Straight from our mouths to your ears! Hot takes delivered direct from the Devolver Digital Forkcast! We interview Devolver and Devolver-adjacent developers and professionals to give you insights into what makes this weird-ass company work. The Devolver Digital Forkcast: It's a podcast!
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Skeleton Crew developers Thoma Olsson and Ali O'Brian instruct Jared and JM on the subtle distinctions that define "Forestrike" as tactical kung-fu; the blending of puzzle-solving, action, and a high-stakes permadeath mechanic that make their upcoming title something special. http://twitter.com/VegaMukiwa https://twitter.com/SkeletonCrewEN https://…
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Crush House Creative Director, Nicole He, spills the sordid details leading up to Nerial's most innovative reality TV simulator yet, "The Crush House!" Listen in to learn the steamy secrets behind automated dating devices, a ten-person fun-button, and at least one peculiar penis!By JM Specht, Jared Stults and Robbie Paterson
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Jared and JM compare notes on those games which they feel didn't get the amount of love and adoration that they deserved. Also, Jared's dogs give us all an update on how many dogs Jared still has.By JM Specht, Jared Stults and Robbie Paterson
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Game dev consultant, crowdfunding expert, and professional saxophonologist Anya Combs shares her thoughts on industry trends, her own career, and her favorite videogame soundtracks in this Jaredless episode.By JM Specht, Jared Stults and Robbie Paterson
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As part of Devolver Digital's 15th anniversary celebrations, we hosted an AMA on Reddit last week, and JM is here to read the whole thing to you in podcast form!By JM Specht, Jared Stults and Robbie Paterson
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While JM and Jared are enjoying a chat about videogames, Andy Kelly chestbursts onto the podcast to talk about his years in journalism and what it's like being a PR Manager and Good Words Goblin for Devolver Digital. All while relentlessly plugging his upcoming novel, "Perfect Organism: An Alien: Isolation Companion" https://unbound.com/books/perfe…
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With a flurry of disclaimers about how none of this is actual legal advice, Devolver Solicitor and Legal Counsel Andrea Ng drops in on JM and Jared to discuss the various legal responsibilities and and risks of contracts and property rights in the world of video games.By JM Specht, Jared Stults and Robbie Paterson
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Bereft of guests, Jared and JM snuggle up close to talk about some of their very favorite cozy games.By JM Specht, Jared Stults and Robbie Paterson
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FireFly Studios, developer of the long adored Stronghold series, dispatches Nick and Tony, two of their elite team members, to conquer the Forkcast and explain to JM and Jared just what makes real time strategy games such a special part of the video game industry. 🏰 Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.com…
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Solo developer René Rother, creator of the upcoming Children of the Sun, takes a shot at explaining his processless process in creating mood and ambience in the digital space, reveals the secret title that was too hot for Devolver Digital, and shares his plans for after the game's April 9th release. 🚽 Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.com…
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Devolver Senior Producer Reese Wright regularly expounds upon their love of spreadsheets while telling the story of their globetrotting path to the hallowed halls of Devolver Digital. 🗺 Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht and Jared Stults
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Team WIBY Creative Director, Ben Marrinan delves into the creative process of guiding The Phantom Abyss through Early Access and into 1.0 release, shares his biggest surprises from the game's Discord community and deals the deets on dialing in the difficulty. 🐨 Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.com…
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Devolver Digital Web Engineer and uncontested E-Sports Guru, Josh "Santa" Belkin hacks his way onto the Forkcast to install his insights into the worlds of programming, streaming, and some of his favorite art. 🎅 Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht
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In celebration of the third annual Devolver Public Access Holiday Special, JM and Jared are joined by Hudbus, discoverer of the fifth and final Devolver Golden Ticket from last year's special. He tells us about what it's like getting free Devolver games for life, and gives some tips to any would-be code hunters out there. www.theikim.com 🎫 Join us …
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Episode 152: Why Philosophize When You Can Pet the Cat?
