Bit Storm

Ben and Trevor take some random movies and riff on them until they become video games! This time they come up with games such as: play as the bumbling bartender companion to super spy Jane Bond; wander through the wasteland as a mercenary who says Yes to everything; discover a mystery laid out by a psychic; and more!

Ben and Trev once again braved the wild crowds at PAX and recorded a podcast, high above the handheld and jackbox areas of PAX. They discuss games that should really belong at PAX had they ever been made. The games discussed this year are: A generational colony ship arrives at a planet that has already been colonised many years before thanks to evolved technology A lazy river trek turns dangerous...

Ben and Trevor were kindly invited to PAUCKS, the Dark Web focused game expo as part of Melbourne International Games Week, and they took a look at a bunch of games! Just to mention a few: Super Sexy Cricket Nitro Tiger Woods Gnome Dancers Royal Hammer of Fury and more!

Ben and Trev once again utilise random movies to come up with movie tie in games, that either don't tie in, or tie in around as loose as many of the 90's SNES era games do at least. The games discussed were: Protect cattle from from Dracula's Navigate the exciting world of stand up comedy as two teenage girls in a Life is Strange esque adventure Investigate the recent spate of wealthy billionaires...

Ben and Trev spend the entire episode on a late night fever dream of Ben's. The game discussed is very Roottrees are dead and Return of the Obra Dinn inspired, but involving super heroes and super villains, and uncovering their secret identities.

With Ben and Trev driving to a relaxing weekend away with friends, they realised they hadn't yet recorded this weeks podcast. They discuss wonderful game ideas while Ben drives the car and Trev sits idly by. The game ideas discussed were: An anxiety enducing fire control game 3d space pinball with ships A Dishonoured / Renfield inspired game where you look after a vampire

Ben and Trevor use the release of Silksong as a prompt to create some classic platformers and metroidvanias, using random movies as a prompt. Discover games such as: Garfield - the MegaDrive/Genesis 90s platformer, The Cable Guy - a metroidvania with inspiration from Metroid Dredd, Ghost World - a game about discovering your ghostly abilities to unlock further levels, and more!

With 2nd Brackey's Game Jam just having finished for 2025, Ben and Trev take the theme of the jam and discuss some game ideas incorporating the theme. The theme for this year was "Risk it for the Biscuit." The games discussed include: A Grant Grover adventure game investigating counterfeit augments. A game set in the Tower of Babylon. A precision platformer with a retry mechanic.

Ben and Trevor are exploring the idea of sharing information in games via websockets, and so this week are taking What 3 Words and combining them with that idea. The result is games such as: playing a platformer where one of you is an imposter solving a mystery in a deduction game where you can only communicate via scrapbooking an asymmetrical multiplayer game where one person control the weather...

Ben once again invited Trev over to discuss games that don't exist in his office. They utilised a random movie generator to prompt the game ideas. The various ideas discussed were: A game where 7 hackers must work together, meanwhile there is a traitor within their midst. Multiple cartoons are birthed by a village in a horror adventure. A third person game where you play multiple characters, one o...

Trevor and Ben utilise What Three Words to get random prompts for this week's video games - they come up with ideas such as: Using time travel for minor inconveniences; A wine expert dealing with prohibition; A custom peripheral for patching circuits together; and more!

With GMTK Game Jam just having finished, Ben and Trev try their hand at what games could go with the theme, LOOP. The games discussed were: A desperate housewives inspired time loop game, where you have one day to solve a murder in a suburban cul-de-sac... oh and you are a fish. Handle the network traffic of the Sandman Answer questions and make your way up through the pantheon of the gods, in a b...

Ben and Trevor use movie titles and descriptions as prompts to come up with video game ideas, such as: a golf game slash romance visual novel; a spy thriller starring Popeye; hunting home invaders with fire; and more!

Ben and Trev are back at it again with their new weird random word generator. The results are of course super random and are unlike any game that does or could exist. The games discussed were: A worm typing an article for a newspaper A tuff (sic) golem guarding a volcano god An adventure set through time on a planet with an unusual calendar system.

Ben and Trevor get together in person to take some Clicky Pitchy words and turn them into video games, such as: a detective who has trouble hearing certain words a village stuck in a time loop a kangaroo based rage game and more!

Trev and Ben get serious this week, as the new random word generator brings more serious prompts. So serious in fact that they can't be added together anymore. The serious games they discussed were: An adventure game with global consequences if the young campers don't make it through the week An adventure game set over a single night where boy band members must make it through the night without be...

Ben and Trevor continue with their new, slightly janky random word generator and play some Click Pitchy, using prompts to come up with game designs such as: the journey of a tongue through a world of tastes; an adventure game where you try to live up to the amazing acts of your ancestors; a world where only DC power exists; and more!

A new era of the podcast has arrived! Trev has been furiously working on a new random word generator for the podcast and it's ready... and a bit "pitchy". Ben and Trev try it out and get some weird words for their first attempt. The games discussed were: An Inside Out inspired conscience game A devil and angel inspired conscience game A music business tycoon game with storylets added for fun A gam...

Ben and Trevor riff off a dream, then grab some prompts from What 3 Words and invent some games, such as: A holy implement disguised as an every day utensil; piracy on the gaseous methane sea of another planet; the alien base that lives under the Great Artesian Basin; and more!

Ben and Trevor return to Bit Storm, adapting their game design process to a new challenge! With their usual random word generator no longer available, they're switching things up and using a random movie generator as their source of inspiration. Expect the unexpected as they attempt to build games around some truly unpredictable cinematic prompts. It's going to be a wild ride as they navigate the...

Ben and Trevor click some pitches this week, coming up with game designs like: a zen shaving game where you remove hair from a variety of creatures a cozy Stardew Valley-esque game, where you are a sleeper agent waiting for a mission an apple picking game with a hidden horror element and more!

Ben and Trevor are back for another round of Bit Storm, attempting to design games using random words and questionable logic! This week, they dove into Click Pitch, and the results are as delightfully unpredictable as ever. The games discussed include A game where two planets fall in love and chaos ensues A bounty hunter game set in the star wars universe with Carmen Sandiego like investigation an...

This week Ben and Trevor take all their Click Pitch prompts and merge them into a single MMO, with features such as: telepathic characters via the Shining; health systems and weight loss; pranking celebrities; and more!

Ben found another clip of the Big Flip Saga, so we are playing it. Dave/Cody, Harold and Oliver Pebbles learn all about working with childrens checks, how to make games and the healing factor of a spiggot.

Ben and Trevor play some regular old Click Pitch, pitching game ideas such as: a Superstore and Monster Prom inspired VR game where department store drama happens around you while you work a pharmacy deduction game where you must decode doctor's handwriting to dispense the right medicine a prophet who must ensure their prophecies are fulfilled as they go about their day and more!