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Lostcast is a weekly podcast about making better video games with small teams.

Lost Decade Games


    • May 10, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 7m AVG DURATION
    • 250 EPISODES


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    Lostcast 250: Make the Game

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2022 58:40


    Geoff and Matt talk about entity component systems (yes, again!) and Matt's new podcast Make the Game.

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    Lostcast 249: Matt's new book How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2022 69:36


    Matt talks about his new company Valadria and his new book maybe a bit much and Geoff talks about Plato and his many roguelike jams.

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    Lostcast 248: Double Your Badness

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2018 99:31


    Our first podcast in a year! Chasm and other side-scrolling platformers, Geoff's dungeon prototype, and Matt's blog.

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    Lostcast 247: Ship It!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2017 170:42


    It's Lastcast time, which means retrospectives on Lostcast, LDG, thank yous, goodbyes, and how to keep in touch.

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    Lostcast 246: Penultimania

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2017 76:36


    In the penultimate Lostcast we discuss 2D physics and Matt has one last art tip.

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    Lostcast 245: The Beginning of the End

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2017 85:23


    Geoff's side project Shine and yes, the beginning of the end.

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    Lostcast 244: Spelunculation

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2017 71:23


    Spelunky 2 speculation, Destiny 2, and Metroid 2: Samus Returns

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    Lostcast 243: Podcast of the West

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2017 56:18


    Backburner topics including art, side projects, and design patterns.

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    Lostcast 242: Humble Speculation

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2017 57:29


    Wild speculation about IGN buying Humble.

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    Lostcast 241: Your Mind is the Ultimate Scare-Factory

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2017 62:40


    Toxicity? In MY games?!

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    Lostcast 240: Cupdead

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2017 63:08


    Some quick programming tips and then all about Cuphead!

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    Lostcast 239: Procedural Mania

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2017 63:08


    Sonic Mania and a talk procedurally generated content.

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    Lostcast 238: Children Probably Not Included

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2017 51:40


    Let's Plays VS video commentary laws, and ridiculous legislation.

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    Lostcast 237: Even Baggy Pants are Scary in the Dark

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2017 60:23


    Should you learn only from the very successful few, or will anyone do? Also game designers reveal their hidden secrets to make their games more enjoyable.

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    Lostcast 236: Xenoprobia

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2017 70:34


    An analysis of the Alien movie franchise and how it pertains to creative sequels (and games).

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    Lostcast 235: This Episode is Just Called Dead Cells

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2017 71:54


    Let's talk about Dead Cells for oops over an hour.

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    Lostcast 234: Designy Designerson

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2017 64:32


    Abstract design, listeners questions, game design critiques, stuff like that.

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    Lostcast 233: Abstract Kingdoms

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2017 66:33


    Kingdoms and Castles and Abstract: the Art of Design.

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    Lostcast 232: Turdoise

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2017 68:21


    Game Masters: The Exhibition and -- gasp -- code intent! Let's chat it up.

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    Lostcast 231: The Podcast Trap

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2017 79:11


    The Dragon's Trap: Wonder Boy is an amazing modern remake of the 1989 cult classic. Let's pick it apart!

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    Lostcast 230: Podcastulous

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2017 71:26


    Populous postmortem, OlliOlli2, the problem with sequels, the uncanny valley, and more tangents than you can count.

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    Lostcast 229: Nephthys for Games

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2017 82:11


    Jump (the self-described Netflix for Games), a question about theming, and another about market analysis. Also of course, tangents.

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    Lostcast 228: DOOMEEED

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2017 80:14


    E3, DOOM, LDG game club, indie games, tangents, horse blair, stuff like that.

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    Lostcast 227: Raise a Glasser

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2017 92:22


    Our interview with senior business development manager AJ Glasser.

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    Lostcast 226: Steamy Themey

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2017 70:27


    Steam Direct and its $100 price tag, theming VS player expectation, and Babel VS TypeScript etc.

