This week is all about developing games! We are joined by Ashley, who is making a cool JRPG Roguelike called Last Gasp and Bibulous who is making his third Sky Ballet game. You can play His first two on Itch! Of course you can play Bluzo's first games as well, Along an Extremity and Hana's Light which were made with collaborators. The full credits for each are on the itch pages. Also keep an eye out for her work with Broken Rotten!

Please make sure you get your Top 5 for the year in! You can email us at hi@twcr-radio.online or DM it to us in Discord!

Recommendations:

• Ashley: GDC talk by Jeff Vogel: Failing to Fail the Spiderweb Software Way. Also, Octopath 0 is real good!
• Bibulous: PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Sega Saturn Game.
• Bluzo: Take breaks!
• TK: This big asset pack by Chequered Ink.

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:47) - Community Updates
• (01:12) - Get us your Top 5s!
• (02:14) - Developing Games!
• (02:26) - *Record Scratch* Channel Highlight actually! Game Development in Genre-Platform-Chat
• (04:22) - Ashley's Game: Last Gasp
• (09:04) - Working in RPG Maker MV
• (09:54) - Ashley's history and experience developing Last Gasp
• (11:33) - How has it felt being in the Game Development Channel?
• (12:55) - Bibulous Making Shmups
• (14:46) - Getting assets/Making art
• (15:46) - AI sucks. Don't use it, even as placeholder
• (18:39) - Sound is really important!
• (20:58) - Are you interested in collaborating?
• (22:28) - Bibulous's history and games
• (26:01) - Get your game in front of the right audience
• (27:44) - Start shorter
• (30:32) - Last Gasp Coming Early 2026
• (31:48) - Iterating with Bibulous
• (35:15) - Be honest with yourself about your strengths
• (38:30) - Broadn your horizons
• (39:49) - Other inspirations?
• (42:14) - Bluzo's experience collaborating
• (52:06) - How do you approach a JRPG?
• (55:01) - Remeber what PaRappa told you.
• (58:22) - It's cool to make things!
• (58:59) - Participate in the Game Jam 4!
• (59:31) - All hail The Kommisar of the Winter Jam!
• (01:00:07) - Are pancakes a game? Sure why not. THE KOMMISAR HAS SPOKEN
• (01:00:46) - Having a creative outlet is good for you!
• (01:01:50) - You have a right to have fun.
• (01:03:48) - Recommendations
• (01:03:53) - Ashley: GDC Talk: Failing to Fail the Spiderweb Software Way
• (01:04:16) - Ashley: Octopath Traveler 0
• (01:04:37) - Bibulous: PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Sega Saturn Game
• (01:09:33) - Send us your Top 5!

PLEASE send us your Top 5 for 2025! This can be stuff released in 2025 or things that are new to you this year. Send us audio files to hi@twcr-radio.online or via Discord DM and make sure to include your name!

This week we have GJ and Mike on to talk Actual Play podcasts! Listen to Mike's podcast, Cthulhu Con!

Recommendations:

Jared:

• The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

GJ:

• Follow a cast member from an Actual Play you like.
• Worlds Beyond Number: A County Affair
• American Vandal and Players

Mike:

• Dungeons & Daddies
• Gumshoes & Dragons
• Enshittification by Cory Doctorow
• #Media-Production-Chat

TK:

