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Game Dev Podcast | Coffee with Butterscotch

Butterscotch Shenanigans

Coffee with Butterscotch is the hilarity-filled weekly podcast of award-winning indie video game studio Butterscotch Shenanigans, best known for its smash hit Crashlands. Grab a drink and tune in every week to learn the ins and outs of game development, productivity and workflows, the business of selling video games, our takes on entrepreneurship and building a small company from scratch, and how to be an unstoppable problem-solving machine. Got a question you want answered on the podcast? Ask us

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63:59

[Ep285] Druid Bias

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2020/11/18

Heya, Shenanites! In this episode, we discuss information diets, radioactive piles of poop, and asynchronous mentorship. All data is spun, but whether you get gold or pasta at the end is unpredictable. Plus, context changes all the time, so maybe someday you’ll WANT spaghetti consequences. Turns out, everything is hard, and it’s just a bunch of triangles anyway, each following a different path. Questions answered (abbreviated): Woland77: Does the explosive post-end-of-support popularity of

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61:51

[Ep284] The Bread-Cake Gradient

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2020/11/11

Hi, Shenanites! This week, we talk about gummi bear jackets, trash tier debt, and triangular muffins. In reality TV, entertainment trumps function every single time, so it is imperative that we save other baked goods from going the way of the cupcake. Do you really want to live in a world where twelve pounds of frosting are piled on every bread-thing you eat? Which side of the donut wars will you be on? Questions answered (abbreviated): Levelheaded: How does the revenue system work for

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70:59

[Ep283] Monkey Law

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2020/11/04

Hello, Shenanites! In this episode, we discuss happy lights, the weird disconnect, and accurate genre classifications. Do you ever think about how weird it is that we’re just a bunch of monkeys that chose to put on clothes and live in a world with rules that are artificially constructed by other monkeys based on the nonsense they believe? Sometimes when we’re in the grind, our minds wander. See these termites? These are money now. Questions answered (abbreviated): Dee Snopek: How long did

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69:37

[Ep282] Skeleton Gateways

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2020/10/28

Hey there, Shenanites! This week, we talk about the three stages of animation, the spectrum of engagement, and a weird trifecta of totally oppositional forces. We also talk about cake. Like a lot. Whether you can have it or eat it or both. There are a lot of great outcomes when cake is involved. And skeletons! The easiest way to give permission to grown-ups to have fun is to add a skeleton. And that, friends, is what Halloween is all about. Questions answered (abbreviated): TimConceivable:

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65:10

[Ep281] Money Value

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2020/10/21

Salutations, Shenanites! In this episode, we discuss real time learning curves, a big dumb week, and the only valuable patents. When you talk about exclusives, you never really talk about who is excluded. For example, Sam is the exclusive recipient of THE LOTS this year, and that means no M&Ms for anyone else. TL;DR Capitalism is bad. Questions answered (abbreviated): challosis: How does your remote project management and co-working system work, now that you've been honing it for a

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72:03

[Ep280] Big Brain Quarter

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2020/10/14

Hello, Shenanites! This week, we talk about predeciding, the naming problem, and ending conversations. Our quarterly review revealed that we haven’t done enough thinking about thinking about things because doing things is often a lot easier. Until suddenly it isn’t. Every time a thing is hard, ask yourself, “Does it have to be?” Frankly, we could all use a burrito. Questions answered (abbreviated): challosis: What are the Game Maker project files called for all of your past games? Grintrim

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66:02

[Ep279] Cupcakes and Mugs

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2020/10/07

Hi, Shenanites! In this episode, we discuss the good kind of spooky, tooling states, and our deficiencies. But how are you supposed to know how the things you’re taught in high school apply to a thing you don’t know you want to do as a job? Try saying that three times fast. Also, try saying the word “weaning.” It’s a dumb word the more you say it. Weaning. Weeeeaaannning. You’ll see. PSA: Depending on where you live, food tampering is a felony. So, ya know, don’t. PS. Adam’s IG handle:

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60:08

[Ep278] Twumbly Beef

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2020/09/30

Greetings, Shenanites! This week, we talk about sandwich butts, the right pants website, and our time traveling future selves. If you’re ten percent chocolate, are you a touch dead? Is it worse to accept a little more stress or a little more poison? Remember, comfort zones aren’t risk free. So be wary of false dichotomies when you’re workshopping your new YouTube channel. Questions answered (abbreviated): AStreetsign: Why is Roid Rage so dang difficult? challosis: A time machine explodes

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65:26

[Ep277] The New Vaping

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2020/09/23

Hello, Shenanites! In this episode, we discuss the sleep stuporous state, quarantine wardrobes, and bot wars. Do you ever think about how bugs are just cute litter butter packets wrapped in a shell? And how many goldfish crackers are calorically equivalent to a butterfly? How big or how small things are is wild. It’s a small pleasure to be able to insulate the people you love from some of the nonsense, but it’s also a pleasure to share some of it. So grab a buddy, grab your coffee, and

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59:34

[Ep276] The Beautiful Cube

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2020/09/16

Hiya, Shenanites! This week, we talk about tiny poisonous sticks, determinism, and how stuff can be two things. Measurements are trickier than they appear. I mean, we can’t even measure things well enough to know the state of something IN THIS VERY MOMENT. You probably don’t even know what’s behind you RIGHT NOW. Don’t look! It’s for the best. Sam’s IG handle: @bscotch_sam (https://bit.ly/32rFjEH) Questions answered (abbreviated): TheViralMelon: Do you believe in a deterministic

