Dialogue Tree

Of clay and fire.  Joel Bille: https://joelbille.com/ Christian Björklund: https://qaw.se/ Ola Sivefäldt: https://www.mobygames.com/person/129426/ola-sivefaldt/  Show notes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/040-a-human-touch-listening-to-the   Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/  Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

Seeing red, for real. Nintendo Cartridge Society: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/nintendo-cartridge-society/id1163990138  Show notes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/039-limitless-space-ii-the-reality  Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/  Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

Capturing the impossible. The Wide Open Sky is Running out of Catfish: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3172760/The_Wide_Open_Sky_is_Running_out_of_Catfish/ Tom Halfhill and Nessie: https://halfhill.com/nessie.html   Show notes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/038-my-river-is-ending-zipit-games  Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/  Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

Lessons learned. Dr Rob Gallagher: https://bsky.app/profile/gealga.bsky.social Artgames after GamerGate: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-032-04435-8  Show notes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/037-close-reading-dr-rob-gallagher  Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/  Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

We are the dreamer. LOVE ETERNAL: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3010610/LOVE_ETERNAL/  Show notes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/036-uncanny-valley-toby-alden-on  Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/  Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

Don't go for second best. Show notes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/035-express-yourself-chris-wade-and  Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/  Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

Stranger things will come before you. Shownotes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/034-enough-to-tell-a-story-an-abc  Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/  Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

Happy holidays. Margot Plays Rupert Cole Lucy Blundell aka Kinmoku Games Dom aka VIDEODOJO John Blackshaw Patrick Knisely aka One Frog Games Alpha Chrome Yayo Zach Jones Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/  Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc   

Promises made, promises kept. My game of the year, and the man who made that happen. Alpha Chrome Yayo: https://alphachromeyayo.bandcamp.com/ Promise Mascot Agency OST: https://kaizengameworks.bandcamp.com/album/promise-mascot-agency-original-soundtrack-side-alpha-chrome-yayo  Shownotes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/032-some-dreams-come-true-alpha-chrome  Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/  Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc  Additional music credits: 00:06:14: Alpha Chrome Yayo - Welcome Home Spirits 00:08:43: Alpha Chrome Yayo - Gestures 00:11:23: Alpha Chrome Yayo - Thunder God 00:20:35: Alpha Chrome Yayo - Heart Engine 02:08:25: Alpha Chrome Yayo - Mascot Dreams

Triple threat. Some games you'll like, and a chat with the person that made one of them. One Frog Games: https://bsky.app/profile/onefroggames.bsky.social  Monochrome Heights: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2336210/Monochrome_Heights/  Shownotes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/031-escape-from-los-angeles-3-hidden  Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/  Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

What we lost, and what we learned. Lucy Blundell: https://www.kinmoku.games/  VIDEOVERSE: https://www.kinmoku.games/videoverse  Shownotes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/030-community-centre-lucy-blundell  Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/  Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

Warp speed. Kirby Informer: https://linkin.bio/kirbyinformer  Shownotes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/029-road-trip-to-dream-land-kirby  Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/  Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

The true horror is the ticking clock. Shownotes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/028-time-flies-the-seance-of-blake Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/  Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

Step on the gas. Shownotes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/027-look-mom-im-an-artist-edie-woolf  Edie Woolf: https://www.ediewoolfillustration.co.uk/  Edie Woolf on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edie.woolf  Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/  Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

Unbeetable. Shownotes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/026-strong-roots-luke-sanderson-on  Luke Sanderson on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/lukesanderson.bsky.social  Turnip Mountain on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2138410/Turnip_Mountain/  Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/  Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

An explosion of creativity. Shownotes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/025-show-dont-tell-nama-takahashi  Nama Takahashi: https://namatakahashi.notion.site/en  David Howe: https://superswitchheadz.com/  Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/  Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

You can go back. Nathan Ellingsworth: The Goldenrod Gazette (Nathan’s Pokémon newsletter) Nathan on X Nathan on BlueSky Secret Rare podcast Shownotes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/024-super-effective-nathan-ellingsworth  Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/ Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

A night out. Shownotes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/023-underscores-2-a-night-8pm-6am  Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/ Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

Half head, all heart. Shownotes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/022-meet-lululu-entertainment-the  Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/ Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

Onwards and upwards. Guests: Margot Plays Blackshaw Design Sean Clement Shownotes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/021-noble-bugs-3-conversations-about  Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/ Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

