Podcasts about Alphabear

Recently hitting the milestone of 30 years working in game design, Spry Fox Chief Creative Officer Daniel Cook has long been a leading voice in the game industry. To celebrate his long and distinguished career-spanning games like Realm of the Mad God, Triple Town, Alphabear, and Cozy Grove. MIA host Ethan Levy returns to the mic to talk to Dan about his many lessons and accomplishments. Most importantly, Dan talks about how as a team, Spry Fox found their shared, authentic voice, and how this has led to efficiency in production and success in the marketplace as they consciously chose to specialize in cozy games. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/deconstructoroffun/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/deconstructoroffun/support

We continue the recent production talks this week as we welcome Julia Keren-Detar into the clubhouse! The discussion topic is "working on a bigger team" but we also somehow talk about rain water barrels at some point? It's relevant, I swear.Mushroom 11 -  Untame, SteamWorking on a Bigger TeamProductionWork: A deep history, from the stone age to the age of robots - James Suzman, Penguin Random HouseAn example of what Ellen brings up during the episode, probably.Julia Keren-DetarGuestJulia Keren-Detar is a game designer at Spry Fox, a Netflix studio. She has worked on games like Alphabear and Cozy Grove. Before Spry Fox, she previously worked on Mushroom 11.External linkLinkedIn

Natalie Jaime  grew up in Fayetteville, NC. She got her bachelor's degree in Communications with a focus on media production at The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and then proceeded to move to Washington DC where she worked as an Associate Producer for National Geographic. Later, Natalie and her husband lived in Westminster, Colorado for about six years. After their divorce, she decided to move into her Ford Transit van full time (with her two cats). Her boyfriend Dan and his fluffy dog Alphabear joined a year after. Fanatic rock climbers, they toured the US while she worked remotely. Today, they live on their own 5 acre piece of land right outside of Hueco Tanks, a world class climbing area close to El Paso, TX. Currently their home is a fifth wheel RV but their dream is to build a house on their land. In our conversation, we talked about all the pros and cons of living in cities, houses, vans, on the road, and today, their own piece of land. We had some great laughs about logistics such as the luxury of having a door, warm toilet seats and the need to make kaka. We reflected back on the things we miss about city life and dove into the beauty and hardship of taking care of their own piece of land in the desert while living in a RV.  References from our conversation:Shout out to Sarah Clark who makes beautiful jewelry. Check out her IG account!  Also,  ‘I like turtles',  a little insider between Natalie and I. Check out the video! It's pretty funny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMNry4PE93

In this episode of the Thousand Ant Podcast Matt Mirrorfish speaks with indie video game developer Dan Cook, developer of Cozy Grove, Triple Town and Alphabear, among many others together with David Edery and the team at Spry Fox. We talk about indie game development theory, game design and Dan's story in the game industry.Find Tom on Twitter: https://twitter.com/danctheduckRead Dan's blog at: https://lostgarden.home.blog/

David Edery is a buddy of mine who I think you guys are really going to love. Dave is one of the co-founders he's the CEO of Spry Fox, which is a unique game development studio here. They're based here in Seattle, but they have people spread out. They made Alphabear, Steambirds, Triple Town, and Realm of the Mad God. These are games that all together have 50 to a hundred million people playing them worldwide. Dave is a very successful game developer making really delightful games. They're trying to make the world a happier place. You should definitely play their games on your phone. Dave used to work at Microsoft and and he wrote a book about transforming business with what can be learned from video games. The book is called Changing the Game. I think even now a lot of those lessons can be super relevant. I think of games as like the future of almost every industry. Video games are an industry where there's a lot of competitive dynamics. Unlike almost everything else, no one's paying you to play a game. If you get bored, you'll quit. And nobody wants to read a manual to play a game or take a class to play a game. So the games have to teach you how to interact with them. And there's so many things that can be done with video games. I've seen so many other industries learn from games. We also talk about the capacity of games to be used for education and learning. I'm really interested in that topic and have thought a lot about it over the years. Dave is a guy that you would want to talk to about that. He also has a really unique culture in his company that he's tried to create. As well as a really unique view of developing culture in online communities. He has a lot of experience with this. I think anybody in the game industry knows Dave by now because he's also involved in creating a community out of game developers. There's a lot to learn here and I'm hoping that you guys really enjoy this episode. (more…)

