Bit Storm

A comedy game design podcast by two guys who know nothing about comedy nor game design.Join Trevor Scott and Ben Slinger as they take prompts from random word generators, movies, game titles and more and turn them into occasionally hilarious but always interesting game designs.

Bit Storm is a leisure podcast hosted by Ben Slinger and Trevor Scott, with 510 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Ben Slinger and Trevor Scott hosts Bit Storm, a leisure show with 510 episodes published.

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  Episode #99

  Centaur Gymnast

  Aug 9, 202636 minS2

  Ben and Trev reflect on their success in the GMTK game jam, where their narrative-driven game about counting sheep and falling asleep placed in the top 10% for enjoyment and the top 1% for audio. This week, they dive into some wild new concepts: a heavy, atmospheric journey where a character must transport a single "strongbox" to a new home, navigating the physical and emotional weight of their possessions; a high-stakes, narrative-driven busking simulator where a struggling artist in a rainy city must analyze the crowd and choose the right songs to survive; a surreal, high-concept sports game featuring a centaur gymnast competing in a fantasy Olympics, complete with specialized events for various mythical creatures; and more! Join Ben and Trev as they explore the intersection of narrative, game design, and the occasional centaur in a leotard.

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  Episode #98

  Press 'D' to Dog

  Aug 2, 202630 minS2

  Ben and Trev dig out Fucked Up Click Pitch for the first time in a good while, where a cursed word generator hands them one baffling word each to build a game around. This week: a goat who is thrilled to be sacrificed with a bread knife at a mountain summit; a periodic table of vegetables, assembled via particle accelerator; a hospital waiting room conspiracy that hinges entirely on a single nail hole; the story of how a washed up Duck Hunt dog gets his groove back; and more!

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  Episode #97

  First Person Frisbee

  Jul 26, 202633 minS2

  Ben and Trev are back in the lounge for another round of Ramped Up Click Pitch, where they use a random word generator to spark high-concept game designs. This week's creations include: a narrative-driven experience set in the afterlife, where you play as a "failed" cupid who must navigate a ghostly wedding and uncover the tragic, intertwined histories of a couple who only found each other after death; a surreal, multi-perspective adventure centered on a mystical Frisbee that transports players through various vignettes, from a dog's perspective to an elderly woman’s, while uncovering its origins as the Devil's lost property; an eerie exploration of a "flesh mall"—a sprawling, ever-expanding shopping center where the architecture feels organic and unsettling, and the staff are perpetual fixtures in a world that refuses to change; and a high-stakes getaway game featuring a "whimsical engine" that compresses space as it moves, forcing you to hide your car in superliminal gaps while navigating a landscape of endless light poles. Join Ben and Trev as they turn random words into bizarre, imaginative worlds.

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  Episode #96

  Tiny Timato

  Jul 19, 202637 minS2

  Ben and Trev dust off Ramped Up Click Pitch, where they throw random adjective-and-noun pairs at each other and forge game designs from the results. This week's games include: a strategy game where you build defensive ramparts and place your cannons while seeing a few seconds into the future, the present and the about-to-happen overlaid on the same muddy battlefield; a narrative document-shuffler set in a far-future world where sentient food rules and humans are long gone, casting you as an avocado researcher trying to translate and preserve the culture of the "talky meat", while one faction wants every trace of humanity erased and another wants to learn from it; a quietly oppressive character study set in a society that has rigorously mistranslated an old farmer's weather almanac into emotional scripture, where you must be "cloudless" in the sunny months and dutifully gloomy in the cloudy ones, on a planet whose seasons no longer match the book; and a battle royale where you play the overlord inventing the rules and watching your AI combatants find broken synergies, until you realise one of the "AI" is a real person trapped in the loop — and the story converges from both sides; and more!

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  Episode #95

  Corpse Dragging Mechanics

  Jul 12, 202638 minS2

  Ben and Trevor put their creative gears into overdrive by using a random movie generator to spark new game design concepts. The duo explores a variety of high-concept premises, including: Swiss Army Man : A survival adventure where your only "tool" is a decaying corpse that provides various physical properties — like bloating in the sun or being used as a bridge — while you navigate a desert island under the watchful eye of the son of Satan. The Big Wedding : A tense, high-stakes narrative set during a zombie-themed wedding where the line between "costume" and "infection" blurs as the party descends into chaos. Children of Man : A psychological, dialogue-driven experience exploring memory palaces and shifting mechanics to portray a protagonist grappling with trauma in a world without a future. Air Buddies : A jarring, high-contrast juxtaposition between a gritty kidnapping thriller and a vibrant, basketball-themed platformer, where the "whimsical" elements are slowly revealed to be a coping mechanism for a child's ordeal. Join Ben and Trevor as they navigate these bizarre mashups of cinema and gameplay.

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