• Cho Ren Sha 68k
• Pretending to be People

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:50) - Community Updates
• (01:22) - Please Send Us Your Top 5!
• (03:19) - Channel Highlight: Podcast General and Tabletop Roundtable
• (04:49) - Actual Play Podcasts!
• (04:53) - What the hell is Actual Play Anyway?
• (06:29) - How GJ got into Actual Play
• (07:16) - TK fucks up a name again
• (07:51) - There you go buddy. Gold star
• (08:14) - Levels of Actual Play Production
• (09:38) - How did Mike get into Actual Play?
• (12:34) - TK's Actual Play History
• (14:24) - What Are You Looking For Anyway?
• (14:51) - GJ: High Production, Minimal Combat
• (15:21) - Mike's Here For That.
• (16:36) - Jared's History: Humor is Key! Mechanics are a Boon
• (19:12) - TK: D&D Makes for a Bad Show?
• (20:10) - GJ: D&D is Great for a Show!
• (21:02) - Mike: The Books are a Guideline, not Hard and Fast Rules.
• (24:17) - Speaking of Systems: Cthulhu Con?
• (24:34) - Trail of Cthulhu
• (28:24) - Foreshadowing
• (28:32) - Dice: The Secret Extra Writer
• (28:52) - GJ: Chaos is Good! Improv is Fun!
• (31:13) - How Much Tabletop Experience Do We Have?
• (31:22) - Jared and TK are Drift Compatible
• (31:31) - GJ: Not Much
• (32:07) - If You Don't Want Mechanics, Why Actual Play?
• (34:56) - It's Okay to Say No, Sometimes.
• (37:09) - Actual Play is the Idealized Tabletop Group
• (38:26) - Jared's Played a Little Bit
• (40:06) - Actual Play Inspires Actual Play. Woah
• (43:25) - Jared's Sibling Theory
• (45:46) - TK: Late to Tabletop
• (46:25) - Listen to Cthulhu Con!
• (46:41) - More Coming from Skull & Scones
• (49:27) - The Oldest Actual Play: Record of Lodoss War
• (51:09) - Recommendations
• (51:15) - JAred: The Tainted Cup
• (54:31) - GJ: Pick One Performer and Follow Them!
• (55:05) - GJ: American Vandal and Players
• (56:18) - Mike: Dungeons & Daddies
• (57:25) - Mike: Gumshoes & Dragons
• (58:23) - Mike: Enshittification by Cory Doctrow
• (59:07) - Media Production Chat
• (01:00:03) - TK: Cho Ren Sha 68k
• (01:01:01) - TK: Pretending to Be People
• (01:01:54) - GJ Bonus! Worlds Beyond Number: A County Affair
• (01:04:13) - Outro
• (01:06:00) - Show and Tell

This week is a special episode all about Sky Ballet games!

Games Mentioned: Just check out the wonderful TWG Shmup Google Doc

Recommendations:
Bluzo: Watch Gundam, Any Gundam
TK: Use your PSP as a media player
Bibulous: Miles in Transit on YouTube
Zetto: TouHou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival Part III, Dispatch, The Filmography of Akira Kurosawa

• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:13) - Community Updates
• (03:43) - Channel Highlihgt: Genre Platform Chat - Sky Ballet
• (04:26) - Main Segment: Sky Ballet!
• (04:32) - Sky Ballet has always been there for us
• (05:21) - Bluzo Revolver: Double Shmup
• (07:25) - Bike Bibulouz: The Beginning
• (09:15) - Vocabulary Term: 1CC - One Credit Clear
• (10:27) - The Fighter Who Wanted to Become... ZettoRanger
• (12:50) - Vocabulary Term: Euro-Shmup (Derogatory)
• (14:28) - Is ZeroRanger a good place to start?
• (16:46) - Vocabulary term: Credit Feed - Pump credits into a game with no limit to complete it.
• (18:04) - Shmups: The hardest genre that wants you to get better
• (20:53) - Great Bullet Hells Steal
• (21:33) - Favorite Shmups
• (21:45) - Bibulous: ZeroRanger
• (22:02) - Bibulous: Cho Ren Sha 68k
• (22:57) - Are Freeware Shmups common?
• (25:22) - Zetto's Favorite: ZeroRanger
• (25:48) - Oh you didn't catch that?
• (25:55) - TouHou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival Part II
• (28:13) - Traditioooooooooon Tradition
• (30:29) - Moving on to Birdcage
• (32:42) - TirdKage? Is this anything?
• (33:19) - Vocabulary Term: Bullet Hell: The entire screen is death
• (34:31) - History Lesson: Batsugan
• (35:34) - TK has it backwards
• (36:20) - Back to the Cage
• (43:56) - Birdcage influences: Radiant Silvergun
• (45:11) - A tangent about Ikaruga
• (46:31) - Talkin' 'bout difficulty
• (49:05) - Are there good stories in shmups?
• (49:28) - Drainus
• (50:10) - Touhou (Danmaku specifically)
• (50:40) - Games by CAVE
• (52:51) - One Hell of a Google Doc
• (56:29) - It's Fun to Lose
• (57:14) - There are many ways to play. Don't be intimidated
• (01:00:14) - Recommendations
• (01:00:21) - Bluzo: Watch Gundam, Any Gundam
• (01:02:03) - TK: The PSP is a good video player, actually
• (01:03:56) - Bibulous: Miles in Transit on YouTube
• (01:05:51) - Zetto: TouHou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival Part III
• (01:07:29) - Zetto: Dispatch
• (01:08:23) - Zetto: The Filmography of Akira Kurusawa
• (01:13:28) - Outro

This week we're just chilling and talking games! Bluzo has visual novels, Jared's been hunting monsters with Thor, and TK has been punching people back to health in between high stakes slot car races!