My guest today is Daniel Cook, chief creative officer at SpryFox, creators of Triple Town, Alphabear, Road Not Taken and many more. Previous to Spryfox Daniel worked at the brand new Epic Mega Games (later simply Epic games) before spending a few years at Microsoft. He has also maintained his incredible design blog Lostgarden for over a decade. We talk about how much he loved the Amiga, Bitmap Brothers in particular, growing up in rural Maine, his work in the demo scene in the mid nineties, his deep love of deluxe paint and how he got his start in games thanks to an unsolicited portfolio sent by his friend. He also shares some incredible insight into the business of making games, how much he loved MUDs, the frustration he felt at Microsoft and why flash portals convinced him to get back into game design. "We're not going to open a newspaper one day and read about you being eaten by a bear, are we?" PATREON - patreon.com/checkpoints iTunes HERE - SUBSCRIBE / RATE / REVIEW Games discussed: Triple Town, Steambirds, Zaxxon, Donkey Kong, Faerie Tale Adventure, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, StarGlider 2, Tyrion, Quake, Animal Crossing, Pikmin, Tetris, Counter Strike, Star Fox Adventures, Thimbleweed Park, Peggle, 1 vs 100, Realm of the Mad God, Hidden Kingdom, Journey

The episode was recorded on 07/10, or One Life Left Day as we always forget to say until the 9th, at which point the relevance of it has dissipated somewhat. Ah well. There’s always next year. It’s another Ann free week unfortunately as she was ill, but she had managed to send us the news so we were not as stuck as last week. Plus we also had a Super-Special Guest! George Perkins from Super Rare Games to talk about the Switch games that his company releases in a physical form. We asked him how far in advance he knows what games Super Rare are going to release, if he keeps track of the second hand value of Super Rare’s releases, and which developer is the most attractive. We also found out Simon’s system for remembering names, Ste told us if he was into mobile games, and we tried to work out where Alphabear 2 was on the Google Play store. If you have any leads let us know. Cheerio! Team OLL x Links: https://twitter.com/SuperRareGeorge https://twitter.com/SuperRareGames https://twitter.com/WarpDigitalUK https://www.specialeffect.org.uk/ https://fundraiser.resonance.fm/events/2019/10/21/resofit https://www.facebook.com/events/2406516192962390/ Reviews: https://widerightgames.com/ (Freedom Finger) https://spryfox.com/our-games/alphabear2/ https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/sniper-elite-3-ultimate-edition-switch/ Tracklist: DoragonJOKE - Adventurous Bubbleship https://chipmusic.org/%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B4%E3%83%B3JOKE/music/adventurous-bubble-ship Feryl - The Bike Ride Home https://chipmusic.org/Feryl/music/the-bike-ride-home

Aadil and Ben get together to discuss their favourite Marvel games in memory of the illustrious Stan Lee. These include Marvel licensed games through the years like The Incredible Hulk, Ultimate Alliance and Marvel Vs Capcom. Before this they discuss Alphabear 2 which Ben's had a couple of days with in between his Red Dead Redemption 2 sessions. Whilst returning to RDR2 they also chat GTA Online, Saints Row 2, Red Dead Online, GTA San Andreas and Dark Age of Camelot. This week Aadil drinks two beers from Manual Brewing. He begins with 'My Favourite Hero' gose and follows it with 'Tickets Please' DIPA. Ben's beers loosely revolve around a piece of furniture. He starts with 'Freak Scene' NEIPA from Beer52s Table project and moves onto 'Magellanic Clouds' a Table Beer from Lervig.

Aadil and Ben get together to discuss their favourite Marvel games in memory of the illustrious Stan Lee. These include Marvel licensed games through the years like The Incredible Hulk, Ultimate Alliance and Marvel Vs Capcom. Before this they discuss Alphabear 2 which Ben’s had a couple of days with in between his Red Dead Redemption 2 sessions. Whilst returning to RDR2 they also chat GTA Online, Saints Row 2, Red Dead Online, GTA San Andreas and Dark Age of Camelot. This week Aadil drinks two beers from Manual Brewing. He begins with ‘My Favourite Hero’ gose and follows it with ‘Tickets Please’ DIPA. Ben’s beers loosely revolve around a piece of furniture. He starts with ‘Freak Scene’ NEIPA from […]

