Adventure Games Podcast

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 Han...

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 listener...

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 Offic...

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...

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 Tw...

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 wit...

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...

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...

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 publ...

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 K...

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 Bar...

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 h...

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 puzz...

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...

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 Fran...

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...

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...

There may be a few animal detective games coming out but only one features a talking giraffe with a monocle. Still not sold? Well the developer of Lord Winklebottom Investigates joins Seoirse to talk all about this game including how she came up with the game by drawing the characters, what other animals we can expect in this game and a lot more besides. Lord Winklebottom Investigates Official Sit...

This month Ruben from Aruma Studios joins Seoirse to talk about his mystery game Intruder in Antiquonia. He talks about why he decided to set this game in a small Galician town in the north of Spain, how working with professional writers benefited the game, how he created his own engine to create the game and how he was able to work with a local Galician musician to create authentic Galician music...

In this review episode of the AGP, Laura has too many games to review! She looks at Card Shark, Voodoo Detective and The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe Edition, whilst Seoirse checks out the FMV The Bucker and Martha Is Dead. Meanwhile Tomas has been reading the Heaven's Vault books! Plus the team reviews the latest Steam Next Fest demos including Old Skies and Near Mage. News Blade Runner Enhanced...

“Tell me about voodoo” may be a classic line for adventure game fans and in this episode the two Erics from Short Sleeve Studios do just that as they talk about their new game Voodoo Detective. They talk about how they both got involved with the game, how they came up with the idea for the story and just how they managed to work with amazing talent for voice actors and of course, Peter McConnell,...

In this review edition of the AGP, Laura sets out to find Who Pressed Mute On Uncle Marcus? (the latest FMV game by Wales Interactive, as well as trying out more traditional point and click adventure game Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit. Seoirse reviews Sámi action adventure game Skamba Snowfall and Tomas takes a look back at Tellatale’s The Walking Dead. Plus news about a Simon the Sorcerer p...

In this episode Seoirse speaks Tom from Radio Silence Studios all about his upcoming Broken Sword inspired game, The Adventures of Bryan Scott. Tom speaks about how this game first came to be, how he came up[ with a conspiracy mystery that hasn’t been used much in other stories and that is not that well known and of course he reveals how he managed to work with the voice actor for George Stobbart...

This month Laura goes searching for gold in Oregon in The Lost Oregon City Gold and Seoirse goes chasing Static in uh, Chasing Static. Meanwhile Tomas tries to solve the most difficult puzzle of his life: trying to get his laptop to work! Before all that the trio discuss the new Monkey Island and some new games adventure games announced. News Return to Monkey Island Screenshots https://adventurega...

On this episode Seoirse speaks with Anna Antinova, one half of the 2 for 2 team all about their new game Kapia. She talks about they started working on the game, what challenges they faced and how they overcame them, how they managed to get the game on GOG and she shares some interesting anecodotes about the game’s development. All that and much more! Watch this interview on Youtube Kapia Official...