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Talos Principle 2 writers Jonas and Verena Kyratzes kick back and explain the inspirations and ideas central to the philosophical identity of this year's greatest first-person puzzle experience, while JM and Jared make toilet jokes. 🐈 Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht and Jared Stults
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To celebrate the many puppies that Jared has been fostering, he and JM have an idle chat about some of the in-game companions that they have greatly enjoyed through the years. 🐶 Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht and Jared Stults
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With Jared somewhere covered in puppies, JM plays host to Pastagames co-founder Nadim, creator of the upcoming cooperative platformer KarmaZoo, and has a chat about how a game about being kind to strangers came to be. 🐘 Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht and Jared Stults
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Expert excavators and Pepper Grinder developers Riv Hester and Xee Cee tunnel their way onto the podcast to tell the story of how this indie darling went from gifs to game. 🌶 Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht and Jared Stults
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Episode 148: Making Games at the End of the World
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Wizard with a Gun Creative Director Patrick Morgan shares in the story of Galvanic Games, tells us about the challenges of developing a game during the pandemic, and briefly considers getting everyone on his team a free puppy. 🧙♂️ Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht and Jared Stults
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Cullen Dwyer and Joseph Bourgeois of doinksoft join JM and Jared in talking about the recent release of their gritty platformer, GUNBRELLA ☔ Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht and Jared Stults
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With JM out of town, Jared recruits a special guest to talk about what gaming is like for someone who doesn't play games. 👩🌾 Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy Jared Stults
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Jake Hollands, creator of Spaceplan and Game of Thrones: Tale of Crows, lands on the ForkCast to talk about what fascinates him most in videogames and design. 🛰️ Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht and Jared Stults
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Celebrating a recent dream-come-true for JM, he and Jared prattle on about some of their favorite melee moments in videogames. ⚔ Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht and Jared Stults
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Robbie Paterson returns to the ForkCast to regale us all with the tale of how he tricked the entire world into believing that Volvy never existed. https://www.youtube.com/@donthugmeimscared 📼 Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht and Jared Stults
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Episode 142: Yeah, Quite Cool Actually
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Lead Animator of Nomada Studios' Gris and upcoming Neva, Adrián Miguel tells how a love of drawing comics led him to discover a love of animation, and how that love led him to become a part of creating one of the most beautiful games ever released, and one of the most beautiful games yet to. https://tapas.io/series/SkullsandCoin 💀 Join us on Discor…
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Co-creator of "The Plucky Squire," Jamie Turner tells the tale of his twenty-plus years designing characters and making art for games, both big and small, as well as his love of silly little drawings that bring a smiles to the world. 🖼 Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht and Jared Stults
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Composer and Sound designer Damjan Mravunac dives into the origins of Croteam's legendary games and offers a sneak peek into the future of The Talos Principle. Hear Damjam at Reboot: http://rebrand.ly/reboot_2023 🎼 Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht and Jared Stults
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Episode 139: The Hawt Seat with Nigel B. Lowrie
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Wildly successful marketing genius, Nigel B. Lowrie, takes a breather from redefining the indie games publishing world to sit down with one of Devolver Digital's longtime employees, JM Specht, in the dazzling premiere episode of, "The Hawt Seat with Nigel B. Lowrie." [Warning: Due to technical difficulties, the part of JM will be played by JM.]…
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The genres of videogames are as nuanced as they are multitudinous, so JM and Jared take it upon themselves to share some genre-defining games that they think are pretty cool. 👣 Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht and Jared Stults
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BleakSword DX developer Luis Moreno of More8Bit hacks and slashes his way onto the Forkcast to share the story of how he bluffed his way to greatness and shares his personal training regimen of private game jams. Featuring special guest co-host Vieko! 🛡 Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht and Vieko Franetovic
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Episode 136: An Increasingly Bad Idea
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Gathered together for PAXEast, Jared and JM are joined by several other Devolver team members to just sit around and talk shit for an hour. 🚐 Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht and Jared Stults
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Jared and JM are joined by Flying Wild Hog Lead Narrative Designer, Alek Sajnach. Riding high on the release of Shadow Warrior 3 Definitive Edition, he talks about what makes writing for videogames an excitingly unique opportunity. ✍ Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht and Jared Stults
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Episode 134: The #2 Method of Recycling
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Inspired by the announcement of Terra Nil's March 28th release date, JM shares some surprising methods of recycling and waste prevention that almost anyone can make a part of their life. Featuring guest co-host Zach Gehling. 💩 Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht and Zach Gehling
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Devolver's Operations Director Mark Lloyd discusses the finer points of porting as well as his own incomparable journey from the RAF to Rockstar Games and eventually to Devolver. 🦅 Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht and Jared Stults
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Episode 132: Did Somebody Say Omnibus?
