Bit Storm

Listen along this week as Ben and Trevor riff on some incredible new game designs based on random words, such as:A licensed Firefly game with procedurally generated storylets and a Sea of Thieves-esque multiplayer;A management and hacking sim where an orthodontist must fight back against Big Teeth;A rustpunk VR golf game where you use your putting skills to beat enemies;and more!

Ben and Trev got together after a 2 week break and discussed some games. These are their stories.On a world where UV will kill, diamonds are used to fuel vehiclesTwister - The Movie - The GameLiquid and pressure based Portal

On this week's episode, Ben and Trevor play some video game wall tennis as they come up with improvised game ideas, such as:A throwback sidescroller where you play the son of Bill Gates;A shadow puppetry game played in the context of a rickety stagecoach;A Daniel Mullins inspired experience where you move up the ranks of angelic tech support;and more!

Ben and Trev forgot to do a Halloween episode earlier, so here is a very last minute version of one. They almost spend the entire episode talking about one game. The games they talked about were:An airbnb set horror game, where the protagonist lives in the front portion of an airbnb and scary things start happening when someone rents the back room.An adventure FMV game set in a weird alternate universe where everything grows on trees.

Ben and Trevor play some classic Click Pitch, inventing games such as:A dating app/game where you must climb a mountain to marry your spouse;A new sporting sensation where you must feed your goalies perfectly cooked burgers;A marching band simulator;and more!

Originally planned for release as episode 351, Ben and Trevor finally get this episode released as it was stuck on Trev's new PC that went in for repairs. In this pre PAX episode, they discuss game ideas centered around the Vampire Survivors / Horde Shooter genre.A horde shooter where all your weapons are powered from extension cords.A VR horde shooter based around hand poses and ring slots for weapons.A paintball horde shooter based on the TV series Community.

This week on Bit Storm, Ben and Trevor play some good old Click Pitch, taking random words and turning them into games such as:a PS1 inspired escape room game with a raunchy intro;a game where you voyage to cross the edges of a flat Earth;a deck builder where you are taking your carnival from town to town;and more!

Ben and Trev are joined by the always wonderful Ryan Betson. They all sat above the theatre entrances at PAX 2023 and had a chat about some video games that don't exist. The games they discussed include:Two rival editions of a media empire game, one starring a Goose and one starring a Swan.A boss has to visit all the parties in a high rise building while dodging a touchy workmate.A rogue like burglary game.

Trevor and Ben riff on some Ramped Up Click Pitch, taking random phrases and turning them into games such as:An on-sea adventure set around the hairy island nations of B'athtuub;A world where you need to get high to get high;Join the crew that lives in and maintains city-sized golems made from rusted metal;and more!

With Trevor feeling under the weather again, Ben and Trevor play another one of those mysterious tapes from Big Flip Studios. This time they are hiring a new game designer and they've made some minor changes to their office, in the form of an escape room.

Ben and Trevor play some Ramped Up Click Pitch, rocking out some game ideas such as:a poignant meditative game about restoring an old car after returning to your homeland;a frustrating two player co-op game all about balance;a loot clicker set in a school secretly run by a necromancer;and more!

Ben and Trevor once again play Classic Click Pitch and Ben brings a game pitch to discuss. The game discussed includeAn Around the World in 80 days inspired puzzle gameAn Infamous inspired cyberpunk hero gameA vampire farming simulator.

Recording again after a long break, Ben and Trevor are back with some good old classic Click Pitch, in which they improvise game worlds such as:two tea-drinking caveman toys searching the city for their old owner;the microcosmic world of a pub pool table;a platformer where you play as Hermes Conrad from Futurama, limboing your way to freedom;and more!

Ben and Trev must have accidently made a deal with the devil, as they have finally found the tracks for episode 300, just in time for PAX 2023. Live from the Audio Technica booth on the show floor at PAX, they welcome the Inconsolables for a few rounds of classic click pitch. Games include.A haunted brothel management gameThe Wiggles star in their own alternate reality game, with a dark twistPlay as the animals escaping another biblical scale flood.

In the final buffered episode before Ben is back from Canada, Ben and Trevor do some deep video game world building with ideas such as:a parallel universe where gummy is a fundamental particle;somebody finds God's omnipresent suitcase;measuring ingredients using household items;a Return of the Obra Dinn inspired game where you find out who gave you conjunctivitis;and more!

Ben and Trev are back at it again with more Classic Click Pitch(tm). The games this week include.Looking after the local heroes babiesMining deep underground with only canaries to tell if the oxygen is getting lowSocially engineer your way to victory in a local electionFix Satisfactory style automation levels

Ben and Trevor kick on with some more classic Click Pitch, riffing on game ideas such as:Trevor Scott waking up as a literal sheep;kids holding a civil lawsuit over custody of a bunny;a build-a-cosplay simulation;playing as a flight attendant on an interplanetary flight;and more!

Ben and Trevor discuss yet more games before Ben leaves on his 10 week trip. Utilising the latest in random word technology, they retrieve those random words and come up with game designs, such as.Manage a thinkeasy, a place where people can reminisce in peace.Solving the mystery of everyone's 3d printer all printing automaticallyBring down the world of Fantasy Gloria Jeans from the inside.

Ben and Trev continue with last weeks revolutionary idea of returning to Click Pitch to come up with their game ideas. Actual gamified games discussed includeA digital card game where each player builds a wallAn episodic game set on a fictional tv show called Band WagonAn action adventure where the player character follows a wool trail and ravels it into a ball.

Ben and Trev return to the classic Click Pitch game this week and discover the freedom that comes with less words. Games discussed include:A management style game where the secrets of the Sandman are revealedAnother management game where the Gym's you manage have more difficult clientele the longer you playA Paper's Please / Not Tonight inspired medical game.