99 Coins BBC Worldwide

We're joined by George Buckenham this episode, to walk us through his article "How to make your first videogame".

From Flash to Stencyl (by way of Microsoft 3D Movie Maker) George is convinced that anyone can set out to make a game, and so inspirational were his words that Ben set out to build one.

Also dicussed this episode - EA's indie bundle, Day Z and more.


Guests:
George Buckenham - @v21

99 Coins Team:
Ben Milsom – Host - @benmilsom
Max Engel – Host - @8bitkid
Cara Ellison - Producer/Reporter - @carachan1
Mark Shaw – Producer/Editor - @marky


Games & Links:
Proteus
HyperCard
Day Z


Flash

Ren'py

Twine

Stencyl

This episode of 99 Coins we're joined by Giant Bomb's Patrick Klepek, Strongman Games' Erlend Grefsrud and freelance writer Cara Ellison (who we're very glad to have joining the podcast team)

The beginning of the year sees the Games Developer Conference, Indie Games Festival and PAX East take place. It's a busy time for the games industry and indie games continue to steal the spotlight. Cara was brave enough to take the Travel Mic over to San Francisco for GDC, and this week we'll hear her interview with Tim Rogers as he talks about his move from writing about games to making them.

Patrick tells us about the accidental beginnings of the MolyJam, a game jam based on the tweets of the Peter Molyneux parody twitter account @molydeux, and Erlend weighs in on the hows and whys of developing games.

We would love to hear your thoughts on Patrick's closing question - how do you feel about the term 'indie'. Does it lower expectations, is it disingenuous and too broad a term? Is there another term we should be using?

Let us know via @99 Coins or email 99Coins@bbc.com and we'll read through your responses in the next episode.


Guests:
Patrick Klepek - Senior News Editor, Giant Bomb - @patrickklepek
Erlend Grefsrud - Co-Founder, Strongman Games - @slaktus

99 Coins Team:
Ben Milsom – Host - @benmilsom
Max Engel – Host - @8bitkid
Cara Ellison - Producer/Reporter - @carachan1
Mark Shaw – Producer/Editor - @marky

Games & Links:
Ziggurat
Dear Esther
Fez
Tim Rogers
Hookshot Inc

Did you miss Feb 2012's Wild Rumpus? Luckily for you the UK half of 99 Coins was on hand! Join them for a guided tour of the party and some hands on time with the wild games available.

99 Coins Team:
Ben Milsom – Host - @benmilsom
Max Engel – Host - @8bitkid
Mark Shaw – Producer/Editor - @marky

Games & Links:
The Wild Rumpus
Johann Sebastian Joust
Pole Riders
Hokra
Monkey See Monkey Mime 

Following the exciting announcement that BBC Worldwide will be sponsoring The Wild Rumpus, 99 Coins invited IndieCade Festival Director Sam Roberts and Wild Rumpus co-founder Marie Foulston into the studio to talk about their live indie gaming events.

Guests:

Marie Foulston - Co-Founder of The Wild Rumpus - @tigershungry
Sam Roberts - Festival Director, IndieCade - @ashtonesq



99 Coins Team:

Ben Milsom – Host - @benmilsom

Max Engel – Host - @8bitkid

Mark Shaw – Producer/Editor - @marky

With just a few days left in the year 99 Coins are joined by Honeyslug's Ricky Haggett and indie developer Peter Silk to discuss their favourite indie titles of 2011.

You can find links to all the games discussed in this episode below. Check them out for yourselves and let us know what you think on Twitter or at 99coins@bbc.com

  

99 Coins Team:

Ben Milsom – Host - @benmilsom


Max Engel – Host - @8bitkid


Mark Shaw – Producer/Editor - @marky

 

Guests:
Ricky Haggett - Honeyslug & @KommanderKlobb

Peter Silk - Surprised Man & @surplusgamer

 


Games and Links (alphabetical order):

Atom Zombie Smasher

Desktop Dungeons

Flotilla

Forever Drive

Frozen Synapse

Hokra

Jetpack Joyride

Johann Sebastian Joust

Mage Gauntlet

Minecraft

Mos Speedrun

Pole Riders

Proteus

SpaceChem

SpellTower

Stealth B******

Swords and Sworcery EP

The Dream Machine

The Wager

Tri Tri Triobelisk

Where is My Heart?

 

The opinions expressed herein do not necessarily represent the opinions of the BBC.
This podcast is made by BBC Worldwide, the BBC’s commercial arm. BBC Worldwide profits help to fund new BBC Programmes.

The first #indieVisibility Awards took place on Saturday 10th December in a busy pub in London. Indie developers from across the UK gathered to celebrate a year of successes, with just a little hint of British sarcasm.

We interviewed as many of the winners as we could, and asked them about their games and their awards (the prestigious golden teabag!). You can learn more about the winners and the games at the links provided below.




Have you got a game recommendation, comments or questions? Get in touch with us on Twitter at @99Coins or email at 99Coins@BBC.com.



99 Coins Team:

Ben Milsom – Host - @benmilsom

Max Engel – Host - @8bitkid

Mark Shaw – Producer/Editor - @marky


Games and Links:

For a full list of all the awards you can visit Size Five Games’ site here.

The BBC is not responsible for the content of external Internet sites

 


The opinions expressed herein do not necessarily represent the opinions of the BBC.

This podcast is made by BBC Worldwide, the BBC’s commercial arm. BBC Worldwide profits help to fund new BBC Programmes.