DarkCast Interviews (DCI)

Jonathan Miley talks with David Polfeldt, the managing director of Massive Entertainment, about his recent book about his adventures in the game industry, The Dream Architects, which recounts stories from Polfeldt's career over the past 20 years. The Dream Architects is currently available in bookstores, digitally, and as audio. You can find more information in the links below. This is an archived episode of DarkCast Interviews that originally appeared on Darkstation.com

Unknown 9 is an interconnected universe told through novels, ARGs, podcasts, and traditional videos games, the first of which is Unknown 9: Awakening. You can find more information in the links below.

Lair of the Clockwork God is a comedic point-and-click adventure game with platforming elements that follows the exploits of Ben and Dan from Ben There, Dan That and Time, Gentlemen Please

Unto the End is a 2D platformer with an emphasis methodical, reactionary combat, inspired by Limbo, Another World, and (obviously) Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out. You can find more information in the links below.

Foregone is a sidecrolling action-platformer with light roguelike and Dark Souls elements, which recently came out of early access. You can find more information in the links below.

Jonathan has another chance to chat with Sean Crooks from Ubisoft Toronto, the lead producer on Watch Dogs: Legion. You can find more information, including our written previews of the games in the links below.

Pendragon is a tactical roguelike set after the fall of Camelot that forms its story around the moves you make, the locations you visit, as well as the characters you play as and meet.

In this episode, Jonathan and talks with Ian Degner, also know as Activater, a streamer and a first-assistant-camera in the film industry. You can find more information in the links below.

In this episode, Jonathan and talks with Titus Strickland, also known as FyrBorne, a variety streamer and tattoo artist. You can find more information in the links below.

Paradox Vector is a retro-shooter with vector-style graphics and puzzles based on non-Euclidean geometry, taking inspiration from id Software titles and Metroid Prime. You can find more information in the links below.

Watch Dogs: Legion is an upcoming open-world hacking game set in a near-future occupied London. You can find more information, including our written preview of the games as well the same interview accompanied by gameplay footage, in the links below.

The interview is part of a miniseries on DCI where we talk to several Twitch streamers rather than game developers. In this episode, Jonathan and talks with Samuel Tucker Young, a variety streamer, musician, and writer. You can find more information in the links below.

Solasta: Crown of the Magister is a turn-based RPG that looks to replicate an authentic tabletop experience. You can find more information, including an eyes-on demo, in the links below.

Before We Leave is a real-time, non-violent, city-building game inspired by the likes of Settlers and Anno. You can find more information in the links below.

Company of Crime is a turn-based tactical game that combines XCOM-esque gameplay with an increased focus on melee, set in 1960’s London. You can find more information, including our written preview, in the links below.

Dice Legacy is a strategy game that combines city building and dice with survival and roguelike elements. You can find more information in the links below.

Warlords of New York is the upcoming expansion for The Division 2 sends the titular agency back to New York. You can find more information about the game, including Darkstation’s written preview, in the links below.

Bartlow’s Dread Machine, a twin-stick shooter with an early 20th-century art style, couch co-op, and a tale about Teddy Roosevelt’s kidnapping. You can find more information in the links below.

Broken Lines, a simultaneous-turn set in a fictional country during WWII with a heavy emphasis on story, characters, and choice. You can find more information in the links below.

Political Quest is a satirical point and click adventure game inspired by classic Sierra and Lucasarts games and set in the modern world. The game is currently on Kickstarter and aou can find more information in the links below.

Fallen Order is an action-adventure game set between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. You can find more information about the game, including Darkstation’s written preview, in the links below.

Privacy is a first-person mystery adventure game set on the dutch villa of a recently deceased billionaire. For more information about the game, check out the links below.

Dr. Ferguson is the co-author of Moral Combat: Why the War on Violent Video Games Is Wrong and he recenty published his research in Psychiatric Quarterly discussing the connection between aggression and video games. For more information about the research, check out the links below.

Dune Sea is a tranquil 2D adventure-platformer where you flying over deserts and wastelands as goose and join other birds along the way. For more information about the game, check out the links below.

Wheel of Fate is a turn-based RPG with a heavy emphasis on story and a destiny determined by the player machine learning. Wheel of Fate is currently in a Kickstarter campaign. For more information about the game, check out the links below.

Agatha Knife is point and click adventure about a 7-year-old girl who loves animals, loves eating them, and seeks to create a religion that joins the two. Video games are great, right? For more information about the game, check out the links below.

Nauticrawl combines elements of traditional turn-based dungeons crawlers with permadeath, procedural generation, and escape rooms as well as a steampunk aesthetic. For more information about the game, check out the links below.

Lost Wing is an arcade game that combines elements of Wipeout and Thumper as you fly, shoot, duck, dodge and fly. For more information about the game, check out the links below.

ISG is a 4X strategy game designed with choices, consequences, and replayabality in mind as well being inspired by Master of Orion 2. For more information about the game, check out the links below.