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    Lostcast 225: WWWWWWW

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2017 62:36


    Lost Decade Game Club (DOOM!), online multiplayer games, optimistic move execution, and hidden state.

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    Lostcast 224: Focus Gump

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2017 73:43


    Focusing, Guild of Dungeoneering, and too much food talk. Thanks to Zenva for sponsoring this episode.

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    Lostcast 223: An iPad and a Closet

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2017 75:15


    An interview with Adventure Lamp developer Ryan Davis.

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    Lostcast 222: Steamworld Philosophy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2017 70:08


    Steam Philosophy, Steamworld Heist, and obviously lots of tangents.

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    Lostcast 221: The Podcast of Geoff's Infinite Wisdom

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2017 87:29


    Should you update your dependencies or not? Also, a design analyis of Heroes of the Storm 2.0.

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    Lostcast 220: Organize Nation

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2017 67:43


    Flinthook, tangents, and organizing game dev projects.

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    Lostcast 219: Game.Hit()

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2017 63:20


    Making a hit game ... what do we think about this approach?

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    Lostcast 218: Lava Disaster Zero

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2017 71:26


    Lava Blade's 4th birthday, Blaster Master Zero, and killing an open source project.

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    Lostcast 217: Podcast Vision 8

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2017 131:27


    A chat with Jesse Freeman and his new game dev platform Pixel Vision 8, a new fantasy console.

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    Lostcast 216: Breath of the Oceanhorn

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2017 93:26


    Complainy design analyses of Breath of the Wild and Oceanhorn ... but really they're both pretty good!

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    Lostcast 215: Early Burnout

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2017 60:29


    Early Access time restrictions, burn out, and how to pace yourself after a release.

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    Lostcast 214: 7/10

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017 62:07


    Are Steam reviews fair? Accurate? Also GDC and podcast shout-outs.

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    Lostcast 213: Underpromise and HTML5

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2017 65:53


    Matt @ GDC, Patreon, interviews, Making an Indie Game About Indie Game Making, overdelivering, and the state of HTML5.

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    Lostcast 212: Spaceboy Zack

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2017 60:33


    An interview with indie game developer (and publisher!) Zack Bell of Spaceboy Games.

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    Lostcast 211: Podcast Direct

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2017 64:39


    Steam Direct! Also game length? What's good value for the money?

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    Lostcast 210: Junuary

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2017 65:27


    Jams, tweening, Owlboy, HotS.

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    Lostcast 209: Jamunity Discounts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2017 61:40


    Jamuary jams including raycasting and Unity tongue simulators. Also discounts?

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    Lostcast 208: Matt Tested It

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2017 61:44


    Jamuary, raycasting, playtesting, and more!

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    Lostcast 207: Rayjamming

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2017 62:55


    Jamuary, raycasting, realtime combat, and item design.

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    Lostcast 206: Proc Gen 13

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2017 62:28


    Procedural generation: does it save dev time? Also a new Patreon-exclusive podcast and a trip to Mexico.

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    Lostcast 205: Year.remove()

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2016 53:45


    Lots of cool stuff listeners are working on, Geoff's roguelike hack, and the viability of small Steam games.

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    Lostcast 204: Dork Fortress

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2016 66:48


    Procgen: does it take away from exploration? Also Steam store changes and of course randomness.

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    Lostcast 203: All Over the Mapcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2016 59:45


    Indie Game Sim is out, but we just wanna talk game design. Gather 'round!

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    Lostcast 202: How to Survive a Podcast Without a Hit

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2016 59:25


    Indie Game Sim launches Thursday, but let's discuss How to Survive in Gamedev for Eleven Years Without a Hit. Probably our worst episode of the year!

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    Lostcast 201: Podcast Treasure

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2016 64:29


    Game Dev Treasure (go there now!), innovation VS market fit, and readability VS performance.

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    Lostcast 200: Grandaddy Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2016 88:37


    Happy 200! Shenanigans in game design, OpenGL, pinch 'n zoom, and holiday themed games.

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