Revolution co-founder Tony Warriner joins Seoirse at Reboot Develop Blue for the podcast’s first ever episode in front of a live audience to discuss the Fall and Rise of adventure games. They discuss how Tony started playing text adventures and how he first met Charles Cecil and how they founded Revolution. They also both discuss what games inspired them when Revolution started making games as well as how they survived when Sierra went bankrupt and Lucasarts stopped making adventure games. Tony ...
May 05, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 169
Alex from Gamechuck joined Seoirse at Reboot Develop Blue to talk about Paws of Coal, the first in the Trip: The Ark Fantastic series. He explains in detail the background of the story, the game mechanics, how your choices will have consequences in this game and possibly in future games as well and he talks about where they see the series going in future. Paws of Coal Steam Page Trip the Ark Fantastic Demo Gamechuck Official Site Reboot Develop Blue Official Site Adventure Games Podcast Official...
May 03, 2023•Season 5Ep. 168
This month Seoirse is extremely busy on a podcast assignment in Croatia and is in no way lazily enjoying the sun instead. Therefore Laura had to step in along with Kieran to review five adventure games! They went on a Lynchian adventure with Grunnd, got lost while playing in, er, Lost in Play and then went fishing in Lovecraft Fishing game (yes you read that right) in Dredge. What could possibly go wrong? They also tell a story in Storyteller and went to Indonesia in A Space for the Unbound. The...
Apr 28, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 5Ep. 167
In this episode Seoirse speaks with Nicholas from Evil Pug Games about his upcoming game Enoch: Children of Fate. He talks about how he got started making the game and how the game got more ambitious as development went along. He also talks about marketing and financing the game and why he decided to make a game as ambitious as this. All that and much more! Evil Pug Games Official Site Enoch: Children of Fate Steam Page Adventure Games Podcast Official Site If you would like to stay up to date m...
Apr 14, 2023•59 min•Season 5Ep. 166
This month Jared Parisi of Indie Game International and new Adventure Game Podcast editor joins Seoirse and Tomas to review Deliver Us Mars and Season: A Letter to the Future. Meanwhile tells us where there are good stories in Monorail Stories and Seoirse talks about whether he was successful in any of his Ten Dates or if he was left a wreck in The Wreck. Games Reviewed Pentiment Official Site Ten Dates Official Site Deliver Us Mars Official Site Monorail Stories Official Site The Wreck Official...
Mar 31, 2023•1 hr 53 min•Season 5Ep. 165
Want to win a free Steam key for Grunnd? Then listen to this episode and send your answer to info@adventuregamespodcast.com by Friday 7th April 2023. Competition available worldwide. Grunnd Official Site Grunnd Steam Page Adventure Games Podcast Official Site If you would like to stay up to date make sure you subscribe to the podcast. You can subscribe and listen to this podcast on Itune s and Spotify and all other major Podcast Platforms! You can also subscribe to our Youtube channel for extra ...
Mar 28, 2023•6 min•Season 5Ep. 1
In this episode Seoirse speaks with Antti Laakso of Atom Brain Games all about his ambitious new game Dreams in the Witch House. Based on a Lovecraft short story this an open world non linear pixel art point and click adventure game with RPG elements. If any of those things appeal to you then this is one interview you don’t want to miss! Dreams in the Witch House Steam GOG Atom Brain Games Twitter Sound From The Deep Short Film Adventure Games Podcast Official Site If you would like to stay up t...
Mar 24, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 5Ep. 164
This month there has been so much news that we have dedicated an entire episode to the news. From new Kickstarters to new trailers to new games being announced plus there is some Adventure Game Podcast news where Seoirse has an exciting announcement! To find out what that is you will need to listen to the episode. Please enjoy! Conferences WASD Reboot Develop Blue Youtube Channel Trailers The Expanse: A Telltale Series Game Fort Solis Tintin: The Cigars of the Pharoah Sherlock Holmes: The Awaken...
Mar 17, 2023•53 min•Season 5Ep. 163
This month Rose makes kinda sorta debut as she and Seoirse review Pentiment, the only game Microsoft released in 2022! But first Tomas joins the team to see if Keoken Studios can deliver us The Moon. And finally, also making her debut, Amy aka SummerB, the beta tester extraordinaire who ha helped many adventure game developers with their adventure games goes down a Colossal Cave. Was this game worth the 30 year wait for the return of Ken and Roberta Williams. Find out in this episode! Games Revi...
Mar 03, 2023•1 hr 41 min•Season 5Ep. 162
This week Seoirse speaks with Martin from Nodbrim about his Westmark series. First they chat about Nodrim’s first game Westmark Manor followed by his upcoming game The Foretold: Westmark Legacy. He explains about the card mechanics and why he chose this game to be inspired by Lovecraft. He then talks about what we can expect from the Kickstarter and much more! Nodbrim Official Site Westmarkmark Manor Official Site The Foretold: Westmark Legacy Official Site The Foretold: Westmark Legacy Kickstar...