Mark Wahlberg, the nature of productivity, and the best indie dev you've never heard of. Shownotes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/020-the-good-kind-of-production-line  Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/ Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

So above, so below. Shownotes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/019-no-cost-too-great-the-push-and  Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/ Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

A good problem to have. The composers of the soundtracks to Is This Seat Taken? and Mind Over Magnet share their thoughts on puzzle games, and their approach to composing for them. Shownotes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/018-problem-solved-designing-music  Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/ Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

The $5 GOTY. Shownotes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/017-playlist-3-toree-saturn-donkey  Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/ Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

A still life revisited. Shownotes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/016-dear-me-i-was  Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/ Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

Punching up. Finding joy in an old enemy. Shownotes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/015-donkey-kong-bananza  Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/ Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

Double vision. Celebrating a beautiful disaster. Shownotes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/014-limitless-space-30-years-of-the  Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/ Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

A radio show. Chillwave, in the heatwave. Show notes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/013-underscores-1-chill-games-to  Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/ Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

This week, an interview with Dom, the founder of VideoDojo. VideoDojo, founded in 2011, is a multi faceted YouTube channel that became the rallying point for a creative community that took an almost forgotten game and elevated it beyond what was ever expected of it. In this episode, in honour of the 4th anniversary of the game and VideoDojo's efforts to mark it with a large scale game jam and the first ever GBG Direct, I talk to Dom about the history of the channel, the community, his reflections on Game Builder Garage and the place it holds in the lineage of creative game making tools, as well as looking to the future. Show notes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/012-meet-videodojo-the-team-that Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/ Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

A walk, some talk, and a surprise. Show notes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/011-playlist-2-ruffy-and-the-riverside  Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/ Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

Post modern post fiction. Revisiting 2015, via 1994, to learn about 2025. Music in the show by Chris Zabriskie, bought on Bandcamp: https://chriszabriskie.bandcamp.com/ Show notes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/010-10-years-of-her-story  Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/ Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

“There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.” White knuckles, clenched teeth, a brow drenched in sweat. This week, my favourite game of 2024. Show notes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/009-bo-path-of-the-teal-lotus  Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/ Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

New era, same magic. It is happening again. Show notes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/008-system-transfer-the-launch-of  Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/ Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

A history, a funeral, a celebration. This is the dream of Gunpei and Jack. Show notes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/lateral-thinking-a-eulogy-for-the Artwork: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/ Show: https://www.dialoguetree.cc 

A boy, a poulp, a dream. ------------------------- Promenade on r/IndieGaming: https://www.reddit.com/r/IndieGaming/comments/1b1h13t/my_first_video_game_is_released_now_promenade_is/ Holy Cap: https://www.holycapstudio.com/en/home/ OST: https://yponeko.bandcamp.com/album/promenade-original-soundtrack  ------------------------ Show: Artwork by Pixel Benny Dialogue Tree Me

A reluctant confession, an awkward admission, a bad beat, and the fold. The Balatro Timeline: https://localthunk.com/blog/balatro-timeline-3aarh Show: Artwork by Pixel Benny Dialogue Tree Me

Two weird worlds. One long drive. OSTs: Promise Mascot Agency OST #1 Promise Mascot Agency OST #2 CATO: Buttered Cat OST Show: Artwork by Pixel Benny Dialogue Tree Me

Whenever we go, wherever we go, what do we leave? Spiritfarer: https://thunderlotusgames.com/games/spiritfarer/ OST: https://maxll.bandcamp.com/album/spiritfarer-original-soundtrack Toon Boom interview: https://www.toonboom.com/thunder-lotus-games-on-animating-the-afterlife-in-spiritfarer  Show artwork by Pixel Benny: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/ Dialogue Tree: http://andrewvalentine.cc www.dialoguetree.cc 

Jump. Dash. Run. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. BZZZT: https://cinemax.cz/bzzzt-steam OST (buy): https://store.steampowered.com/app/2556250/BZZZT_Soundtrack/ OST (stream): https://open.spotify.com/album/5gNwmjoZns6iOWEev0bZyo  Dialogue Tree: Show artwork by Pixel Benny: https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/ Me: http://andrewvalentine.cc www.dialoguetree.cc 

A story about learning to play again.   Show artwork by Pixel Benny - https://pixelbenny.carrd.co/ Me, online - http://andrewvalentine.cc Dialogue Tree, online - www.dialoguetree.cc 

A trailer. A pilot. A guide. Some rules.   This is Episode 0 of Dialogue Tree.