Solo Game Prompts with Seb Pines
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Transcript It’s the solo games episode! Hopefully the first of many. I’m joined by Seb Pines, designer of The Awards winning game Dwelling and haver of MFA in basically solo games, to talk about prompts in solo games. This is a broad survey of solo games. We talk about a bunch of games (listed below) that all behave differently. If you’re curious about this side of the hobby, this is the primer for you. Further Reading: Dwelling by Seb Pines Thousand Year Old Vampire by Tim Hutchings Horse Girl by Babblegum Sam Artefact by Jack Harrison Project ECCO by Elliot Davis Notorious by Jason Price Void 1680 AM by Ken Lowery I Eat Mantras For Breakfast by Maria Mison The Ink That Bleeds and an excerpt on the Indie Game Reading Club My response to The Ink That Bleeds Socials Seb Pines on Bluesky and itch. Sam on Bluesky and itch. The Dice Exploder blog is at diceexploder.com Our logo was designed by sporgory, and our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey. Join the Dice Exploder Discord to talk about the show!
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