Heaven’s Vault is an exploration game centered around translating an ancient language in order to save the nebula. Note: Spoilers begin at 53:18. For more information about the game, check out the links below.

Killsquad is an action RPG that mixes elements of Diablo and MOBA with short missions designed to be highly replayable solo or co-op. For more information about the game, check out the links below.

Argonus and the Gods of Stone is an epic grecian first-person adventure game about a historian who has crashed upon the shores of an island must save the world from a terrible blight. For more information about the game, check out the links below.

Hunt ‘n Sneak is a manic, party, hide and seak game that could be descibed as the love-child of Luigi’s Mansion and Dead by Daylight. For more information about the game, check out the links below.

Claire de Lune is an first-person puzzle game about a father who must brave a hostile planet and secret testing facility to find and save his daughter. For more information about the game, check out the links below.

Lornsword: Winter Chronicle is an story-driven action-strategy game where you take to the field to command your troops, build your economy, and fight your enemies. The game is currenty out on Steam Early Access. For more information about the game, check out the links below.

Unruly Heroes is an 2D action platformer with a heavy emphasis on combat inspired by the 16th century Chinese novel Journey to the West. Unruly Heores recently released on Switch, Xbox, and PC, but is now available on PS4. For more information about the game, check out the links below.

The Unholy Society is an adventure game with visual-novel and action elements inspired by 80s and 90s pop-culture, specifically The Exorcist and Constantine. For more information about the game, check out the links below.

Save Koch is an one-screen strategy game where you must determine who is trying to kill you and attempt to salvage the remnants of your mafia empire in six in-game days. For more information about the game, check out the links below.

PROZE is an episodic story driven virtual reality game set in two times, the 1970s Soviet Union and modern-day Ukraine. The game is inpsired by television shows such as X-Files, Twin Peaks, and Stranger Things. For more information about the game, check out the links below.

Hidden Asset is an isometric corporate espionage stealth game inspired by Hitman, Fallout, X-Com, and Commandos and is currently in its Kickstarter campaign to fund the last leg of development. For more information about the game, check out the links below.

Allan Poe’s Nightmare is a 2D sidescrolling game for Android and iOS where you play as Edgar Allan Poe as he attempts to escape the Red Death while traversing worlds inspired by his works. For more information about the game, check out the links below.

The first segment features Julian Gerighty, the creative director of The Division 2. The second segment features Keith Evans, the senior senior lead designer on tThe Division 2. For more information about the game, check out the links below.

Damsel is a 2D action platform staring the titular character as she fights the vampirarchy with her light-powered shotgun. For more information about the game, check out the links below.

The first segment features Jean-Sébastien Decant, the creative director, and Leslie Miller and Cara Ricketts, the actresses that play the main antagonists, the Twins. The second segment features Olivia Alexander, one of the scriptwriters, and Greg Bryk, the actor that plays the Father, Joseph Seed. For more information about the game, check out the links below.

Jonathan talks with Gabe Amatangelo and Dallas Diskinson, chief game director and CEO of QC Games respectively, about Breach. Breach is a co-op action RPG that combines elements of MOBAs, Left 4 Dead, a gamer-punk aesthetic, and ALL of the mythologies. For more information about the game, check out the links below.

Jonathan talks with Ernani Rocha and Bashar Saade, lead developer and lead programmer respectively, of the studio Tutrtle Juice, about their first title, Fluffy Horde. Fluffy Horde is a 2D pixel-art game that combines realtime strategy, tower defense, and a ravenous bunny horde. For more information about the game, check out the links below.SPECIAL THANKS TOdesignf49 for the DCI logo - fiverralexenia for the podcast art - fiverrDaniel Kohl for our music - soundcloud

Welcome back to DarkCast Interviews! After a long hiatus, DCI has returned. And in the first episode we’re talking about a game with an eriely resonating title.Jonathan talks with Jeff Spoonhower, art and story director at Rensonator, about the studios’ first title, Anew: The Distant Light. Anew is a 2D side-scolling game in the Metroidvania genre and follows the story of a young man sent a distant moon in order to save Earth. For more information about the game, check out the links below.

Jonathan talks to Kurt Gantz of Tryconic Studios about their first game, Rail Theory. Rail Theory is a third-person shooter inspired by Resident Evil 4 and Dark Souls with randomized enemies and an interesting twist on the health system.

Jonathan and Brian talk to Thomas Brush of Atmos Games about his first commercial game, Pinstripe. Pinstripe is a story driven adventure about a former minister search through hell for his kidnapped daughter.

Jonathan and Brian talk to Scott Kingdon of inSPIRE Games about his first project Glyphs: Apprentice. Glyphs is a puzzle game where you take magical energy and change its shape and symbols to match patterns and create spells.

Jonathan and Brian talk to Jeff Brooks of JB Gamming about Grave Danger. Grave Danger is multi-character puzzle platformer where you take control of a grim reaper, a cowboy, and a wizard.