Summary: <p>In this episode, Mark and Stephen are joined by guest host Adia Alderson for a thoughtful conversation with Glen Henry, an indie developer out of Jamaica. Glen runs Spritewrench Studios and has released multiple creative titles like <em>M@ge</em> (pronounced "Mage") and <em>Grimm and Tonic</em>. The club talks about Glen’s current projects, as well as creative processes, maintaining community during COVID-19, and re-imagining the visual novel.</p> <p>Also, Adia defines a game genre with food-like products, Mark brings up cozy bunkers, and everyone’s a crusty old developer. </p> <ul><li> <p><strong>Meta</strong></p> <p><a href="https://games.industrygathering.com/">GIG - Games Industry Gathering</a></p> <p><a href="https://globalgamejam.org/2020/jam-sites/jamrock-2020">University of West Indies GGJ site</a></p> </li></ul> Indiedev During the Pandemic <a href="/topics/game-design" hreflang="en">Game Design</a> <a href="/topics/irl" hreflang="en">IRL</a> <p>Check out Glen's games on <a href="https://spritewrench.itch.io/">Itch.io</a> and <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/curator/36084801">Steam</a>! </p> <p>We talked about most of these titles during the episode:</p> <p><em>Grimm and Tonic<br> Questlike<br> Hail<br> SHLD FLNG<br> <a href="https://spritewrench.itch.io/mge">M@ge</a><br> Shiny Gauntlet</em><br> <em>Questlike Pocket</em> (coming soon)</p> <p>Find Glen's art on his <a href="https://www.artstation.com/spritewrench">ArtStation page</a> (NSFW) and watch him speed paint on his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClaedbcOFAi9JY8Afp9Vulw">YouTube channel</a>.</p> <p><strong>Additional links and resources</strong></p> <p><a href="https://lunafromthemoon.itch.io/renjs">Ren.js</a> - "a new videogame engine for making Visual Novels that run directly in the web browser. Based on Ren'Py and powered by PhaserJS, it's easy to use and easy to extend."</p> <p><a href="https://www.winterwolves.com/">Winter Wolves Games</a> - Developer of visual novels, dating sims, and RPGs.</p> <p><a href="https://narrascope.org/">Narrascope Conference</a> - Conference, Discord chat, game jam, and more.</p> <a href="https://twitter.com/helvetica/status/1291411080930037761?s=20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zach Gage's wise tweet about making small games</a> - <a href="/taxonomy/term/161" hreflang="en">Twitter</a> <a href="https://spritewrench.com/Grimm-Tonic/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Grimm & Tonic Webcomic</a> - <a href="/publication/spritewrench" hreflang="en">Spritewrench</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kindaichi_Case_Files" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Kindaichi Case Files (Manga)</a> - <a href="/publication/wikipedia-1" hreflang="en">Wikipedia</a> <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KineticNovel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kinetic Novel</a> - <a href="/publication/tv-tropes-0" hreflang="en">TV Tropes</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isekai" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Isekai</a> - <a href="/publication/wikipedia-1" hreflang="en">Wikipedia</a> <a href="/node/305" hreflang="en">Glen Henry</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/33" hreflang="en">Guest</a> <p>Glen Henry runs Spritewrench, a one-man powerhouse micro-studio out of Kingston, Jamaica. He specializes in small titles with unique ideas and strong narrative elements. Find him at <a href="https://spritewrench.com/">https://spritewrench.com/</a> and on <a href="https://twitter.com/SpriteWrench">Twitter @SpriteWrench.</a> You can get his games on <a href="https://spritewrench.itch.io/">Itch.io</a> and <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/curator/36084801">Steam</a>. </p>
