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Oh, a Podcast!
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Video games are getting smaller and easier to make every day, and if we can do it, anyone can. Join the developers of Cat President, Internet Court, The Beard in the Mirror and more as we talk about the games we're making, the games we're playing, and how aspiring developers don't have to be "aspiring" anymore; they can just be developers. (And also make dumb jokes. Lots of dumb jokes.)
If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the air!
If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the air!
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In this month's episode!
Mike the Gripper
YouTube copyright triggers
Uranium drinkware
Co-Author Crush and Cat President: Third-Rate Candidate updates!
How ChatGPT is helping us code
How ChatGPT is NOT helping us with other things
Book pillows
Redoing Cat President assets in high-res
The red highlighted text in Cat President games
The fall of Unity
All this, plus Michael's writing a new book! You won't want to miss it.
If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph.
Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
In this month's episode!
The Cat President 3 script is finished!! (Finally!)
Which high school clubs we want our Presidents to attend
Avoiding copyright dings on YouTube
Cats licking themselves
Paul's going to be at the Rochester Game Festival on Sept. 9!
Buying cat masks in bulk
Dr. Arglefumph
Paul's freelance videogame work
Gamer, commentator, journalist, or developer?
The Oh, a Rock! shared multiverse
All this, plus breaking news about Cats on Broadway! You won't want to miss it!!
If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph.
Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
In this month's episode!
Music and sound in our games
The Setback
Necks
Taking photos of strangers
Josie & the Pussycats
Local upstate New York castles
Michael's cowboy costume
The Cat President timeline
Real-life politics
Board games where you kill and eat your friends
All this, plus a frank discussion on optimal Audacity settings! You won't want to miss it!!
If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph.
Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
In this month's episode!
The battle for Head Boy
How to draw lines in PhotoShop CS5
Keeping up with AI tech
Cool skulls
Arting and re-arting
WE NEED YOUR CAT PHOTOS!!!
Paul loses it a little
Gamer snacks
The Nancy Drew podcasts Michael has appeared on: River Height's Buzz and Unlocked (I think)
How much research do we do for the Cat President games?
All this, plus how The Rock screwed us over. You won't want to miss it!!
If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph.
Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. Artwork generated using neural.love.
In this month's episode!
Drawing hotspots!!!
Eyeballs and arm meat
WHY ARE THERE STILL TYPOS IN CAT PRESIDENT?????
Oh, a Rock's adopted highway
Is Internet Court a legal entity?
Bad Dog
The buyout of Humongous Entertainment
Nancy Drew: Mystery of the Seven Keys
Co-Author Crush character reveals! (are not in this podcast)
Copyright complaints on free music
All this, plus why Michael is now legally obligated to visit New York twice a year! You won't want to miss it!
If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph.
Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. Artwork generated using neural.love.
In this month's episode!
Adult beginners' hockey class
San Francisco
Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant
Home Alone traps
How to pronounce "Live a Live"
Paul's review of the D&D movie!
Michael's review of the Mario movie!
The external factors that determine whether you like something
Making Mario feel self-conscious
Absolutely nothing about game development
All this, plus an update on movie theater kiosks! You won't want to miss it!
If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph.
Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
In this month's episode!
- How do you buy movie tickets?
- The D&D and Super Mario movies
- Michael and Paul's experiences as DMs
- When your characters won't stop talking
- Player-friendly puzzles
- Charles Clarinet
- Goal-oriented gaming
- A pool of liquefied humans
- How we use guilt to motivate ourselves
- Gaming pranks
All this, plus how to unlock Luigi in Super Mario 64! You won't want to miss it!
If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph.
Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
In this month's episode!
- Is AI going to write Cat President 3?
- AI-generated titles for our games
- Evil blobby aliens
- Distractions
- The Idle Miner Tycoon community
- The back part of Spencer's Gifts
- What are show notes? Are these show notes?
- Goof Troop vs. A Goofy Movie
- Continuity problems between Cat President 1 and 3
- Games from our childhood that we still go back to
All this, plus... *hold music*
If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph.
Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
In this month's episode!
- Our favorite games that we made
- Lame-duck Congresses
- Quick updates on Cat President 3 and the Moms Game
- Michael's live stream of The Lost Oregon City Gold
- Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper
- The difference between publishers and developers
- Is Sherlock Holmes too OP?
- Comedy puzzles in serious games
- Brothels
- Our favorite games that we made
All this, plus...is episodic gaming over? (Please?)
If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph.
Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
In this month's episode!
- The death of Chief Justice Goober
- Trying to remember our own jokes and storylines
- Which months are dead-er than others
- Februum
- Febroom
- How a game's interface can screw up your cool haikus
- Is it okay to name your son after the family sword?
- WWWWWWWWWW
- The lyrics to MMMBop
- Games we never made (…yet?)
All this, plus old men (us) shout at clouds (modern gaming consoles). You won't want to miss it!!
If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph.
Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
In this month's episode!
- The ways we indent our code!
