The whole crew assembles to share our personal five favorite games of 2024, alongside picks from previous show guests and our listeners. Happy 2025! Audio edited by Dylan Shumway. Our GOTY picks (SPOILERS): Doug: Xenosphere B3313 (Mario 64 mod) Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 Slice & Dice 3.0 Caves of Qud Sarah: Velgress (from UFO 50) Balatro Bridge Command Waxwing Key of Dreams Zach: Astro Bot Astro Bot Astro Bot Astro Bot Astro Bot Laura: https://simogo.com/work/loreleiandthelasereyes/ Balloon SMP Interstate 35 Games to play with babies / Zach’s 2023 pick Dress to Impress (Roblox) Nick: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Pseudoregalia Paper Beast Smart Ball The Nest Andy: Hollow Knight Pokemon TCG Pocket Super Mario Galaxy 2 Astro Bot Velgress (of UFO 50) Rob: Balatro Moon Adventure Barbuta (of UFO 50) Slice & Dice 3.0 Caves of Qud Other picks from guests and listeners: UFO 50 Cryptmaster Case of the Golden Idol DLCs Fractal Block World N++ Community Tab Project Tiny Terry’s Turbo Trip 10 hours of silence occasionally broken up by the Taco Bell bong Fallout 4 Earth Defense Force 6 Rabbit and Steel Rogue Legacy 2 The Frog for Whom the Bell Tolls Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom Feldivek Factorio Playframes: How Do We Know We Are Playing? by Celia Pearce Celeste Pepper Grinder Riven (2024) Caves of Qud Animal Well Katamari Damacy Leap Year Arcs MX Bikes Karen Kavett’s Gradient Cascade Puzzle Earthrise 1 in Melbourne Cine2Nerdle Battles Deadlock
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Block Koala
We're joined by Patrick Traynor (Patrick’s Parabox) and Frank Lantz (Universal Paperclips, NYU Game Center) to discuss Block Koala, the 15th game in the UFO 50 collection. "Flamingus has stolen all the water! Solve puzzles to defeat him and save the park!" Next week: Camouflage Audio edited by Dylan Shumway. Discussed in this episode: Frank Lantz’s Substack Patrick’s Parabox PuzzleScript Stephen’s Sausage Roll by increpare Corrypt by Michael Brough Hectique’s UFO 50 All Games Speedrun (the Block Koala part) The Witness by Jonathan Blow Jelly no Puzzle by Qrostar Blockhouse by Kory Heath The Gang by Kory Heath Episode 124 – Thinking Inside the Box with Patrick Traynor (Patrick’s Parabox) Episode 87 – Fighting Words with Everybody House Games (Babble Royale) Episode 31 – Good Times with Bad Robots with Frank Lantz (Hey Robot) Join our Discord: http://discord.gg/eggplant Leave us a tip: https://www.patreon.com/eggplantshow
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Bushido Ball
We're joined by Casey Yano (Mega Crit), Trent Kusters (League of Geeks), and Alfredo Barraza (Riot) to discuss Bushido Ball, the 14th game in the UFO 50 collection. "It’s the annual Bushido Ball tournament. Choose from 6 fighters and compete to win!" Next week: Block Koala http://discord.gg/eggplant https://www.patreon.com/eggplantshow
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Into the Depths: Caves of Qud (Part 2)
In the 2nd installment of our current Into the Depths series, we dive into Caves of Qud. This sprawling open-world roguelike has been in development since 2007 and Early Access since 2015, and in this episode we celebrate this month's momentous v1.0 release. Doug and Rob talk to one of the game's creators Jason Grinblat about Qud basics and the early game (up to Golgotha). Don't forget to join our Discord and play along with the series. Show Notes Buy Caves of Qud on itch.io Caves of Qud merch qudzoo - "Your one-stop shop for improving in Caves of Qud" Recommended settings for playing Qud on a Steamdeck (credit to Discord user patric!) "The important changes are all in UI portion of the options menu: UI Scale: 1.25 Play Area Scale: Pixel Perfect Pixel Perfect Tile Graphic Scale: 2 Ability Bar Mode: Compact Mini Map: Off Nearby Objects: Off Message Log Font: -5 Last but not least, use your finger to move the bar between the play area & the message log as far to the right as you can. It’s a little fiddly to do, but frees up a good amount of real estate."
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Mooncat
We're joined by Bennett Foddy (Getting Over It), Kenny Sun (Mr. Sun's Hatbox), and Zach Aikman (Chuhai Labs) to discuss Mooncat, the 13th game in the UFO 50 collection. "Jump and dash through forests, caves and mountains, in search of the egg." Next week: Bushido Ball http://discord.gg/eggplant https://www.patreon.com/eggplantshow
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