Episode 138 - Staying Safe & Dating Seniors

We’re all feeling out of whack lately, but games are still getting made and still being played so we’re here to cover the ones from Canada.

On this episode, Steve and Stephan give their impressions on strategy/sim Industries Of Titan as well as octogenarian dating game Later Daters, two very different games out now. We talk about Sea Of Stars record-setting Kickstarter campaign and a solo indie dev’s debut title!

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Events:

• XP Game Developers Online (April 28-29)

News:

• GUNPIG: Firepower For Hire Blasts onto itch.io

• Industries Of Titan Out Now in Early Access

• Gears Tactics Launching April 28 on PC - Xbox One Version Coming Later

• Sea Of Stars Now Most Successful Canadian Kickstarter Ever

• Later Daters Part One Out Now on PC and Switch

Wishlist These Upcoming Canadian Games:

1. Unto The End from Stephen Danton (@2TonStudios) a Canadian couple living in Berkeley, CA. Wishlist on Steam, Xbox, Xbox Gamepass, Switch and PlayStation coming 2020. “Alone and outmatched, a father now faces a desperate journey through unfamiliar lands to make it home to his family.”

2. Streets of Rage 4 from Guard Crush Games (@Guard_Crush) in Montréal, Québec. Wishlist on Steam coming April 30, 2020. “Amongst the best beat’em up series ever created, jammin’ ‘90s beats and over the top street fighting, the iconic series Streets of Rage comes back with a masterful tribute to and revitalization of the classic action fans adore.”

3. Atomicrops (published by Raw Fury & developed by a small remote team with lead artist @tbdxn in Toronto, ON). Wishlist on Epic Games Store, Steam and coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One & Nintendo Switch. “Atomicrops is an action-packed roguelite farming simulator where you must cultivate and defend the last farm in the post-apocalypse wasteland. Farm mutated crops, marry townsfolk, and kill every mutant creature that tries to invade!”

Try These Vintage Canadian Indies:

@StephenLCrane’s Pick: Fortified - released February 3, 2016. Available on Xbox One, PC developed by Clapfoot Games in Toronto, Ontario.

@StephanReilly’s Pick: Flinthook - Released April 14, 2017. Available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac. Developed by Tribute Games in Montréal, Québec.

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