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59:40

[Ep275] Memory Density

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2020/09/09

Hey there, Shenanites! In this episode, we discuss bounty hunting, comfort games, and chaos engines. Sometimes you need to live life precariously in order to feel truly alive. So, don’t shy away from danger! Balance that scone box on your drink! Balance your peanut butter-y fork on that jar of peanut butter! Balance your meat suit on that wobbly deck railing! Hm… there seems to be some kind of theme here. Questions answered (abbreviated): IrishLuck: What game do you go back to over and

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60:59

[Ep274] Unhinged Arcade

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2020/09/02

Hello, Shenanites! This week, we talk about high complexity gimmicks, bad reviews, and how to measure a table. As adults, we need to be better about scheduling time in our days for being responsibly irresponsible. Everything is part of the process, even if you aren’t sure how yet. That’s why you need to stay mentally hungry, even if your belly is full of pizza. Questions answered (abbreviated): allenmb: I misspelled Crashlands 2 in Google as Crashlambs, and now I'm wondering, did I

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63:24

[Ep273] Toothbrush Hijacking

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2020/08/26

Hi again, Shenanites! In this episode, we discuss brain soup, perfect sticks, and house magicians. Things that are simple aren’t always easy. Sometimes you need the right tools for the job, and sometimes it’s better to leave it to the professionals. Unless you do such a bad job that no professional will come near it. One day, deck… One day. Questions answered (abbreviated): challosis: Whats the worst home improvement project you ever tried to do? To stay up to date with all of our buttery

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60:49

[Ep272] Horizontal Tornado

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2020/08/19

Heya, Shenanites! This week, we talk about fancy footwork, epic power imbalances, and socially distant greetings. When it’s too dangerous to hug people, how do you lock-in your greeting and introduce chaos, the universal social lubricant? If you try one of our ideas, let us know how it goes! Plus, as a bonus, we reveal what the www in your url really stands for. Sidenote: Adam had some audio difficulties this time. Oops! Questions answered (abbreviated): TimConceivable @rmk4os: do you hug

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57:40

[Ep271] Fizzy Pickles

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2020/08/12

Hello, Shenanites! In this episode, we discuss dev nostalgia, spinning hats, and planning chaos. You might go about your day with absurdist gleeful abandon, but the world is all chaos and moths. Sometimes 18 characters are all that stands between you and success. Questions answered (abbreviated): TimConceivable: Could you share with us some of the inspiration behind the designs of the various enemies and things in LevelHead? DigitalWizrd: Seth in your 2018 GDC talk you say plans are bad

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66:37

[Ep270] Hypercondensed Slapstick

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2020/08/05

Hi, Shenanites! This week, we talk about elaborate trap construction, tech curmudgeons, and the business equivalent of peanut butter shorts. The problems you needed to solve yesterday aren’t always the same as the problems you need to solve today. You’re definitely going to do it wrong, but there are ways to do it less wrong. Step one, get an endless supply of tiny spoons. Questions answered (abbreviated): Beekie Boppaboop: Would any of you do voice work for another studio’s game? Fraser_:

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[Ep269] Laser Sausage

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2020/07/29

Hey there, Shenanites! In this episode, we discuss kitten onesies, the transubstantiation of noises, and how there’s nothing to watch. You can get away with being dumb if you’re clever enough. And just because something is free doesn’t mean there aren’t hidden costs. Which is to say, WE DON’T WANT YOUR BALLOON. Questions answered (abbreviated): tofos: Have you ever considered publishing games made by others? Cabonga Nookrag: How many episodes of the podcast do you record in advance? Beekie

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[Ep268] Sconegate

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2020/07/22

Hello, Shenanites! This week, we talk about muscley butterflies, small batch cat introductions, and a fractal universe. The most important part of a biased random walk is the bias. As long as you know vaguely where you’re going, a wildly circuitous route can still get you there. Just don’t look too deep -- those triangle muffins will look right back. Questions answered (abbreviated): tofos: How is LevelHead doing compared to Crashlands? Captain Wiggly: What strategies have you found to be

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59:30

[Ep267] Spectrum of Commitment

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2020/07/15

Hi, Shenanites! This week, we discuss evolving PCs, load obfuscation, and daily acceleration. Why do we have so many hard drives? Are woodchucking and swoopadooping results mostly based on willpower? If we can’t make a good fake strawberry taste, how can electricity? Better read the whole paper to find out. Questions answered (abbreviated): Beekie Boppaboop: How much Swoop would a Swoopadoop Doop if a Swoopadoop could Swoop Doop? 7? drhayes: How does Rumpus generate such great

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[Ep266] Techdebt Burndown Rodeo Circus

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2020/07/08

Hey there, Shenanites! In this episode, we talk about the three body problem of cats, aggressive obfuscation, and the problem with a byte. We’ve got so much life advice packed into this one episode, you don’t even know! Literally. Because there are five minutes that are lost to time, and those were the most important five minutes of all. Oh well. Here’s a nugget anyway: Be kind to your future self, because you are your greatest collaborator. Questions answered

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