Transcript
It’s the solo games episode! Hopefully the first of many. I’m joined by Seb Pines, designer of The Awards winning game Dwelling and haver of MFA in basically solo games, to talk about prompts in solo games.
This is a broad survey of solo games. We talk about a bunch of games (listed below) that all behave differently. If you’re curious about this side of the hobby, this is the primer for you.
Further Reading:
Dwelling by Seb Pines
Thousand Year Old Vampire by Tim Hutchings
Horse Girl by Babblegum Sam
Artefact by Jack Harrison
Project ECCO by Elliot Davis
Notorious by Jason Price
Void 1680 AM by Ken Lowery
I Eat Mantras For Breakfast by Maria Mison
The Ink That Bleeds and an excerpt on the Indie Game Reading Club
My response to The Ink That Bleeds
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