Combo Wombo

Gimpy updates on his game progress and the boys go over the time they worked together on the GDEVELOP Jam last year, the struggles of working as a team and managing personalities. youtube available: https://youtu.be/kljWb3QVXE8

Chip is back to playing games, his long drought is over. He tells us about his takes on Balatro and Ninja Gaiden, The guys then touch on the current state of the “Stop Killing Games” initiative. https://www.stopkillinggames.com/ youtube available: https://youtu.be/89F1uSRsjn4

Chip and Gimpy are back, Gimpy was under the weather, they discuss the steam sale a bit, and catch up on things like Splitgate 2. Very Casual episode to catch up. youtube available: https://youtu.be/C8MPA8zn2m0

Chip and Gimpy discuss the switch 2 a little bit, neither of us bought it. Chip picked up a tablet and has been practicing “flip book” animation. Chip goes in on his rediscovery of an often looked over resource, the public library. youtube available: https://youtu.be/UjiQz5Jc1ts

Chip and Gimpy haven't spoke since last week, so a quick update on our personal lives then Gimpy discusses his experience with Doom Dark Ages, and dives a little in to how they giving the keys to difficulty to the player. It could be the start of an interesting trend of letting the player tailor their gaming experience themselves. youtube available: https://youtu.be/QdBTWgRlDIo Doom from the e...

Chip and Gimpy took an unplanned break, both being sick, and mothers day plans made meeting up to do the pod difficult. We are back and catching up with each other and we discuss the latest Bungie drama. youtube available: https://youtu.be/tMZOVCQmpl8

Chip started digging into the business side of AI and doesn't believe its sustainable, not to mention the ethical concerns. The guys discuss the Oblivion remaster surprise drop and if these AAA surprise releases steal the thunder from smaller games. They also discuss their thoughts on remakes vs remasters and their place in the scene. youtube available: https://youtu.be/2aiDLrSc8ak

Gimpy updates us on his pig game progress (with a screenshot), Chip speaks about finally starting to realize his dream card game and putting his idea through its paces in a Monte Carlo simulation. The guys then talk about Lords Of The Fallen 2.0 and their huge re-haul does it move the needle? youtube available: https://youtu.be/RqKhPLGvOvc Super Galaxy Start Busters https://gamejolt.com/games/supe...

Gimpy shares his plans of relaxing on his porch, The Minecraft movie hate being overblown, and shares his handling of pop culture with his children. Chip has been diving into local AI models and is compiling them all to form Voltron. Chips Web Novel https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/91361/the-multitasking-mage youtube available: https://youtu.be/9MFSyLpV7l8

Gimpy and Chip discuss a little bit about the switch 2, and the way the gaming industry is going as a whole. Chip has spent the time to develop a new brainstorming tool available for free designed to help during the early conception / prototype stage available here. https://determined-clams.static.domains/chipped youtube available:  https://youtu.be/GPDdwuu-fgU

Gimpy updates on figuring out mobile game camera’s, Chip is working hard on a single screen tiger electronic inspired project turned rhythm game and is playing musical chairs with engines. The guys have a discussion on designing for expectations and praise artists/creators offering their services to aid you in your game dev journey. youtube available:  https://youtu.be/kbyQM1gWr7o

Gimpy discusses his solution to gaming in a hotel Chip discusses his continued progress in RUST and reveals his game and watch inspired mini game he is working on. youtube available: https://youtu.be/4WTz7iYpOLY

Gimpy updates on his progress for his casual game, Chip speaks on entering the rabbit hole that is the RUST programming language, Gimpy questions why? And wonder if its too complex to complete a project in. youtube available: https://youtu.be/RSPb7WAfcuo

Godot 4.4 is out and the gamedev community is very hyped about the release. Chip and Gimpy discuss their personal takes on the engines they prefer (unity/gamemaker studio 2) and talk about why they won’t switch and what they would suggest for others to learn/teach. youtube available: https://youtu.be/hnhwY90-prM

Chip used AI to generate two prototypes, the guys jump in on their thoughts on this. The guys discuss whether its good or bad for game creation. The guys end the episode on the impact of commercialization of creative mediums. youtube available: https://youtu.be/qEuQJXOLlvA X - @combowombopod

The guys discuss progress on their own personal projects. Gimpy talks about where he is on the planning phase of his mobile cozy game, Chip comes in with the design doc for his next project and the roadblock of simply launching Unity. youtube available: https://youtu.be/673HrGxWLGg

The guys discuss the state of VR in the beginning of 2025, Gimpy believes it needs more “good” games and not necessarily a “killer app”, Chip Disagrees, Chip shares his next writing project and Gimpy gives an update on where he is on his casual game idea. youtube available: https://youtu.be/GDGnIakaqys

The guys go over the Xbox Dev stream, Gimpy speaks on his excitement for Ninja Gaiden 4. Chip goes on about not getting in your own way on creative endeavors. Gimpy recommends the game “Greed & Darkness”, praises its animation and sound design. check out Greed & Darkness For Free https://yrgo-game-creator.itch.io/greed-and-darkness youtube available: https://youtu.be/O6AND5q432c

Chip and Gimpy discuss the Switch 2 announcement, and Chip reveals he doesn’t think Nintendo is doing anything that’s worth the time any longer, Gimpy states the potential software he is excited for with the new device. youtube available: https://youtu.be/UD6w8Yd-QvE

Chip and Gimpy go over their goals / resolutions for 2025, The last year definitely inspired Gimpy to keep going, Chip is in his chill out stage. youtube available: https://youtu.be/H5MPxFXupxY

Chip and Gimpy go over their personal favorite games of 2024, their favorite tool for gamedev and discuss the fiasco that was itch.io vs funko. youtube available: https://youtu.be/Mt5dtqcQuUo

Chip and Gimpy freeform discuss a little about what they are doing while winding down the end of the year. Translation : Chips spends 12 minutes going on about his various conspiracy theories in the industry. youtube available: https://youtu.be/KYlW-30LFU0

Gimpy ventures out and tests implementing multiplayer in Gamemaker using Warp by Evoleo and testing Godots current method. Warp By Evoleo: https://github.com/evolutionleo/Warp/releases/tag/v7.0.0 youtube available:  https://youtu.be/wkin2kKmCgM

Chip and Gimpy discuss the need for optimization in the current modern gaming landscape, Chip goes back to the Quake era and discovers the fun, Gimpy gives his initial thoughts on the Halo VR mod. youtube available: https://youtu.be/jVuB9TIflE8

Jam is over, we had time to reflect, now Gimpy and Chip discuss the next things they will be working on and games they are looking forward to for this years Black Friday. youtube available:  https://youtu.be/wLrQ3Ynsx3k