Category: Episodes

Hey Link here, thanks for joining me for episode 101 where I speak with Legendary Game Designer Harvey Smith, where we talk about who they are and the current state of the industry, immersive sims, their life outside of gaming, and more!

Before we get started, don’t forget there are links in the episode description that you can follow to learn more about Harvey as well as the podcast. Also, don’t forget to like and share the episode and without further adieu, enjoy episode 101!

0:00 Start

2:00 State of the Industry

14:00 Immersive sims & other topics

51:00 Outside of Gaming

58:00 Closing Time

Check Harvey out on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/harvey1966.bsky.social

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVkwuTZ9noM

Hey Link here, happy new years and thanks for joining me for episode 100 where I speak with Dirty Beast Games’ Ray. In this episode we talk about their upcoming title Roskurs Run as well as other 2D Action sidescrollers, how he got into making games and words from wisdom from his experiences, games they feel are hidden gems as well as some that didn’t age too well, the importance of indie games, and a whole lot more!

Before we get started, don’t forget there are links in the episode description that you can follow to learn more about Ray as well as the podcast. Also, don’t forget to like and share the episode and without further adieu, enjoy episode 100!

0:00 Start

1:00 Talking Roskurs Run and other 2D Action Sidescrollers

20:00 How Ray got into making games

27:45 Words of Wisdom and lessons learned

38:45 Games that didn’t age well

46:00 Hidden Gems and the importance of indie games

01:17:00 Life outside of ok games

01:25:00 Lightning Round

01:33:00 Inspirations into their games

01:38:00 Trends they enjoyed and questions missed

01:43:15 Closing Time

Check Ray out on Twitter at https://x.com/DirtyBeastGames

Check out Roskur’s Run on Steam at https://store.steampowered.com/app/1058030/Roskurs_Run/

Hey Link here, thanks for joining me for episode 99 where I speak with Maria Kinnun, where we talk about imposter syndrome, how they got into the industry, being known as the Doom Artist, words of wisdom from her experience, games that made her want to be in the industry, favorite genre, the lightning round, and life outside of games.

Before we get started, don’t forget there are links in the episode description that you can follow to learn more about Maria as well as the podcast. Also, don’t forget to like and share the episode and without further adieu, enjoy episode 99!

0:00 Intro

4:15 Imposter Syndrome

11:15 How they got into the industry

16:45 Being known as the “Doom Artist”

20:15 Words of Wisdom from their Experiences

30:00 Games that made them want to be in the industry

43:00 Favorite Genre

51:30 Lighting Round

56:00 Life outside of games

01:09:00 Turn on all the lights

Be sure to check out Maria, and FEARZINE via the links below!
Check Maria out on:
Twitter: https://x.com/Pocketninja85
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/pocketninja85.bsky.social

Check FEARZINE out on:
Twitter: https://x.com/_FEARZINE
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/fearzine.bsky.social

Hey Link here, thanks for joining me for episode 98 where I speak with Game Developer Mateo, who you might know for Makis Adventure, where we speak about their upcoming Ultimate Indie Racing game, how they got started making games, their favorite games, games they feel don’t get enough recognition, their life outside of gaming, and some lightning round questions.

Before we get started, don’t forget there are links in the episode description that you can follow to learn more about Mateo as well as the podcast. Also, don’t forget to like and share the episode and without further adieu, enjoy episode 98!

0:00 Start

6:00 Ultimate Indie Racing

15:00 How they got started/Lessons learned

25:30 Favorite Games

34:20 Game that didn’t get enough credit

46:45 Life outside of gaming

51:30 Lightning Round

56:00 Closing Time

Check out Mateo via –
Twitter/X: https://x.com/Zoroarts
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zoroarts
Their games on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44304243

Hey Link here, thanks for joining me for episode 97, and the first New Game Plus episode where I speak with Dana Nightingale where we talk a lot about I Saw The TV Glow, Diversity Equity Initiatives, Ranma and other anime, the spooky season, and a lightning round.

0:00 Intro

06:50 Elevator pitch / Who is Dana?

11:45 I Saw The TV Glow

12:45 SPOILERS START

41:30 SPOILERS END

44:00 Diversity In Gaming

54:00 Ranma / Anime

01:15:00 Spooky Season

01:21:30 Lightning Round

01:26:30 Closing Time

Check Dana out on Bluesky via https://bsky.app/profile/danaenight.bsky.social
Check out Dana’s previous episode where we discuss more of the game dev side of things via –
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5jLZWgMoi6ynt6DGeHaAPp?si=9e5be42b43ec47dc
Youtube: https://youtu.be/f4cSzBggi5k?si=BNM0-8U2ab-YxPU1

Follow me on Twitter and/or Bluesky to stay up to date for guests and release info https://twitter.com/RedTunicPodcast / https://bsky.app/profile/theredtunicpodcast.com

Hey Link here, thanks for joining me for episode 96 where I speak with Anthanasia dev Sasha, where we talk about their upcoming dinosaur immersive sim Anthanasia, immersive sims, how they got into the industry and words of wisdom, the games that made them want to make games, their life outside of games, and some lightning round questions.

