Bit Storm

Ben and Trevor use the release of Silksong as a prompt to create some classic platformers and metroidvanias, using random movies as a prompt. Discover games such as:Garfield - the MegaDrive/Genesis 90s platformer,The Cable Guy - a metroidvania with inspiration from Metroid Dredd,Ghost World - a game about discovering your ghostly abilities to unlock further levels,and more!

With 2nd Brackey's Game Jam just having finished for 2025, Ben and Trev take the theme of the jam and discuss some game ideas incorporating the theme. The theme for this year was "Risk it for the Biscuit." The games discussed include:A Grant Grover adventure game investigating counterfeit augments.A game set in the Tower of Babylon.A precision platformer with a retry mechanic.

Ben and Trevor are exploring the idea of sharing information in games via websockets, and so this week are taking What 3 Words and combining them with that idea. The result is games such as:playing a platformer where one of you is an impostersolving a mystery in a deduction game where you can only communicate via scrapbookingan asymmetrical multiplayer game where one person control the weatherand more!

Ben once again invited Trev over to discuss games that don't exist in his office. They utilised a random movie generator to prompt the game ideas. The various ideas discussed were:A game where 7 hackers must work together, meanwhile there is a traitor within their midst.Multiple cartoons are birthed by a village in a horror adventure.A third person game where you play multiple characters, one of which turns out to be a serial killer.

Trevor and Ben utilise What Three Words to get random prompts for this week's video games - they come up with ideas such as:Using time travel for minor inconveniences;A wine expert dealing with prohibition;A custom peripheral for patching circuits together;and more!

With GMTK Game Jam just having finished, Ben and Trev try their hand at what games could go with the theme, LOOP. The games discussed were:A desperate housewives inspired time loop game, where you have one day to solve a murder in a suburban cul-de-sac... oh and you are a fish.Handle the network traffic of the SandmanAnswer questions and make your way up through the pantheon of the gods, in a bureaucratic simulator.

Ben and Trevor use movie titles and descriptions as prompts to come up with video game ideas, such as:a golf game slash romance visual novel;a spy thriller starring Popeye;hunting home invaders with fire;and more!

Ben and Trev are back at it again with their new weird random word generator. The results are of course super random and are unlike any game that does or could exist. The games discussed were:A worm typing an article for a newspaperA tuff (sic) golem guarding a volcano godAn adventure set through time on a planet with an unusual calendar system.

Ben and Trevor get together in person to take some Clicky Pitchy words and turn them into video games, such as:a detective who has trouble hearing certain wordsa village stuck in a time loopa kangaroo based rage gameand more!

Trev and Ben get serious this week, as the new random word generator brings more serious prompts. So serious in fact that they can't be added together anymore. The serious games they discussed were:An adventure game with global consequences if the young campers don't make it through the weekAn adventure game set over a single night where boy band members must make it through the night without being cancelledA scientist utilizes the strange electrical properties of the ornithological creatures on his island in a puzzle game.

Ben and Trevor continue with their new, slightly janky random word generator and play some Click Pitchy, using prompts to come up with game designs such as:the journey of a tongue through a world of tastes;an adventure game where you try to live up to the amazing acts of your ancestors;a world where only DC power exists;and more!

A new era of the podcast has arrived! Trev has been furiously working on a new random word generator for the podcast and it's ready... and a bit "pitchy". Ben and Trev try it out and get some weird words for their first attempt. The games discussed were:An Inside Out inspired conscience gameA devil and angel inspired conscience gameA music business tycoon game with storylets added for funA game where you must stop your character from hearing the number 69

Ben and Trevor riff off a dream, then grab some prompts from What 3 Words and invent some games, such as:A holy implement disguised as an every day utensil;piracy on the gaseous methane sea of another planet;the alien base that lives under the Great Artesian Basin;and more!

Ben and Trevor return to Bit Storm, adapting their game design process to a new challenge! With their usual random word generator no longer available, they're switching things up and using a random movie generator as their source of inspiration. Expect the unexpected as they attempt to build games around some truly unpredictable cinematic prompts. It's going to be a wild ride as they navigate the bizarre and hilarious possibilities that movie titles can inspire!A point and click adventure game based in a theatre camp, run by an ex assassinA walking simulator set in a distant world, where you play a mixed breed alienA mashup of Beverly Hills Cop and The Producers.

Ben and Trevor click some pitches this week, coming up with game designs like:a zen shaving game where you remove hair from a variety of creaturesa cozy Stardew Valley-esque game, where you are a sleeper agent waiting for a missionan apple picking game with a hidden horror elementand more!

Ben and Trevor are back for another round of Bit Storm, attempting to design games using random words and questionable logic! This week, they dove into Click Pitch, and the results are as delightfully unpredictable as ever. The games discussed includeA game where two planets fall in love and chaos ensuesA bounty hunter game set in the star wars universe with Carmen Sandiego like investigation and a totally new gameplay enhancement system.A time travel game where you must orchestrate a meet cute.

This week Ben and Trevor take all their Click Pitch prompts and merge them into a single MMO, with features such as:telepathic characters via the Shining;health systems and weight loss;pranking celebrities;and more!

Ben found another clip of the Big Flip Saga, so we are playing it. Dave/Cody, Harold and Oliver Pebbles learn all about working with childrens checks, how to make games and the healing factor of a spiggot.

Ben and Trevor play some regular old Click Pitch, pitching game ideas such as:a Superstore and Monster Prom inspired VR game where department store drama happens around you while you worka pharmacy deduction game where you must decode doctor's handwriting to dispense the right medicinea prophet who must ensure their prophecies are fulfilled as they go about their dayand more!

Ben and Trev delve back into games that were never developed from movies. Some of the games discussed this week were:A comedic wing commander-esque gameAn adventure game set in a precinct where the captain has been replaced by their serial killer twinA run based crime syndicate simulator with a Batman-esque "villian"