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Creative visionaries and industry titans Amir Badri and Jeremy Crockett storm onto the first Forkcast episode of 2023 to share the empowering and unforgettable experience of creating the greatest Omnibus-related game in human history: Omnibus. 🚌 Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht and Jared Stults
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Episode 131: Games Marketing and Furniture Repair
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Devolver Marketing Manager Danny Lucic takes a break from organizing asset folders to share how indie PC devs can best utilize the bounty of promotional tools that Steam has to offer. ♨ Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht and Jared Stults
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Master Public Relationist, JT, shares his sordid journey from smuggling Pokémon into London to digging up the dirt on the biggest Devolver-affiliated developers. 🎬 Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht and Jared Stults
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Two idiots marvel at how long a year has been for an hour. ⏳ Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht and Jared Stults
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In an episode barely about videogames, two lucky fellas count just a few of their blessings. 🦃 Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht and Jared Stults
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Episode 127: Games That Make You Go Ha
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Celebrating the recent launch of McPixel 3 to more platforms than are reasonable, Jared and JM reflect on some of their favorite funny games and videogame moments. 🤣🤣 Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht and Jared Stults
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Episode 126: Hotline Miami, Then and Now
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Hotline Miami co-developer Dennis Wedin from Sweden makes a splash on the podcast, talking about his life before and after Hotline Miami, and owning up to one of the hardest challenges of his current project. 🐓 Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht and Jared Stults
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Episode 125: A Healthy Work Environment
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FreeLives Programmers and Designers Evan Greenwood and Rohun Ranjith drop by the Devolver corporate offices to give a seminar on conflict resolution in the workplace, sharing just a few of the insights that they've put into the upcoming "Stick it to the Stickman." Featuring "Stick it to the Stickman" by Deon Van Heerden 🎭 Join us on Discord Visit D…
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Jared sits down with Jay Tholen, the developer of "Dropsy," and "Hypnospace Outlaw," to talk about the creative processes and personal journey that led to some of the most eccentric indie games ever made. Featuring "The Unmistakable Scent of Clown Breath" by Chris Schlarb 🤡 Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.com…
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Jared and JM share some of their favorite videogames based on adaptations from films, books, comics, and even poetry. 🎭 Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht and Jared Stults
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With their expected guest unexpectedly unavailable, Jared and JM realize that they don't have a backup plan, and so wander from topic to topic like scavengers in the wastelands. 🛴 Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht and Jared Stults
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Following the recent theft of information from Rockstar Games, JM attempts to do some research on the history of game leaks and present it to Jared in a manner similar to a real podcast. Look, there are even source links! https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/05/14/the-most-infamous-leaks-in-video-game-history https://www.ign.com/articles/a-history-of-…
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Episode 120: They Forget to Mention Robbie
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Both being mostly recovered from PAXWest 2022, JM and Jared do their best to recap the events of the weekend and they joys of being back on the show floor. 🧶 Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht and Jared Stults
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Prior to beginning their set-up of Devolver's booth at PAXWest 2022, Jared and JM host a ForkCast in JM's hotel room where many random Devolver guests come in to share their excitement for the weekend to come. 🏩 Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht and Jared Stults
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Episode 118: How to Win Followers and Influence People
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Fresh from her whirlwind tour of Japan, Devolver Digital's Assistant to the Regional Influencer Manager, Clara Sia, dives into the technical details of what's made "Cult of the Lamb" into the Twitch darling that it is today. Also Jared talks like a pirate. 🍜 Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.com…
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Episode 117: Pretty Ok at Making Games, I Guess
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Ruan Rothman, long time member of the legendary Free Lives, pops onto the ForkCast to tell stories behind the development of hits like BroForce, Gorn, Genital Jousting and more! 🤹 Join us on Discord Visit DevolverDigital.comBy JM Specht and Jared Stults
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