Philly Dev Night Cast

Welcome to season two. The Philly Dev Night podcast is now Create.Play.Repeat. We talk to developers, artists, musicians and whoever else makes games. All kinds of games from all kinds of people. This week we talk to Will Stallwood of Cipher Prime about Monster Want Burger for iOS. Intro and outro music by https://soundcloud.com/skydive-dubai You can find the game here http://monsterwantburger.com/ You can find more episodes here http://phillydevnight.com/podcast

We keep it topical this week during our conversation with Jason Marziani - everything from narrative driven games, Nintendo 64 and drones are covered. Hear about how Jason approached his award winning game "Soulfill" and what he's cooking up next. Recorded live at the Philly Game Forge: phillygameforge.com Intro track by Pixel8ter: pixel8ter.bandcamp.com

This week we speak to musician Rob Miller and learn about his obsession with FF7 composer Nobuo Uematsu, learning guitar and whether or not college is a necessary path for a musician. Also we get to hear some great music samples from some of his projects! Reach Rob through Twitter and check out his SoundCloud! @RobMillersMusic https://soundcloud.com/millersmusic Recorded live at the Philly Game Forge: phillygameforge.com Intro track by Pixel8ter: pixel8ter.bandcamp.com

Today Nick talks with Chris Hoopes of Ghost Crab Games. Chis grew up a mapper for his favorite first person shooters with his friend, now they are are teammates tackling as many platforms as they can. Ghost Crab are level headed devs with an eye for quality and feel. Recorded live at the Philly Game Forge: phillygameforge.com Intro track by Pixel8ter: pixel8ter.bandcamp.com

Recorded live at the Philly Game Forge: http://phillygameforge.com Intro track by Pixel8ter http://pixel8ter.bandcamp.com

Steve hosts today and talks with Kotaro Fujita. We make fun of Nick, talk about starting as indies, Kotaro's love of the Cocoas2D, iOS stuff, and how good Wipeout (and its soundtrack were). SORRY ABOUT THE AUDIO QUALITY :( Recorded live at the Philly Game Forge: http://phillygameforge.com

This week Steve fills in for Nick and we talk with Jake O of Flyclops. He spins a yarn about going from California slacker to sustainable Philly dev. He also reveals secrets of Philly's successful monthly game jams. Check it! Recorded live at the Philly Game Forge: http://phillygameforge.com

Reigning game jam champ Camden Segal brags about his many many trophies in this episode of the Dev Night Podcast. He talks about his early years as a game tinkerer, discovering the Philly Game Jam and overcoming the fear of actually showing up to dev night only to fall in love with it. Camden tells a really interesting story of how jams has shaped him as a designer but how he hasn’t quite cracked storytelling. Definitely a great episode filled with great references to freeware games you’ve never heard of. Recorded live at the Philly Game Forge: http://phillygameforge.com Intro track by Pixel8ter http://pixel8ter.bandcamp.com

This week Hal Larrson drops in and clips our levels real good. (Seriously watch out headphone listeners). The ex-Final Former talks up Philly punk vibes, hardcore SHUMPs, pizza hut arcade cabinets, and another harrowing journey on Kickstarter. Check out this game designer and educator who is trying to prepare the next generation of designers while not shelving on his own game design thirst. Recorded live at the Philly Game Forge: http://phillygameforge.com Intro track by Pixel8ter http://pixel8ter.bandcamp.com

A new type of podcast! Replacing Nick Madonna this week is Steve Pettit. He is joined by Rob Miller of Rob Miller fame and Chris Hoopes of Ghost Crab Games renown as they recap E3 highlights and speculation. Who was more boring Square or EA? Was Nintendo all puppets and no substance? How good was all that Fallout stuff? Find out! With special guest – shouting from outside! We’re gonna start introducing different types of podcasts so check out for more new stuff in the coming weeks! Music by friend of the show Skydive Dubai. Recorded live at the Philly Game Forge: http://phillygameforge.com

This week we talk with Nicole Kline of Cardboard Fortress. With a successful Kickstarter behind her and a week of blowing up in local papers (and an article on Kill Screen), Nicole looks back on her humble Oasis-fueled beginnings. Check out how Philly’s friendliest board game designer got her start and is bringing table top fans together and found her place among the video game scenesters. Recorded live at the Philly Game Forge: http://phillygameforge.com Intro track by Pixel8ter http://pixel8ter.bandcamp.com

This week we talk with Zenas Bellace of Quadratron Games. He spins us a yarn about escaping the boring life of a pharmacist and persuing what makes him happy. From his jam team start to a full business, Zenas wants to bring his love of retro action and local multiplayer into your home and to the furthest stars! Recorded live at the Philly Game Forge: http://phillygameforge.com Intro track by Pixel8ter http://pixel8ter.bandcamp.com

The pilot episode of the Philly Dev Night Podcast. A personal look into Philly’s game developers and game development-adjacent friends. This episode we talk with Aaron Chapin of Space Whales and learn of his child modeling fame and the many iterations of the Space Whale brand. Recorded live at the Philly Game Forge: http://phillygameforge.com