Space Game Junkie Podcast

Welcome to this week’s podcast, my friends! Sorry for the lateness of the post, the July 4th holiday totally threw me off. This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I talk about space games with good, mediocre and poor economies. There are a ton of space games in which the economy is supposed to matter, and... The post SGJ Podcast #290 – Space Game Economies appeared first on Space Game Junkie...

Welcome back to the podcast my friends! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I sit down with Kevin Brock, Lead Developer Pasta Space Interactive, to talk about his upcoming open space combat, exploration and trading game, Underspace (which coincidentally just launched its Kickstarter!). We got a chance to play the demo — which is now... The post SGJ Podcast 289 – Underspace appeared first...

Hey friends, and welcome to this very late episode of the podcast. I apologize for the lateness of this one, but tragedy struck a couple of days after we recorded this, and I’m only now recovering. You can learn more by listening to the podcast itself, if you’d like. For this episode, Jim, Spaz, Hunter... The post SGJ Podcast #288 – Interstellar Transport Company appeared first o...

Welcome to this week’s podcast y’all. This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I get up early in the morning to sit down with Roy Hornstra (2D artist, designer and co-founder) and Sander de Visser (designer, scripter, business and co-founder) of Convoy Games to talk about their newly-released space adventure, Landinar: Into the Void! We have... The post SGJ Podcast #287 – Landinar: Into...

Welcome to the podcast y’all! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I have no guest, so we settle in (eventually) on the topic of the current store wars between primarily well-established Steam and newcomer Epic. We talk about a lot more, sure — it is a topic show after all — but we also have... The post SGJ Podcast #286 – Store Wars appeared first on Space Game Junkie .

Hey friends, welcome to this (very late, sorry) entry of the podcast! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I sit down with Evan Williams, the programmer, artist, game designer on the upcoming space sandbox game, Stellar Nomad, which you can try for free right now on Itch.io. Despite technical issues we had during the stream... The post SGJ Podcast #285 – Stellar Nomad appeared first on Space Gam...

Hey friends, welcome to this week’s episode of the podcast! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I welcome back Sasu Kemppainen, Game Designer at Team Jolly Roger, to talk about their latest orbital artillery bombardment masterpiece, Worbital. We had Sasu on ages ago to talk about their last game, Interplanetary, which was a turn-based game... The post SGJ Podcast #284 – Worbital appeared...

Welcome to this week’s podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I welcome back Scott Brown, president of Wyrmbyte, former president of Netdevil and the creator of Jumpgate, to talk about his new masterpiece, Warp Nexus. Warp Nexus strives to be something very different from Jumpgate: a quick, accessible experience wherein everyone on... The post SGJ Podcast #283 – Warp Nex...

Hey friends, sorry for the delay, but welcome to this week’s podcast episode! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I sit down with Chris Park of Arcen Games to talk primarily AI War 2. We also talk about Arcen’s other games, new-to-us terms such as “GPU Instancing,” all kinds of tech stuff, dealing with Steam... The post SGJ Podcast #282 – AI War 2 appeared first on Space...

Welcome to this week’s podcast, my friends!!! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I with Elissa Harris, Lead Developer and Co-Designer of Objects in Space, a game we’re all horrifically excited about. We talk to Elissa about the long road from getting a game from conception to 1.0, arduino support in games, the struggle to... The post SGJ Podcast #281 – Objects in Space appeared fir...

Hey friends, welcome to this week’s podcast! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I don’t have a guest, so we thought this would be the perfect time to test out a new structure we’ve been working on internally. This allows us to not only focus on a topic or a guest, but to cover some... The post SGJ Podcast #280 – Structure Test Drive appeared first on Space Game Junkie .

Hello my friends, and welcome to this week’s podcast episode! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I sit down with Alex Mosolov, the creator and developer of the amazing space sandbox that is Starsector, to talk about that game’s long and amazing journey through its pre-release period. For about a decade, this game has morphed... The post SGJ Podcast 279 – Starsector appeared first o...

Welcome to this episode of the Space Game Junkie Podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I welcome back Brendan Anthony — owner at Elliptic Games — to talk his amazing game of space exploration, discovery and combat, Rodina. We had Brendan on way back in episode 14, so it’s my fault he’s... The post SGJ Podcast #278 – Rodina appeared first on Space Game...