Feb 24, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 5Ep. 161
In this very special interview Seoirse is joined by none other than the legendary Roberta Williams! Roberta was kind enough to spend 90 minutes with Seoirse as she spoke about exactly how the project started, how she got involved, why they chose VR, what challenges they faced with VR and what the future may hold for both Roberta and Ken Williams. She also spoke about some of the reception the game got and what her definition of an adventure game is. So please enjoy this very special interview wi...
Feb 10, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Season 5Ep. 160
In the first review episode of the year Seoirse is not joined by Tomas or Laura but in their place steps friend of the pod and adventure game enthusiast Kieran who reviewed no less than 5 games! Kieran first reviews two of the most talked about adventure games of the year, Lucy Dreaming and The Excavation of Hobbs Barrow. He then reviews Grandma Badass who gets involved in increasingly absurd situations just to feed her cat. Speaking of cats, Seoirse reviews THE cat game of the year, Stray. Kier...
Feb 03, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Season 5Ep. 159
We may be one whole month into 2023 but it’s never too late to look back at the year that was as Seoirse, Tomas and Laura discuss whether in 2022 adventure games were doing their whole dead thing again (Spoiler: They weren’t) or whether this past year was full of a variety of great quality adventure games (Spoiler: It was). Whether it’s the return of old school adventure game developers, animal detective games, normal detective games, horror, first person, third person, puzzle based or story bas...
Jan 27, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 5Ep. 158
Happy New Year! This is the time of year we make resolutions and look ahead to what this coming year offers. But before we look this month we will look back at one of the most innovative games that was released last year. It is of course Sonority, a puzzle game where your character explores a world of music. Now music puzzles might have been quite difficult in the past (Looking at you Myt) but Hanging Interactive spoek to Seoirse about the pains they went to make this game accessible to everyone...
Jan 13, 2023•52 min•Season 5Ep. 157
It’s the time for giving and Seoirse met with four people in very giving moods as Tom Hardwidge, Pontus Wittenmark and Daniel and William of Silvernode Studios all joined Seoirse to giveaway copies of their games at this live interview. The giveaways may have ended but there may be two more giveaways at the end of this podcast for two more lucky winners so we’ll see who the most dedicated listeners are! Elsewhere they all speak about launch day nerves, game length versus value and much more in t...
Dec 23, 2022•1 hr 57 min•Season 4Ep. 156
It’s not often that a developer tries to encourage people to NOT buy their game but that’s exactly what happens in this episode. Well kinda. This month seoirse is joined by Kinglbalde Games as he talks about Do NOT Buy this game. Is this a game? If so should you really buy this game? Well I guess we’ll have to find out what the developer thinks… (Spoiler: Yes you should) Do NOT Buy This Game Official Site Do NOT Buy This Game Steam Page Adventure Games Podcast Official Site Twitch Streams Laura ...
Dec 09, 2022•55 min•Season 4Ep. 155
Another month another roundup of the latest adventure games released! This month Seoirse gets into the Christmas spirit as he reviews “Watch Over Christmas”. Meanwhile Laura reviews the sequel to the original Animal detective game as she talks about “Frog detective 3. Finally, Thomas takes us to a fantasy world where a global pandemic could never ever happen in “The Plague Doctor of Wippra and the three hosts reveal whether it was a good idea to go on “The Excavation of Hobs Barrow”. Plus they d...
Dec 02, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Season 4Ep. 154
This week Seoirse spoke to Superlumen, developers of Lovecraft inspired game Desolatium. They spoke all about their game, including what makes Lovecraft so great to adapt for games and how they are implementing VR to give a more wholesome horror experience. All that and much more! Superlumen Official Site Desolatium Steam Page Desolatium Prologue Steam Page Adventure Games Podcast Official Site Twitch Streams Laura Cress Twitch If you would like to stay up to date make sure you subscribe to the ...
Nov 18, 2022•57 min•Season 4Ep. 154
This month Seoirse received a call from an Unknown Number. Thankfully it turned out to be the guys from Godolphin Games who spoke all about their upcoming first of its kind voice controlled thriller, Unknown Number: A First Person talker. They spoke about how they used the technology to create a voice controlled adventure game, how the choices will affect the story and how they managed to work with the great voice cast. All that and much more! Godolphin Games Official Site Unknown Number Steam P...
Nov 11, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 153
Former Theme Park developer and current adventure game developer David Younger joined Seoirse to talk all about one of the most anticipated adventure games, Foolish Mortals. David spoke to Seoirse about how he started working on this game during Covid, how his amazing wife learned programming to help him make the game and how she gave him what is probably the most awesome present ever! And he also spoke about the beautiful artwork and the success of his Kickstarter caught him by surprise as well...