- Beating up your computer
- Sales breakdowns between PC, Switch, PlayStation and Xbox
- Our outline for Cat President 3
- Broadway musicals
- Cat genders
- Bitter giant artichokes
- Coming up with backstories for main characters
- Paul's hot take on the Big Mac
- Underrated, underappreciated games (like M.C. Kids)
All this, plus Bill Clinton plays the sax! We're An-i-ma-niacs!
If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph.
Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
In this month's episode!
- Twitter holidays
- The winner of the Cat President 3 purresidential election!
- Is Earl Grey dead?
- Potential Cat President 3 titles/subtitles
- The 1980 Presidential election
- Mixing AI and hand-drawn art
- The big Cat President update!
- Do we have any tips for making visual novel playthrough videos?
- …What about when they're boring.
- Paul's embarrassing Return to Monkey Island crisis
All this, plus we discuss DJ Nibbles' war on the Clawnstitution. You won't want to miss it!
If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph.
Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
In this month's episode!
- "You gotta monetize your friendships, bro!"
- AI art vs. actual real drawings
- Having art vs. not having art
- Michael should fire his editor (Paul)
- Replacing stock photos and music in the original Cat President
- Pride and Prejudice and Murder is out now!!
- How to get hired for one of our games
- Naked holidays in Portland
- Illusion of choice in games
- Paul and Michael try to figure out some math
All this, plus Michael reveals who "Mr. Drew" and "Miss Hardy" were named after—and the answer will SHOCK you!!
If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph.
Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
In this month's episode!
- Time does not exist
- Cats: The Musical (The Dating Sim)
- Adapting works from the public domain (into dating sims)
- "Does everything have to be a dating sim?"
- Naming the characters you date in dating sims
- Paul makes Michael uncomfortable
- Paul makes Michael more uncomfortable
- Making visual novels harder
- Michael's hot cowboy friends
- How visual novels are like those personalized books you can get at the mall
All this, plus we brainstorm great names for our mom-themed dating sim, like "When Mother Met Sally" and "10 Things I Hate About Mom." You won't want to miss it!!
If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph.
Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
In this month's episode!
- Paul's problems with level(s) design
- We try to pick our next project: mommies, supervillains, or creepy kids?
- Writing during the pandemic
- The concept of blue
- Quack Man & Honk Girl
- Dark Michael
- Deconstructing Goosebumps
- Recording authentic early 2000s cell phone sound effects
- Holes in bridges
- Mother 3
All this, plus Michael reveals the lost Lost Oregon City Gold death scene! You won't want to miss it!
If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph.
Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
In this month's episode!
- Michael is a sleepy boy.
- GameCola's 20th anniversary? 10-year? 50th?
- The 2022 Nancy Drew Mega Marathon
- Oh, a Rock! geocaching!
- Selling games to cheevo hunters
- Using AI-generated art in visual novels
- Outlines, outlines, outlines
- Navigation in adventure games built with Ren'py
- Designing a Disney World based on Oh, a Rock! games
- It's very dangerous to get us talking about theme parks.
If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph.
Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
In this month's episode!
- John Cena's Peacemaker
- Is social media getting better or worse?
- The ice-cream business
- The Pizza Delivery Boy Who Saved the World is now on Switch, PlayStation and Xbox!!
- Changes we made for the console release
- What would a (theoretical) Pizza Boy sequel look like?
- The Lost Oregon City Gold is coming out in two weeks!
- Keeping things consistent when you have multiple writers
- Getting permission to use real-life locations
- Underdressed pizza customers
All this, plus why Pizza Boy is rated T for Teen! You won't want to miss it.
If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph.
Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
In this month's episode!
- WE KNOW WHAT TUPLES ARE NOW.
- Burger King hacks
- Updates to the credits sequence in Too Many Santas! (and why)
- Getting your kids to scream
- Authentic elevator sounds
- Redoing art assets for sequels
- Making dumb workarounds look intentional
- Are games just too loud nowadays?
- How do we find music for our games?
- "The Lost Gamer"
All this, plus why devs should watch people stream their games! You won't want to miss it.
If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph.
Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
In this month's episode!
- Visual;Conference (aka VNConf) 2022
- Nose picking and armpit-hair removal
- Accidental flirting
- …Are we making an adventure game?
- Our new collaborative workflow!
- Editing our game art so we don't get sued
- Making VNs feel more lively
- HTML color codes!
- Changes we make so people won't laugh at us
- The Oh, a Rock! Book Club
All this, plus we try to settle, once and for all: Is WarioWare a visual novel? You won't want to miss it!
If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph.
Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
In this month's episode!
- TOO MANY SANTAS IS OUT NOW, somehow!
- Things we cut from the game in order to finish it in time
- "His eyelids are definitely someone else's eyelids."
- Why politicians only "suspend" their campaigns, never "end" them
- Steam still doesn't think we're real :(
- What's next?
- How John Cena cured his cholera
- The mystery of the unbuyable t-shirt
- Tripods!
- Our favorite rocks
All this, plus COVID DOESN'T EXIST—in our games!! (Bet I freaked you out for a second there, huh.)
If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph.
Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.