Hey folks, sorry this one was so late in going up to the feed. Life’s been insane of late. Anyway, in this most recent episode, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I welcome back Herbert Elwood Gilliland III of Lost Astronaut Studios to talk about his latest creation, Apolune! On the next podcast, we’ll welcome back the... The post SGJ Podcast #277 – Apolune appeared first on Space Game Junkie...

Welcome to this week’s podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I take a look back at the games we’ve previously covered on the show, to see how they’re doing. Our criteria was games in which we talked to the developer that weren’t already fully released when we spoke to them. To that... The post SGJ Podcast 276 – Check In appeared first on Space Game Jun...

Hey friends, welcome to this week’s podcast! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I sit down to talk about usability and the user experience in games, mostly space games (of course) but a few others as well. We first define what goes into usability and the user experience, for the purposes of our discussion, and... The post SGJ Podcast #275 – Usability and the User Experience in (Space) Ga...

Welcome to this week’s episode of the podcast folks. Sorry it’s a touch late, this week has totally run away from me. Anyway, this week, Jim, Spaz and I sit down with Geoff Nagy to talk about his fantastic space fighter combat game, Hypergate! We talk not only about the game, but game development, academia... The post SGJ Podcast #274 – Hypergate appeared first on Space Game Junk...

Hey friends, welcome to the first podcast of 2019!! This week, Jim, Spaz and I sit down with Glen Pawley, the designer and developer of the currently-in-alpha intrigue-driven space strategy game, Star Dynasties! This is very much a kind of Crusader Kings in space type of thing, and after we played it a bit, we... The post SGJ Podcast #273 – Star Dynasties appeared first on Space Game Junkie...

Hey friends, welcome to this week’s podcast! This week, Jim, Spaz and I close out 2018 by looking back at this busy year and talk about what surprised us, what depressed us and a lot more. We talked about a LOT of games, so it’s a pretty long episode, but we covered a lot, and... The post SGJ Podcast #272 – 2018 Year in Review/2019 Looking Ahead appeared first on Space Game Junki...

In this episode, we talk to the CEO of Egosoft about the recent release of X4: Foundations and the entire series as a whole. The post SGJ Podcast #271 – X4: Foundations (And the Series in General) appeared first on Space Game Junkie .

Welcome to this week’s podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Spaz and I get up super early in the morning to talk to our guests in The Netherlands, Jimmy van den Bergh and Alex Immerzeel, developers of the fascinating flying and building space game, Interstellar Rift! It was a fun show, in which we talked... The post SGJ Podcast #270 – Interstellar Rift appeared first on Space Game Junk...

Welcome to this week’s podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Spaz and I talk about deals. There will be an overabundance of sales this coming holiday season, not just the big ones from Steam, but sale from folks like Fanatical and Green Man Gaming, who’ve just been knocking it out of the park in terms... The post SGJ Podcast #269 – Holiday Buying Guide appeared first on Space Game...

Welcome to this week’s Podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Spaz and I sit down with CEO Travis Baldree and Art Director Howie Day of Double Damage Games to talk about their upcoming masterpiece, Rebel Galaxy Outlaw! We talk a lot about the game itself, why it will neither have VR nor DLC, the grind of... The post SGJ Podcast #268 – Rebel Galaxy Outlaw appeared first on Space Game Junk...

Hey friends, welcome to this week’s podcast! This week, Jim, Spaz and I get up very super early in the morning to welcome our guests, Filip Karlsson and Niclas Forsell, the coder and designer respectfully of the amazing game of space exploration, ADIOS Amigos. This game is not only super fun, but in its own way,... The post SGJ Podcast #267 – ADIOS Amigos appeared first on Space Game J...

Welcome to this week’s podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Spaz and I get up really early in the morning to welcome back onto the show Gwennaël Arbona, the lead developer of the amazingly wonderful Helium Rain. We had a lovely chat about the game’s journey through early access to release, properly managing the expectations of... The post SGJ Podcast #266 – Helium Rain appeared f...