We've got Spider-Man fever, although we can't seem to remember all the words to his theme song. Also, a return to World War II via the Battlefield V beta, and follow-up thoughts on Pokémon Go and Dragon Quest XI. Episode Timeline: 00:41 - Intro 03:10 - Viewer Mail feat. Pokémon Go and Dragon Quest 17:14 - Spider-Man 46:24 - Battlefield V 63:16 - Alphabear minute 65:60 - Outro

Featuring: Michael "Boston" Hannon and Paul “Moonpir” Carver-Smith Running Time: 2:10:14 Music by MusiM: Spotify | Bandcamp | iTunes Livestream Archive: YouTube This week we chat about Far Cry 5, Dead By Daylight, Tales From the Borderlands, Spider-Man, Vampyr, Hollow Knight, Alphabear 2, Destiny 2. Some Switch games won’t support cloud saves Xbox Adaptive Controller out now Bally and Williams tables will start coming to Pinball FX 3  

UPDATE: (Noticias breves de actualidad) SOFTLAUNCH - Survival Heroes de Snail Games (MOBA + Battle Royale) LANZAMIENTOS: GLOBAL LAUNCH - Alphabear 2 - Bloons Adventure Time TD - Kung Fu Clicker de PikPok ANUNCIOS JUEGOS - Dragalia Lost de Nintendo llegará el 27 de septiembre - The Elder Scrolls: Blades retrasado a Diciembre UPDATES - CLASH ROYALE NOTICIAS SECTOR - Pokémon Go crece un 39% su facturación - Gamer Segmentation Syndicated Report de 2018 nos deja algunos datos interesantes sobre los jugadores americanos: 67% de US son gamers (211M); 34% juegan solo Mobile; 59% juegan Mobile + PC o Consola; 27% juegan Mobile + PC + Consola. 3 ESTRELLAS: (Juego de la semana. Comentar/analizar los aspectos más interesantes del juego y valorarlo con 0, 1?, 2?? o 3???) - HUNGRY DRAGON de Ubisoft Recomendaciones (o no) de la semana: - @AleixRisco: All-Star Troopers - @Haokarlos: Bloons Adventure Time TD

DevGAMM 2018, SeattleEnjoy the insightful Q&A session with Mitch Gitelman, a 25 year veteran of game development and the President & Co-founder of Harebrained Schemes, and David Edery, the co-founder and CEO of Spry Fox. During the fireside chat, Mitch will reveal the story of Harebrained Schemes establishment.Before founding Harebrained Schemes in 2011 with his partner Jordan Weisman, Mitch was a founding member and Studio Head for Microsoft Games Studios and led the Xbox LIVE Arcade business in its heyday. He's produced, designed, and written many games in the BattleTech and Shadowrun universes and co-developed the Crimson Skies franchise with Weisman.David Edery is the co-founder and CEO of Spry Fox, the studio behind titles such as Alphabear, Triple Town, Steambirds, Bushido Bear, and Realm of the Mad God.

Visit http://www.squarespace.com/cooptional for a free trial and 10% off! Support Julian, the podcast animator: http://www.patreon.com/cooptionalanimation Discuss the podcast on our official subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/cynicalbritofficial/comments/7038op/the_cooptional_podcast_ep_187_ft_alanah_pearce/ Discussion topics: This episode is brought to you by Squarespace 02:08 The weather 06:02 Videogames honest 09:30 Agents of Mayhem 10:45 Lawbreakers 14:44 PAX Expo 18:50 Apple 20:43 Kingdom Battle 23:15 Rock of Ages 2 32:40 Morphgirl 34:53 Little Nightmares 38:07 Nier: Automata 42:54 Knack 45:00 Destiny 2 50:28 Tooth and Tail 1:00:34 Rime 1:13:06 Alphabear 1:17:50 Last Day of June 1:24:01 PUBG 1:27:07 Fe 1:34:03 Ascension 1:36:08 MTG: Arena 1:38:25 DMCA and Let's Play 1:42:49 Okami HD 1:50:05 No new Arkham 1:54:46 Steam has too many damn games 1:57:42 Malaysia blocks Steam 2:03:58 SNES Classic 2:06:17 Releases 2:09:50 Thanks for watching 2:31:32 TotalBiscuit, Dodger and Jesse sit down with Alanah Pearce for this episode of the Co-Optional Podcast. Enjoy! Original air date: September 12th, 2017 --------- Alanah Pearce https://twitter.com/Charalanahzard https://www.youtube.com/user/Charalanahzard Dodger https://twitter.com/dexbonus https://www.youtube.com/user/presshearttocontinue Jesse Cox https://twitter.com/JesseCox https://www.youtube.com/user/OMFGCata --------- Thanks for watching The Co-Optional Podcast! Follow TotalBiscuit on Twitter: http://twitter.com/totalbiscuit Follow CynicalBrit on Twitter for video updates: http://twitter.com/cynicalbrit Follow our Facebook page for announcements: http://facebook.com/cynicalbrit