Games Mentioned:

• The Hundred Line Last Defense Academy
• Drive Home
• Carimara
• Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
• Yakuza Kiwami
• Yakuza 0
• Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals TIme

Recommendations:

• Bluzo: IGDB
• Jared: Try new things (With a Partner)
• TK: 70% Complete (The charity stream VOD isn't currently available, but follow them at https://www.70percentcomplete.com/)

• (00:23) - Intro
• (01:14) - Update: No More News
• (01:21) - Come on the Show!
• (02:19) - Call in with GOTY picks!
• (02:47) - The Hundred Line is Edutainment
• (03:13) - Hundred Line: GOTY by volume?
• (04:12) - The Main Segment
• (04:16) - Aren't we missing something?
• (04:27) - Channel Highight: Games News
• (04:35) - This PC Runs on Coal and Water
• (08:47) - Is this the hardware corner? Yes.
• (11:01) - Back to Channel Highlight
• (12:01) - Jared: AYN Thor & Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
• (18:49) - Bluzo: Ride Home
• (20:45) - You're not a little bitch, Jared!
• (21:09) - Back to Drive Home
• (22:22) - Bluzo: Carimara
• (28:37) - TK: Yakuza Kiwami
• (37:00) - It Always Goes Back to Gundam
• (37:49) - Kiwami Comes Back
• (53:48) - Recommendations
• (53:50) - Bluzo: IGDB.com
• (57:56) - Jared:Try New Things!
• (59:45) - TK: 70% Complete Extra Life stream
• (01:01:29) - Outro
• (01:02:26) - Maybe we should do a Gundam episode?

This week is a week of catching up and revisiting old topics. Bluzo brings in Hundred Line, Butterfly Aeffect and Gundam Wing, while TK checks back in with Alan Wake II, Twin Peaks the Return, and House of Leaves!

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Games Mentioned:

• Hundred Line Last Defense Academy
• Fire Emblem Three Houses
• Alan Wake II
• Control

Recommendations:

• Bluzo: Visual;Conference
• TK: Mike's Reaper Guides

• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:20) - Community Updates
• (02:33) - Channel Highlight: Tech Chat > Media Production Chat | Bluzo Goes to Javascript School
• (03:41) - The Main Segment
• (03:54) - Bluzo: Hundred Line!
• (11:50) - TK: Alan Wake II
• (20:32) - Bluzo: Butterfly Aeffect
• (27:13) - TK: Twin Peaks The Return
• (27:40) - TK is bad at dates for a second
• (28:38) - Returning to the Return
• (33:02) - Bluzo: Gundam Wing
• (40:41) - CW: Suicide (incomplete)
• (41:58) - CW Over, back to Gundam
• (50:10) - House of Leaves
• (58:54) - Recommendations!
• (58:59) - Bluzo
• (01:02:21) - TK: Mike's Reaper Guides
• (01:03:54) - Discord Tutorial: How to find Threads
• (01:05:30) - Outro

This week, Jared is joined by guests Chase, Jordan, and Tony to talk about being parents while trying to maintain the video game hobby!

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Games Mentioned:

• Fire Emblem Three Houses
• Pokemon Legends ZA
• The Legends of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
• Kirby’s Return to Dreamland
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
• Pokemon X Version
• Pokemon Black & White Version
• Paw Patrol: On a Roll
• Paw Patrol: Save Adventure Bay
• Paw Patrol: World
• Untitled Goose Game
• Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Super Mario Wonder
• Paw Patrol Racing
• Sonic X Shadow Generations
• Untitled Goose Game
• The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Absolum
• UFO 50
• Root
• Riichi Mahjong
• Pokemon All-In
• Pokemon TCG Pocket
• Cribbage
• Trash
• Palace
• Monster Train 2
• Ball X Pit
• Final Fantasy XIII-2
• Shin Megami Tensei IV
• Pumpkin Jack
• Hades II
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
• Super Mario 64
• Super Mario World

Recommendations:
Jordan

• Use your local library! I’ve used it way more now as a parent
  • Check for parenting groups, “cultural passes”, and lending/tool library, libraries often stock much more than just books)

Tony

• You get much more traction when you’re playing what the kids themselves are into! I was shocked to see how much more persistent my oldest was at learning mechanics when she got to play as characters/in a world she was already interested in.
• GameTheory’s “How To Teach Video Games To A Non-Gamer”

Chase

• Writing things down

Jared

• Crossplay from Patrick Klepek

TK: Sign up for the Game Jam!

