausage Factory Episode 268: Spirit Stone Studio

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2020/03/20

In this episode show host and producer Chris O'Regan talks to Kevin Randino of Spirit Stone Studio about the design and development of their puzzle platformer, Cloak and Dasher Timing and knowing where you're going and not where you are is what dexterity heavy platform games are all about and Cloak and Dasher revels in this concept to the point of anchoring the whole gameplay experience around it. In this episode of The Sausage Factory, Cloak and Dasher's innards are explored to the same level of

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1:08:25

The Sausage Factory Episode 267: Ask An Enemy Studios

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2020/03/13

Show host and producer, Chris O'Regan chats to Jaycee Salinas of Ask An Enemy Studios about the design and development of their double action arcade game, A Duel Hand Disaster: Trackher. Ask An Enemy Studios have created a title that effectively has the player playing two games simultaneously. A Duel Hand Disaster: Trackher, is a twin stick arcade game that demands the player shifts their attention from one component to another, while desperately trying to hang onto their hard-earned

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53:52

The Sausage Factory Episode 266: Logic Ember

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2020/03/06

Show host and producer, Chris O'Regan talks to Juha Kangas of Logic Ember about their puzzle platform game, Backworlds It's difficult enough making a single level in a puzzle platform game, let along two that overlay one another. But that is exactly what Logic Ember have done when creating the mind-twisting puzzle platform game, Backworlds. In Backworlds, players can paint across the screen to reveal another world that mirrors the one in which they find themselves. These worlds can interact with

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50:14

The Sausage Factory Episode 265: Umaiki Games

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2020/02/14

Show host and producer Chris O'Regan chats to Chris Scheidig, Sabaku and Björn Schellin of Umaiki Games about the design and development of their action-adventure games, Skellboy. The core of loot based dungeon crawlers like Diablo is the acquisition of stuff. When you get said stuff, you tend to have the character you're controlling put the stuff on, if it's better than the stuff you already have. However, what if someone made a game that went that bit further by actually swapping in body parts

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The Sausage Factory Episode 88 Remastered: Foam Sword...

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2020/02/07

This episode is of The Sausage Factory podcast is a remaster of an archive show from February 2016, in which host Chris O'Regan chats to Moo Yu of Foam Sword Games about their (then upcoming) action adventure game, Knights and Bikes. As of February 2020 the game has been released on Nintendo Switch. One half of the development team is Moo Yu, who has been making games for quite a long time having previously worked with Insomniac as gameplay programmer on the Ratchet and Clank games as well as

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1:02:16

The Sausage Factory Episode 264: Will Sykes Games

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2020/01/24

Show host and producer Chris O'Regan chats to returning guest Will Sykes of Will Sykes Games about his new game, Endless Knight. Will Sykes first appeared on The Sausage Factory on Episode 95 back in May 2016 to talk about Perfect Universe. Will is now back to talk about his new game, Endless Knight, a medieval combat game that requires the player to react to the attacks on them and quickly parry and counter in order to overcome their

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The Sausage Factory Episode 263: Wulum Creative...

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2020/01/18

Show host and producer Chris O'Regan chats to Tony Munoz of Wulum Creative Technology Ltd. about their arcade shooter, Galaxium. The Galaxian family of games was celebrated in the Cane and Rinse podcast issue 388, and developer Wulum seeks to recapture the elegance and purity of these games by creating an homage in the form of Galaxium. This pure shooter treats the player with respect by not spoon-feeding them too much information on how to play; just start shooting and see what

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55:17

The Sausage Factory Episode 262: Vivid Helix

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2020/01/10

Show host and producer Chris O'Regan chats to return guest Radu Muresan from Vivid Helix, about their puzzle programming game, Neon Noodles. Back in February 2017 Radu Muresan appeared on Episode 128 of The Sausage Factory to chat about his dual puzzle game Semispheres. Three years later he returns to tell us about his new puzzle game, Neon Noodles. Neon Noodles is a robot programming game that is cited as being a Zachtroni- like title that has players issuing commands to robots to ensure they

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57:20

The Sausage Factory Episode 261: Chimeric

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2020/01/03

Show host and producer, Chris O'Regan talks to Jeffrey Nielson of Chimeric about the design and development of their rogue-lite arcade shooter, Nova Drift Nova Drift is a rogue-lite which takes the central concept of incremental improvement and power handed to the player in the form of an Asteroids inspired shooter which moulds itself into a game that suits the specific player's own style. Nova Drift's distinctive effects combined with its outstanding soundtrack make for an engaging

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53:20

The Sausage Factory Episode 260: SPARSE//GameDev

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2019/12/27

Show host and producer, Chris O'Regan chats to Eric Billingsley from SPARSE//GameDev about their relaxing isometric puzzle game, Spring Falls. Spring Falls is built around the movement and preservation of water within a contained space, as the player is required to move H2O from the side of a mountain and to provide sustenance to the flowers plants there. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/sausage/TSF_Episode260.mp3 Music by Eric Billingsley and taken from the Spring

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