The gang makes their return from a brief hiatus with a full plate of games! Jeremy catches up with Transistor and Hyper Light Drifter, Craig makes all the tough decisions in Dyscourse, Sean completes Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Jeremy makes it through The Room 2, Craig kills time with Alphabear, Jeremy tries to talk about Inside, Sean and Jeremy both try to enjoy the new Batman Telltale series, Craig looks at the Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star collection, and Jeremy tries to make mazes sounds actually interesting with The Witness. E-mail us at comments@signedinpodcast.com!  Visit us online at SignedInPodcast.com!   Games discussed on this episode! 0:00:00 – Intro 0:16:23 – Transistor 0:25:29 – Hyper Light Drifter 0:35:43 – Dyscourse 0:44:58 – Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens 0:59:42 – The Room 2 1:06:28 – Alphabear 1:20:27 – Inside 1:27:56 – Batman – Episode 1: Realm of Shadows 1:51:51 – Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star 1:58:22 – The Witness 2:25:26 – End

It’s the end of the year, and the Mappers have arrived a little late and a little weary to talk about the year that is now past and the year that lies ahead. 2015 was a mess of a year, like years often are, and in grand tradition we echew game of the year lists to bring you some memories, some japes, and some feelings. What lies ahead for the podcast? Within are the answers. Then, we turn to the games of yesteryear, for a deep conversation about one of the most highly regarded RPGs of all time, GameFAQs and Starman.net’s own … EarthBound.A big thank you to friend of the show Tracie Mauk for providing the voice of the photographer in this episode.You can get our podcast on iTunes, on Stitcher, or you can download it directly by clicking here.This Month’s Game Club: EarthBoundNext Month’s Game Club: ExpandThings discussed: 2015 Spreadsheet, The Metal Gear Articles, Metals Gear, Zelda, Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Final Fantasy VII, Ninja Gaiden Black, Yakuza 3, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, The Crew, Alphabear, Neko Atsume, Binding of Issac: Rebirth, Monster Hunter 4: Ultimate, Bloodborne, Etrian Odyssey, The Walking Dead: Season 2, Crusader Kings 2, EarthBound, the EarthBound guideMusic This EpisodeBlown Away by Kevin MacLeodPhotographer’s Theme by Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu TanakaYour Name Please by Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu TanakaThe Sky Runner by Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu TanakaRunaway Five Left the Building by Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu TanakaOnett Theme by Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka

On this episode we're joined by video game composer Braxton Burks. Braxton's first composition was reorchestrating all of Pokémon Red and Blue. He's a self-taught musician who is now attending Cornish, and composing for video games on the side. We ask him about how he got his start in music—and what is counterpoint, anyway? There's also some news to tackle. If Destiny has mysteriously appeared on your PS4, we know why, and the answer is kind of annoying. Plus, we talk about Tomb Raider, flying around in Minecraft, and the Legend of Zelda Symphony's upcoming performance on The Tonight Show.

Episode 23 - A tiny bit of news, some pretty shonky reviews of N++, Alphabear and Driveclub amongst others and then Kick and Poopstarter. Can we say poop here? Only I just said poop.

Whoa whoa whoa sweet child of mine, what in the greasy poop is going on here? It's a sign of the apocalypse, dogs and cats living together… MASS HYSTERIA! Basically Rich, Lewie, El & Dave are all present and accounted for giving us a full house. So get ready as the Ready Player 2 crew witter on about: El gets commitment issues with The Sims 4 Lewie gets down with Forza Horizon, Kung Fury, Alphabear and Fallout Shelter Dave dresses cats up in Neko Atsume and goes for a kickabout with Rocket League Rich shows his age (What the hell is... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

JfG Ash is back from his week-long scarper, and is back with tales of the giant arcade at Sandown. Meanwhile, JfG Alex has be playing full race weekends on F1, Alphabear, and more surprisingly, Just Dance. PSN download speeds are toilet, Worms is doomed, and there's much to discuss on the Xbox front, with Microcon happening in Germania this week. Ooosh!