0:00 Start

2:30 Imm sims and Athanasia

17:30 How Sasha got into making games and words of wisdom

30:30 The games that made them want to do it

41:15 Life outside of games

51:30 Lightning Round

55:45 Closing Time

1:00:45 Wrap

Follow their Kickstarter for more info via https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aysasha/athanasia-dinosaur-immersive-sim

Wishlist, and check out the demo, via https://store.steampowered.com/app/1761910/Athanasia/

Follow Sasha on Twitter https://x.com/AySashaa

Follow Sasha on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/aysasha.bsky.social

Follow Momentum Games on Twitter https://x.com/MomentumGamesCo

Follow me on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/RedTunicPodcast

Follow me on Bluesky @ https://bsky.app/profile/theredtunicpodcast.com

Full list found at https://pod.link/TheRedTunicPodcast

Hey Link here, thanks for joining me for episode 95 where I speak with Dan Pearce, lead developer on the newly released I AM YOUR BEAST from Strange Scaffold. In this episode  we talk about Strange Scaffold and how it differs from other places he’s worked, how Dan got into the industry and words of wisdom from his experiences, the games that made him want to make games, their favorite games, their life outside of gaming, and some lightning round questions

Before we get started, don’t forget there are links in the episode description that you can follow to learn more about Dan as well as the podcast. Also, don’t forget to like and share the episode and without further adieu, enjoy episode 95!

0:00 Start

01:00 Strange Scaffold

11:45 How they got into making games & words of wisdom

35:30 The game that made them want to make games

47:45 Favorite games

56:30 Life outside of games

1:08:00 Lighting Round

1:14:00 Closing time

Check them out at –
Twitter – https://x.com/GameDesignDan
Bluesky – https://bsky.app/profile/gamedesigndan.bsky.social
Steam – https://store.steampowered.com/app/1876590/I_Am_Your_Beast/
Itch.IO – https://strangescaffold.itch.io/i-am-your-beast

Follow me on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/RedTunicPodcast
Follow me on Bluesky @ https://bsky.app/profile/theredtunicpodcast.com
Episodes can be found at most podcast delivery services.
Full list found at https://pod.link/TheRedTunicPodcast

Hey Link here, thanks for joining me for episode 94 where I speak with Luiza Tanaka, where we talk about how she got into the industry and words of wisdom from her experiences, the games that made her want to make games, what she enjoys about gaming, game series she feels should be more popular, games that don’t get enough credit, her favorite games, her life outside of gaming, and some lightning round questions.

Before we get started, don’t forget there are links in the episode description that you can follow to learn more about Luiza as well as the podcast. Also, don’t forget to like and share the episode and without further adieu, enjoy episode 94!

0:00 Start

10:00 Words of Wisdom

20:30 Games that made her want to be in gaming

25:25 What she enjoys about gaming

30:30 Luiza’s hidden gem

34:45 Game that doesn’t get enough credit

43:00 Favorite games

48:00 Life outside of gaming

60:00 Lighting rough questions

01:07:45 Closing time

Check Luiza out on Twitter via https://x.com/LuizaTanaka

Check Luiza out on ArtStation via https://www.artstation.com/luizatanaka

Hey Link here, thanks for joining me for episode 93 where I speak with Akash Thakkar, where we talk about how they got into the industry, how they realized making game music was a possibility, their perfect game, games that didn’t age well, their favorite recent trend in games, their life outside of games, and some lightning round questions!

Before we get started, don’t forget there are links in the episode description that you can follow to learn more about Akash as well as the podcast. Also, don’t forget to like and share the episode and without further adieu, enjoy episode 93!

0:00 Start

05:25 How they got into the industry

18:15 How they realized making game music was a possibility

21:45 Their “perfect” game

29:30 Games that didn’t age well

36:00 Favorite recent trend in games

44:00 Outside of games

54:00 Lightning Round

57:30 Closing time

Check out Akash via –

His website https://www.akashthakkar.com/

His Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/akashthakkaraudio

His Twitter https://x.com/AkashThakkar

Follow me on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/RedTunicPodcast

Follow me on Bluesky @ https://bsky.app/profile/theredtunicpodcast.com

Full list found at https://pod.link/TheRedTunicPodcast

Hey Link here, thanks for joining me for episode 92 where I speak with Robert Bailey. In this episode we talk about  how they got into the industry and words of wisdom from their experiences, games that made them want to get into the industry, games they feel didn’t get enough credit, their life outside of gaming, some lightning round questions, as well as other interesting topics.

Before we get started, don’t forget there are links in the episode description that you can follow to learn more about Robert as well as the podcast. Also, don’t forget to like and share the episode and without further adieu, enjoy episode 92!

0:00 Start

9:30 How they got into the industry

13:00 Words of Wisdom

29:30 Game that made them want to make games

40:45 Game that doesn’t get enough credit

51:45 Life outside of gaming

1:04:15 Lighting Round

1:07:30 Closing Time

Be sure to check Robert out via –

Twitter https://x.com/thrownerror

Website https://thrownerror.com/