• (02:36) - Intro
• (07:59) - Community Updates
• (08:54) - Channel Highlight: Good Things > Parent Zone
• (10:33) - Since becoming a parent, how has your relationship with games changed?
• (33:44) - How do you introduce your kids to your hobby?
• (45:44) - Good games to share with kids
• (49:14) - Pick something they like
• (51:31) - Lego games
• (53:25) - Mail from Doog
• (01:13:17) - What have we been playing?
• (01:13:21) - Jared: Fire Emblem Three Houses & Spindle
• (01:17:34) - Chase: Pokemon Legends Z-A
• (01:24:42) - Jordan: Pokemon All In & Hollow Knight Silksong
• (01:31:24) - Tony: Shin Megami Tensei IV, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Final Fantasi XIII-2 & Pumpkin Jack
• (01:34:14) - Outro

This week Jared.Boo and The Killer have KitWitch on to talk horror games for our Halloween Spooktacular!
Games Mentioned:

• How Fish is Made
• Mouthwashing
• Alan Wake
• Alan Wake's American Nightmare
• Alan Wake II
• Control
• Inscryption

Recommendations:

• Kit: Read (or write) a spooky short story!
• Jared: The Analog Den on YouTube (Don't worry, the channel changed its name between recording and release)
• TK: The Ooh Directory

Chapters:

• (01:32) - Introducing the Threat
• (04:31) - Channel HELLight: Genre Platform Chat - Horror Games
• (06:31) - Booommunity Update
• (08:55) - Interactive Frights!
• (09:26) - Kit: Mouthwashing
• (10:03) - Wrong Organ. Even the name of the studio is scary
• (15:42) - Back to Mouthwashing
• (32:31) - Jared wants to get off Mr. Bones' Wild Ride
• (32:46) - A Note-sveratu About Mouthwashing's Availability
• (33:49) - Jared: Inscryption
• (46:57) - We all fail to recognize Daniel Mullens and Ed McMullen
• (49:41) - The Killer: Alan Wake II
• (51:05) - The true horror: WE'RE OLD
• (51:27) - Alan Wake's Continuous Timewarp
• (52:34) - More Aboot Alan Wake II
• (01:02:04) - Alan Wake II is Octopath Traveler II Coded
• (01:09:32) - Spookendations
• (01:09:39) - Kit: Read or Write Short Horror Stories
• (01:11:32) - Jared: The Analog Den on YouTube
• (01:13:01) - TK: Ooh.Directory
• (01:17:18) - We Try to End the Podcast

This week, TK and Wubble are talking Twin Peaks!

CONTENT WARNING: Twin Peaks is a mature show/movie and contains the following:

• Murder
• Domestic Violence
• Assault
• Sexual Assault
• Rape
• Sex Work (stripping, prostitution)
• Consentual Drug Use
• Non-Consentual Drug Use
• Underage Alcohol Use
• Infidelity
• Relationships between high school students and adults, including sexual relationships

Recommendations:

• WubbleButt: Puuung1 on Instagram
• TK: Symfonium for Android

Plugs:

• emilyjaazaniahphotography on Instagram
• tk-web.top

• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:37) - Community Updates
• (02:20) - Channel Highlight: The Red Room
• (02:59) - Structure and Content Warnings
• (05:02) - Wubble's history with Twin Peaks
• (07:55) - TK's background with Twin Peaks
• (11:46) - What made us want to pick it up again?
• (20:46) - Our Spoiler Free impressions of Fire Walk With Me
• (24:13) - There's a fish in the percolator
• (25:20) - Fire Walk With Me discussion (Spoiler Free)
• (29:42) - Spoiler free discussion of Seasons 1&2
• (30:27) - The Characters
• (40:16) - Spoilers start here
• (45:04) - A Tangent about The Crazy Chicken Man
• (02:18:28) - Predictions for The Return
• (02:21:28) - Lynch as a Director and a Writer
• (02:35:43) - Recommendations
• (02:35:51) - Wubble: Puuung1 on Instagram
• (02:37:11) - TK: Symfonium on Android
• (02:38:34) - Outro