Warning: there are spoilers about BonBon around the 11 minute mark, skip ahead to the 25 minute mark to avoid it Nick Bell of Aetheric games joins us to talk about BonBon, Legend Of Snek, and growing up in Scotland as an indie developer. topics: reactions to the game, finding themes after making the game, povery, thatcherism, REBIND's article on BonBon spoiler discussion about BonBon (CW: family stuff, generational trauma) subtext in horror games short games potential for story telling, parallel w short stories Interactivity: The Interactive Experience The Stanley parable, the beginner's guide and their shortcomings Being a developer in Edinburgh, Scottish games scenes Running a games program in college diversity issues in academia and industry, gatekeeping college sucks ass bridging the gap between industry and newcomers
Plugs:
Aetheric Games' twitter - https://twitter.com/aethericgames
Nick's personal twitter - https://twitter.com/MrBehemo
Temple of Snek - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1208590/Temple_Of_Snek/
Show notes:
Bonbon - https://aethericgames.itch.io/bonbon
Emily's piece on Bonbon - https://www.rebind.io/the-year-of-the-rat-bonbon-4319/
Among the Sleep - https://store.steampowered.com/app/250620/Among_the_Sleep__Enhanced_Edition/
Lost in the Backrooms - https://jan-malitschek.itch.io/lost-in-the-backrooms
Emily's piece on Lost in the Backrooms - https://www.rebind.io/confrontation-of-the-substrate-jan-malitscheks-backrooms-2626/
Puppet Combo's games - https://puppetcombo.com/
She Dreams Elsewhere - https://lorenze.itch.io/she-dreams-elsewhere
Interactivity: The Interactive Experience - https://aethericgames.itch.io/interactivity-the-interactive-experience