Heavily edited for your enjoyment.
On This Episode:
- Carter talks to NoodleCake Games and musician Whitaker Trebella about their work on Super Stickman Golf 2, including the musician asking the programmers about elements of the game, and the programmers learning something about how the music for their game was created.
- Carter and John Dunbar talk about his new game Plasma Sky, along with discussing how this side effort fits in with his day job at Runic Games, known for Torchlight.
Episode Cast:
- Host: Carter Dotson
- Guests: Jordan Schidlowsky, Ty Bader, and Ryan Holowaty, NoodleCake Games
- Guest: Whitaker Trebella, independent developer and musician
- Guest: John Dunbar, Spike Pit Games
Music:
- “Beatnes7 (Theme to The Portable Podcast)” by The Eternal – Download on iTunes here:
- “Nanocarp” by The Eternal
- Selected tracks from Super Stickman Golf 2 by Whitaker Trebella
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Apps From This Episode:
:: STICKTACULAR
:: GUTS ON THE WINDSHIELD
The multiplayer mode supports 2-4 people either locally through wifi or Bluetooth, and online with matchmaking through Game Center. The game plays a bit different here – instead of competing for the lowest score, your goal is to get your ball in the hole as quickly as possible. This changes the dynamics of the game, as you need to find the quickest path to the ball, not the one with the fewest strokes, necessarily. You get points based on your finishing position, and your goal is to have the most points at the end of the 9-hole course. Powerups are still in play – you get a total of 10 that you can use during each course, and you can use any unlocked powerups you have, instead of having to choose which ones you specifically want to use at the beginning of the course. This whole setup leads to great moments of joy when you’ll just barely manage to beat out your opponent, and those moments of agony when they do the same to you. And there’s plenty of variety, too, as all 29 courses are playable online. It is incredibly addictive, and it provides a different enough experience that even if you’ve played the game a lot already, this really starts to mix it up.
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