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PODCAST

Bit Storm

Ben Slinger and Trevor Scott

A comedy game design podcast by two guys who know nothing about comedy nor game design. Join Trevor Scott and Ben Slinger as they take prompts from random word generators, movies, game titles and more and turn them into occasionally hilarious but always interesting game designs.

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All Episodes

31:32

Cheruby Renner

Bit Storm ·

2025/03/23

Ben and Trevor, Click Pitch, jam 'em together and you get some fun improv game designs, such as:a Bulletstorm-esque first person brawler where your fists are made of diamond;a storylet driven sci-fi game set in the lead-up to an intergalactic war;a non-violent Hitman style game where you are investigating your environment to determine the best love matches;and more!

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45:22

Deductive Reasoning

Bit Storm ·

2025/03/16

Ben and Trev have been playing a ton of deductive games, such as Return of the Obra Dinn, The Roottrees are Dead and a new free game called Type Help. As such they try their hand at designing 3 deductive games with different mechanics. The games discussed include:Collating evidence and piecing together old crimes after the digitisation was corruptedTracing paths and connections people took through a state/county.Analysing your neighbours through garbage.

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35:43

The Silly Bus

Bit Storm ·

2025/03/09

Ben and Trevor play some Click Pitch, for better or worse! They come up with games such as:an Apogee style platformer revolving around smashing papaya;figuring out alien body language in a first contact situation;figuring out the strange place your village has been built;and more!

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39:55

AGDDQR: Volcanic Breeze

Bit Storm ·

2025/03/02

Ben and Trev have been making a fair few adventure games recently (check out bslinger.itch.io for the games) so they thought it was about time that they return to the Adventure Game Design Done Quick format, but as this show is now a 30ish minute format they had to change it to QuickeR (Hence the extra R). They design a game set on an island and discuss an article that Ron Gilbert wrote many many years ago.Ron Gilbert - Why Adventure Games Suck

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39:43

Kevin Got Buff

Bit Storm ·

2025/02/23

After a brief pitch from Ben, he and Trevor move on to some movie prompts to create games such as:A team of stage magicians pull of heists in a world where actual magic existsSerial killers try to blend in in 1980's MiamiA deductathon where you are researching people with super powers to help them avoid the fascist governmentand more!

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32:57

Polterkitty

Bit Storm ·

2025/02/16

Bored of regular click pitch, Ben and Trev delve back into random movies to find the next hit video game tie in. Movies discussed included:Fool's GoldGarfield: A Tale of Two KittiesHellraiser: BloodlinesFant4stic

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32:47

Endgame Group Text

Bit Storm ·

2025/02/09

Ben and Trevor jump headfirst into Ramped Up Click Pitch, taking random phrases and pitching video games such as:an animal husbandry game about chicken bombsan Obra Dinn/Roottrees style game about an attorney working for a universitya game about memories and how perception changes over timean astronaut travels at light speed and misses his life back home for a stupid reasonand more!

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33:00

Bubble me a Beer

Bit Storm ·

2025/02/02

In our annual pre Global Game Jam episode Ben and Trev discuss different games that match the theme, "Bubble". The games includeWarp bubblesA boy in a sensory deprivation bubbleBubble based technologyBubble jet printers

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35:30

2 Idol 2 Bodyswap

Bit Storm ·

2025/01/26

This week on Bit Storm, Ben and Trevor take some random movies and re-imagine them as video games, such as:Fireproof as an action disaster movie where you play a firefighter staving off the end of the world;Rebecca as a post-apocalyptic noir mystery about an elite member of society and his new wife;Freaky as a body-swap movie between a pregnant women and her dead-beat boyfriend;and more!

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34:21

You Are Here

Bit Storm ·

2025/01/19

Ben and Trev tried to do something different, but it didn't work, so they just recorded a standard episode. The games discussed were.A game where you play the middle manager of a space elevatorA game set in the south pole at a secret facilityA game set in a morning tv show, heavily based off of Get Krackin.

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35:28

Slutty Topiary

Bit Storm ·

2025/01/12

Ben and Trevor make their way into the new year with some ramped up Click Pitch, inventing video games such as:showing up un-costumed to a costume party and having to steal your costumethe drug-fueled Batman fantasy of an octogenariana time-travel fueled weight loss solutionand more!

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39:15

Judge Worm Presiding

Bit Storm ·

2025/01/05

Hello loyal listeners and those new to this podcast, Ben and Trev would like to welcome you to the latest episode where they talk about some games that don't exist, such as:A cosy game where you must tend to a house made of fleshAn adventure game where you play 3 witches that are banished from using magic.A legal game set in the night garden court, where Judge Worm (the fourth of his name) presides.

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36:36

Nabe Gewell's Dark Steam

Bit Storm ·

2024/12/29

Trevor and Ben go through their Dark Steam games of the year, including:the laundry focused Dirty Paintball;the spooky reality bending Dead Dream;chilling out with Drug Induced Lawn Mowing;and more!

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37:21

Vampta Claus

Bit Storm ·

2024/12/22

It's Christmas time and normally Trev and Ben get together to discuss games at Ben's house. however they couldn't make it work, so they did it remotely like every other episode. They discuss Christmas themed games, such as:Santa Claus is turned into a vampire by one of the elves, in a Heavy Rain inspired adventureEeyore is turning against everyone in the 100 acre woods and submitting them to Saw like torture devicesExplore friends and relationships in three time periods at christmas.

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34:47

Fizzy Facelifting Cream

Bit Storm ·

2024/12/15

Join Ben and Trevor as they play some Click Pitch and improvise some wacky video game ideas, such as:a mundane job in an office where all technology is controlled by magic;sharing the secret of the Fountain of Youth;a courtroom drama following the events of Luigi's murder trial in the Mushroom Kingdom;and more!

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37:50

Walk the Line: Axe of Violence

Bit Storm ·

2024/12/08

With Ben and Trev being exhausted they use a random movie picker to gather their prompts this week. The loosely tied in games were as follows:A game where you are an exorcist cursed with knowledgeA tightrope walker is pursued by the crew who attacked their twin.Rollerball but physics based controlsMiles Morales trying to get back to New York city by hitchhiking

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34:42

The Warriors: 12 Months of Xmas

Bit Storm ·

2024/12/01

Ben and Trevor use movies as prompts to make video games this week, with results such as:a downhill bike racing game starring Pee-wee Herman;turf wars between holidays as they try to take over the calendar year;the secret alter-ego of a superhero is less than savoury;and more!

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35:20

Beach Cab

Bit Storm ·

2024/11/24

Ben and Trev are back at it yet again, discussing stupid games that have no reason to exist and therefore don't. The games discussed this week are:A vet management gameIn Search of Bunyip, a monster hunting game set on Lake EildonAn action / roguelike set on a beach where you are doing odd jobs for familiesAn action adventure set in a car chasing down the mythical Snacknado.

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34:23

The Door Dash Desecrator

Bit Storm ·

2024/11/17

Join Trevor and Ben as they improvise some game ideas via classic Click Pitch, with results such as:exploring a world where everything is edible (but perhaps not tasty);a squad based soccer game where you choose an animal to play as;unravelling the mystery of a prophetic tapestry;and more!

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35:11

How Marybelle Got Her Moo Back

Bit Storm ·

2024/11/10

Ben and Trev return after the big news that happened in the world. They play Ramped Up Click Pitch to get over it. The games discussed include:A cow based self realisation journeyA roguelike cleaning out slime from gigantic creaturesA game where you play an elephant doing odd jobs to pay for his road tripA hunger games style game where you train the tributesA VR game with ice sculpture mechanics.

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