Featuring: Michael "Boston" Hannon, John "Knobs" Knoblach, and Brian “TheHanna” Hanna Running Time: 1:20:04 Music: Goldeneye 007 Livestream: YouTube This week we chat about BF4, DBZ: Xenoverse, Alphabear, Rocket League, Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Life Is Strange: Episode 4, Steins;Gate, and Binding Of Isaac: Rebirth. Razer purchases Ouya Harmonix delays Amplitude again to add more features and songs Playstation owners will soon be able to vote on PS+ games Mafia 3 announced RUMOR: Final Fantasy XII remaster announced accidentally

So how 'bout that Arkham Knight? It's not the best game out there, but we give it the ol' college try. We also chat about You Must Build a Boat, Comic Con, Smash Bros. DLC, Steven Universe, and our free game of the week-- TONIGHT YOU DIE. Join us next week--our free game'll be "Way to Go".   Music: "Intro" by Slime Girls, "TONIGHT YOU DIE" by GRYPT, and "BODY & BLOOD" by clipping., remixed by GRYPT.

Featuring: Michael "Boston" Hannon, John "Knobs" Knoblach, and Brian “TheHanna” Hanna Running Time: 1:15:21 Music: Lumines Livestream: YouTube This week we chat about MNGN (BF4), DBZ: Xenoverse, Rory McIlroy’s PGA Tour, Alphabear, Geometry Wars 3, WNGN (Rocket League), Mass Effect, Binding Of Isaac: Rebirth, and Steins;Gate. Ten years later, KOTOR 2 gets a huge update Rise Of the Tomb Raider’s exclusivity period gets detailed Street Fighter V’s release cadence detailed

Ryan and Carlos get philosophical and start this week’s show by talking about their aspirational goals. They then discuss Bill Simmons joining HBO, social media influence on SportsCenter, new 4” iPhone speculation, the future of the iPhone lineup, Apple’s and Microsoft’s latest financial results, smartphone sales vs. traditional computer sales, continued impressions of Apple Music, problematic Apple reviews, using Touch ID to secure individuals apps, and their picks of the week (Alphabear and Veep).

Damage Dealing Wizard Character can utilize the following abilities: (10MP) Deal Damage (25MP) Enhanced Deal Damage (50MP) Superior Deal Damage   Upon reaching level 30, Damage Dealing Wizard Character can be promoted to Damage Dealing Sage.Episode Timeline   00:00 - Intro02:40 - Evo 201512:08 - Alphabear29:00 - Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward41:10 - Geometry Wars 354:00 - South Park: The Stick of Truth71:10 - Gravity Rush71:50 - Last Call75:05 - Outro

Featuring: Michael "Boston" Hannon, John "Knobs" Knoblach, and Brian “TheHanna” Hanna Running Time: 1:35:32 Music: Afrika Livestream: YouTube This week we chat about MNGN (BF4), EA Sports Rory McIlroy PGA Tour, DBZ: Xenoverse, Alphabear, Mass Effect, Rocket League, Steins;Gate, and Binding Of Isaac: Rebirth. Nintendo President Satoru Iwata passes away at 55 Bloodstained to be about 1.5x the size of Symphony Of the Night Deadpool suddenly back on Steam

Featuring: Michael "Boston" Hannon, John "Knobs" Knoblach, and Brian “TheHanna” Hanna Running Time: 1:28:35 Music: Far Cry 4 Livestream: YouTube This week we chat about MNGN/FNGN (BF4), Batman: Arkham Knight, Rocket League, Spelunky, Final Fantasy V, Hand Of Fate, Fallout 3, Mass Effect, Alphabear, and Bravely Default. Hitman’s release details confuse us Black Ops 3 special edition comes with a mini fridge

This week we're talking about a lot of mini-golf. Everyone discusses more Batman. Jon is also playing Sonic Dash and FF Record Keeper. Paul is very excited about Rocket League and checks back in with Terraria. Sean tries out Alphabear and Entwined.We discuss the reveal of an old Nintendo PlayStation, Zero Escape 3 being announced, and go through the E3 2015 Critic Awards.