GameEngineStart Podcast

GameEngineStart Podcast – Getting Snarky With an AI

Episode Summary

Just breathe people, everything is going to be fine. Distract yourself with video games while 2016 works itself out. On this episode... Intermission Music... Jeremy Soule - Neverwinter Nights Main Theme - Neverwinter Nights OST GoG (included with Diamond Edition) We Played... Oxenfree is a stylish and at points genuinely creepy adventure game, who does teenage conversations right when it's not interrupting itself. The new game from Spacechem developer Zachtronics has hit early access. It's called Shenzhen I/O and if messing about with hardware programming is your thing, then you should check it out Being alone in space with an AI that you can actually text chat with makes Event[0] a really unique and effective storytelling mechanic Stardew Valley got a pretty big free update, and more content in that game can only be a good thing If you want to get into the mood for the sequel, Divinity: Original Sin is now even better now that it has had fixes and a whole lot of new voice work. In News... Amazon have left Twitch alone since they bought them, but now they are giving Amazon Prime members a bunch of premium features with Twitch Prime If you were looking to pick up the new Call of Duty game just to sell it back after cashing in the Modern Warfare Remaster, Activision have closed that loophole. The new Skylanders game will let you 3D print your character for a limited amount of time. Looks like Playstation Skyrim and Fallout 4 players will be getting mods after all, just heavily restricted content wise. ...and more! Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com) All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Episode Notes

Just breathe people, everything is going to be fine. Distract yourself with video games while 2016 works itself out.

On this episode... Intermission Music... Jeremy Soule - Neverwinter Nights Main Theme - Neverwinter Nights OST GoG (included with Diamond Edition) We Played...

• Oxenfree is a stylish and at points genuinely creepy adventure game, who does teenage conversations right when it's not interrupting itself.
• The new game from Spacechem developer Zachtronics has hit early access. It's called Shenzhen I/O and if messing about with hardware programming is your thing, then you should check it out
• Being alone in space with an AI that you can actually text chat with makes Event[0] a really unique and effective storytelling mechanic
• Stardew Valley got a pretty big free update, and more content in that game can only be a good thing
• If you want to get into the mood for the sequel, Divinity: Original Sin is now even better now that it has had fixes and a whole lot of new voice work.

In News...

• Amazon have left Twitch alone since they bought them, but now they are giving Amazon Prime members a bunch of premium features with Twitch Prime
• If you were looking to pick up the new Call of Duty game just to sell it back after cashing in the Modern Warfare Remaster, Activision have closed that loophole.
• The new Skylanders game will let you 3D print your character for a limited amount of time.
• Looks like Playstation Skyrim and Fallout 4 players will be getting mods after all, just heavily restricted content wise.
• ...and more!

Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com) All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0