Ep 197 - Stephan Smooches Some Swords
/Please Consider Supporting the Indian Residential School Survivors Society!
Overview:
This week Steve and Stephan talk the state of Eidos Montréal's Avengers game, as well as the bright future of many Canadian indies like Tribes of Midgard, Hardspace: Shipbreaker and others!
Stephan also provides his impressions of Montréal-based Kitfox Games' loooong in development Boyfriend Dungeon, a steamy, sword-dating sim.
Jobs:
Jean Leggett Will Be Looking for a part-time producer around Oct/Nov.
Events:
Tue SEPT 21 - Thu SEPT 23 - Game Slice 2021 (Online - London, ON) by JoyDrop
“Back for its sixth year, Game Slice offers game industry professionals a space to gain valuable feedback from their industry peers in a collaborative and exciting environment. Due to COVID-19, Game Slice will continue being fully online to allow game developers from far and wide to preview their unreleased games to an engaged and knowledgeable audience.
Fri OCT 22 - Gamedev Atlantic (Online - Halifax, NS) by NSIS
“A day-long conference, celebrates and fosters the growth of the game development industry in Atlantic Canada.”
Releases This Week:
Toronto: Big Con by Mighty Yell
Saskatchewan: This is Fine by GammaFoxTBG
News and Announcements:
Toronto, ON: Marvel's Avengers: State of the Game Update #2
Montréal, QC: Tribes of Midgard Season 1 Coming Soon
Montréal, QC: Some tidbits about Compulsion
Quebec: Moonglow Bay Coming Oct 7
Vancouver, BC: Hardspace The Admin Oversight update is coming to you on September 8
Montréal, QC: Outlast Trials Details
Toronto: Riverbond gets physical
Vancouver: New Centipede game from Canadian dev