Solo Devs

Mike and Ting talk about solo game developers.

The “book club” game is: Death Stranding.

Contact us: @lostlevelsclub or mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club

Show Notes:

Intro

Fez (video game) Phil Fish Minecraft: The Story of Mojang (2012) Braid (video game) SpaceChem [2019 TGDF] Making Games in 2019 and Beyond (Jonathan Blow) (YouTube) TIS-100 (podcast episode) Zachtronics: 10 Years of Terrible Games | Zach Barth | Talks at Google (YouTube)

Lucas Pope

Papers, Please: Theme Song (YouTube) Lucas Pope Papers Please Return of the Obra Dinn Mightier TIGSource Derek Yu

Chris Sawyer

Transport Tycoon Soundtrack - The 2014 Sessions (YouTube) Chris Sawyer Transport Tycoon RollerCoaster Tycoon (video game) Assembly language OpenTTD OpenRCT2 project RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 - The Impossible Maze (YouTube) A big interview with Chris Sawyer, the creator of RollerCoaster Tycoon xkcd: Honor Societies Flow (psychology)

Adam Robinson-Yu

A Short Hike (Full OST) (YouTube) A Short Hike Crafting A Tiny Open World: A Short Hike Postmortem (YouTube) Frog Detective Minit

Markus Persson

Subwoofer Lullaby from Minecraft - Volume Alpha by C418 Minecraft Markus Persson QAnon Conspiracy Endorsed By 'Minecraft' Creator Markus 'Notch' Persson The creator of Minecraft outbid Beyoncé and Jay Z on this $70 million megamansion Topic: Minecraft (alpha) RubyDung Infiniminer Timeline of events PayPal Freezes $750K in MineCraft Dev’s Account Roblox

Kan Gao

To the Moon - Main Theme from To the Moon by Kan R. Gao, feat. Laura Shigihara To the Moon RPG Maker XP Quintessence: The Blighted Venom Kan Gao: To The Moon and Back

Summary

Stardew Valley Undertale Cave Story Spelunky FTL Slay the Spire The Binding of Isaac