Summary: Welcome to this episode of the Space Game Junkie Podcast my friends! Sorry for the slight delay on this one, but it has been one HELL of a god damned week, IRL as the kids say, for me this week, so thank you for your patience. :) This week, <a href="https://www.alienpickle.com/">Jim</a> and I welcome Philip Devine, Founder of Riveted Games, to talk about his 4x strategy board game thing of awesomeness, <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/439960/">Falling Stars: War of Empires</a>. It’s a great discussion about the perils of indie gaming and expectations, finding a publisher, learning about engines we’ve never heard of before, balancing having both single and multiplayer, and quite a bit more. It’s a fun show covering a fun game, and we hope you enjoy it.<br> Next week on the podcast, at a special time (6:00 AM PDT), we’ll be talking to the folks at Crunchy Leaf Games about their recently published space game fantastique, 3030 Deathwar Redux! If you have a guest you’d like us to bring on, or a comment or question, you can leave it below in the comments, email us at <a href="mailto:hail@spacegamejunkie.com">hail@spacegamejunkie.com</a> or hit us up on the forums. Thanks so much for watching/listening, and enjoy the show!<br> <br> Show Notes<br> Miscellaneous Items<br> <br> * <a href="https://jmonkeyengine.org/">jMonkeyEngine</a> – The engine upon which the game was built.<br> <br> Games Mentioned<br> <br> * 3030 Deathwar Redux<br> * Drox Operative<br> * TimeShift<br> * Galaxy Trucker<br> * Space Pirates and Zombies 2<br> * Deathstate<br> * Seraph<br> * Star Trek Online<br> * Stellaris<br> * Star Ruler 2<br> * Frozen Synapse<br> <br>
