Bit Storm

Oct 27 2024 419 ep. 54 mins 84
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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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Hole-o-ween

Oct 27 2024 37 mins  
Ben and Trev get spooky with this years Hole-o-ween special. This year they are playing Ramped Up Click Pitch to get their prompts and the games discussed were:a game where you control a marionette manuallya horror game set at a camp for toddlersa game called All Draculas Hate Dentists

Use Kazoo On Mouth

Oct 20 2024 37 mins  
This week Ben and Trevor take random movies as prompts and come up with improvised video games, including:a Pacific Rim/Commando mash-up where you are an ex-mech fighter brought back to save your daughter;a point and click adventure where you play two slightly naive men looking after some difficult kids;an investigate reporter tries to discover the source of the shocking visions of

Goblin Park (Live from PAX 2024)

Oct 13 2024 33 mins  
Ben and Trev are once again live from PAX, this time sitting above the handheld area, where they play some Click Pitch. The games that will never exist but yet are discussed involved:Controlling dangerous fantasy creatures in a national parkAvoid aliens by continually maintaining rhythm while going through lifePay actual bills with actual money through space invaders styled gamepla

Judge Swole Buffman

Oct 06 2024 36 mins  
Ben and Trevor take notes from GOTY contender UFO 50 by improvising limited scope games, such as:a mouse digging his way between houses, looking for treats;dueling painters trying to be the one who paints the most of a house;California Games meets the legal system;and more!

Lathe-er Sword

Sep 29 2024 37 mins  
Ben and Trev are back on video, and are ready to introduce a new segment to the podcast. What is it??? You'll have to listen to find out.Games discussed includeMonique the leek runs for president as your character trys to turn from antagonist to protagonist.Search through videos from an archive to solve a mysteryAn adventure game set in a school staff room.

Cryptid Love Child

Sep 22 2024 41 mins  
A new season begins, and Trevor and Ben take random movie prompts and turn them into improvised video game ideas, including:a spy thriller take on My Dinner With Andrea tense sci-fi survival game set next to volcanic vents in the deepest oceana mystery revolving around a friend lost in a haunted theme park rideand more!

400: End of an Era

Sep 15 2024 40 mins  
Well, it's come time to finally end Bit Storm... Season 1. Ben and Trev have decided that 400 episodes is the perfect length for a season of a podcast, so this is the final episode of season 1. They discuss games that still don't exist at length like:A timeloop adventure set between the hours of 9am and 3pm at an officeA dystopian adventure where the main character realises they ar

399: Pianist Hero

Sep 08 2024 35 mins  
Ben and Trevor get down with some Click Pitch, improvising video game ideas such as:a game played on your phone where you are trying to find your missing friend Jared;a tea-bag factory simulator;playing as an eccentric architect trying to build the best tower for his community;and more!

398: Larry the Hugger

Sep 01 2024 37 mins  
Ben and Trev try their hand at video in this audio medium. So there's plenty of references to a non existant video version as Trevor was too lazy to actually put the video up. They talked about some cool games though, like:A management game set in a resortA point and click adventure game about a facehugger trying to find a face to hug.A clothes manufacturing game where the only fab

397: VB Presents: Desert Crawl

Aug 25 2024 34 mins  
This week Ben and Trevor use the theme from GMTK Jam 2024 "Built To Scale" in all of their Click Pitches and come up with improvised video games such as:a Katamari style kids shape spinnera super-spy finding themself in a tiny citya co-op game where the players balance food as they deliver it to a giantand more!