Oct 14, 2022•1 hr 31 min•Season 4Ep. 152
In this epic episode the three very important looking pirates go off on their greatest quest yet: to Return to Monkey Island! And yes there be spoilers! Although the first part of the review is non spoilers and the spoilers are well telegraphed but they finish the episode by discussing everything from ending, revelations and whether we think the game ultimately met our impossibly high expectations. But first there are other adventure games too! Tomas does his best David Attenborough impersonatio...
Oct 07, 2022•2 hr 16 min•Season 4Ep. 151
Revolution: The Quest for Game Development Greatness with Tony Warriner Revolution Software co-founder and One of the lead designers of Lure of the Temptress, Beneath a Steel Sky and of course Broken Sword, Tony Warriner joins Seoirse to discuss his new book Revolution: The Quest for Game Development Greatness charting the history and the sometimes tumultous relationship the company with some publishers who nearly drove the company out of business. He also talks about the Kickstarter for Broken ...
Sep 30, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Season 4Ep. 150
Just a short episode to announce that on Monday 26 September at 7PM GMT+1 Seoirse will be speaking live with revolution co-founder Tony Warriner. Tony has written a book called Revolution: The Quest for Game development Greatness and it is now on Kickstarter to help cover costs. If you have any interest in game development, Beneath a Steel Sky or Broken Sword we would recommend you check out the Kickstarter at the link below. And if you have any questions for Tony then please join us and post th...
Sep 22, 2022•5 min•Season 4Ep. 3
In this murder mystery episode Seoirse reviews not one but two animal detective games as first he reviews the sherlock holmes and Agatha Christie inspired Lord Winklebottom Investigates followed by the Point and Lick Cat detective game Nine Noir Lives. Tomas also shares his thoughts on Tangle Tower and visual novel type game Dot Home. Finally Laura who joins us again talks about the latest Sam Barlow game, Immortality. Plus we round up the latest adventure game news in including a release date a...
Sep 16, 2022•1 hr 42 min•Season 4Ep. 149
On September 8 2022 Francisco Gonzalez exclusively revealed the voicecast of his upcoming game Rosewater. And what a voicecast it is. Six of the actors had roles in well known adventure games from the 90’s, 3 had large roles in a Telltale game and others had prominent roles in some of the biggest games in the last few years including another Western! Francisco also spoke in more detail about how he was able to attract this big name talent and how he intends to work them. And if you prefer to see...
Sep 15, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Season 4Ep. 2
In this episode Seoirse speaks with now one but TWO adventure game developers! In this very first roundtable discussion Seoirse speaks with Pontus Wittenmark aka Warm Kitten and Sivernode Studios about their games, Justin Wack and the Big Time Hack and Nine Noir Lives. They also talk about adventure games in general including their views on how to make games more accessible, their opinions on puzzles and how to write a good story for a game and much more! Justin Wack Official Site Nine Noir Live...
Sep 09, 2022•1 hr 33 min•Season 4Ep. 148
Watch interview on Youtube On this episode Seoirse is joined by the creators of Fogtown an upcoming series and adventure game featuring puppets! The creators talk to Seoirse about how they came up with the idea, how they are able to work remotely on the series and game and they reveal how they convinced Dean Erikson to come out of retirement to join their game. Plus they demonstrate the technology they are using to make the series and game and they talk about it’s similar to what Disney use on T...
Aug 26, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Season 4Ep. 147
Just a short announcement that Francisco Gonzalez will be exclusively revealing the voice cast for Rosewater on the Adventure Games Podcast! Tune in on September 8 at 8PM GMT+1 as Seoirse will be joined by Francisco and we will all find out who will appear on Rosewater. Simply click the link below, click Notify me and Subscribe so you won’t miss out! Rosewater Voice Cast Exclusive Reveal with Francisco Gonzalez Adventure Games Podcast Official Site Twitch Streams Laura Cress Twitch If you would ...
Aug 25, 2022•4 min•Season 4Ep. 1
On this month’s episode James Simpson from Goldfire Studios comes out of the Arctic to talk to us about his upcoming story driven exploration game Arctic Awakening. He tells Seoirse that this is a Story First game so no need to worry about survival! He also talks about how he went method and flew a plane and survived the wilderness just like the main character! He also talks about his indie studio maanged to make an open world adventure game work on a budget. All that and much more! Arctic Awake...
Aug 12, 2022•1 min•Season 4Ep. 146
On this episode Seoirse and Tomas join up without Laura unfortunately who, now that she’s a major Youtube start will never return to this small podcast. That and she had some connection issues so we may, hopefully see her again next month. She did however record reviews for two games she’s played including creepy horror Nightmare Frames and definitely not a horror, Stray, where you play as a cute little kitty causing havoc in a cyberpunk world. Elsewhere Tomas reviews Tacoma and tells us whether...
Aug 05, 2022•1 hr 39 min•Season 4Ep. 145
