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Solo Game Prompts with Seb Pines

Feb 29, 2024

01:08:27

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

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Seb Pines on Bluesky and itch.

Sam on Bluesky and itch.

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