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Episode Synopsis
Tomas Guinan is a full time indie developer with Spoony Bard Productions headquartered in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada. The Spoony Bard specializes in retro games. They have released an original NES game on physical cartridge and digitally for NES and Steam through their successful kickstarter called Eskimo Bob in 2017. They shipped a sequel in 2019, called Alfonzo's Arctic Adventure, backed by a second successful Kickstarter. This was published as an NES ROM, and was later published on the Switch and XBox One as well. Spoony Bard and Interabang collaborated on the 2020 release, Jay and Silent Bob, Mall brawl for the NES. This game is now ported to most platforms and Tomas is currently working on a new title with Interabang targeting modern consoles and Steam titled Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch with a target release date of late 2023.
Our conversation included:
His journey to writing indie games including his flash animated show.
His toolchain and the technology involved in creating his games.
Q-Basic
The retro NES / game scene.
His kickstarter campaigns.
His top 5 games that influenced him - an NES, Gameboy, and SNES set of favorites!
Resource Links:
CC65 - C compiler for 6502 systems - https://www.cc65.org/
Limited Run Games - https://limitedrungames.com/
Interabang Entertainment - https://www.interabangent.com/
YY-CHR - Sprite utility - https://w.atwiki.jp/yychr/
NEXXT - https://frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt
More on Spoony Bard Productions:
Spoony Bard Productions - www.spoonybard.ca
Twitter: @SpoonyBardToma
Jay and Silent Bob - Mall Brawl - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1087440/Jay_and_Silent_Bob_Mall_Brawl/
Eskimo Bob Starring Alfonzo - https://store.steampowered.com/app/651360/Eskimo_Bob_Starring_Alfonzo/
Alfonzo’s Arctic Adventure - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1170170/Alfonzos_Arctic_Adventure/
Spoony Bard on Itch.Io - https://spoony-bard-productions.itch.io/
Indie Dev Game Break Podcast Links:
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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-indie-dev-game-break/id1660382228
Follow Stray Voltage Games on Twitter: https://twitter.com/strayvoltageca
Our conversation included:
His journey to writing indie games including his flash animated show.
His toolchain and the technology involved in creating his games.
Q-Basic
The retro NES / game scene.
His kickstarter campaigns.
His top 5 games that influenced him - an NES, Gameboy, and SNES set of favorites!
Resource Links:
CC65 - C compiler for 6502 systems - https://www.cc65.org/
Limited Run Games - https://limitedrungames.com/
Interabang Entertainment - https://www.interabangent.com/
YY-CHR - Sprite utility - https://w.atwiki.jp/yychr/
NEXXT - https://frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt
More on Spoony Bard Productions:
Spoony Bard Productions - www.spoonybard.ca
Twitter: @SpoonyBardToma
Jay and Silent Bob - Mall Brawl - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1087440/Jay_and_Silent_Bob_Mall_Brawl/
Eskimo Bob Starring Alfonzo - https://store.steampowered.com/app/651360/Eskimo_Bob_Starring_Alfonzo/
Alfonzo’s Arctic Adventure - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1170170/Alfonzos_Arctic_Adventure/
Spoony Bard on Itch.Io - https://spoony-bard-productions.itch.io/
Indie Dev Game Break Podcast Links:
Join our newsletter and follow us on substack - https://indiedevgamebreak.substack.com
Anchor.fm - https://anchor.fm/indiedevgamebreak
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6IqmIBrbUudh0rSzem9b9w
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-indie-dev-game-break/id1660382228
Follow Stray Voltage Games on Twitter: https://twitter.com/strayvoltageca
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