Episode 28 - Interview with Endellion of Zorkie Studios: Encouraging Players to Make Ethical Decisions

Back in Episode 24, we played several game demos during Steam Next Fest. One of those demos was “Quality Dreams, Reasonably Priced,” a dystopian visual novel from Zorkie Studios with a surprising premise — what if you had the ability to approve or decline someone’s gender-affirming care?

That’s an oversimplification of the game’s narrative, but QDRP (as it’s affectionately called) is a game that’s queer through and through — and this week, I have Endellion, one of two developers making the game, here for an interview!

Endellion discusses their favourite games, what inspired QDRP’s story, how they’re designing a grim and futuristic world, and even expands the visual novel genre!

Plus, I have all the recent headlines, including the Zelda movie release date, how layoffs impacted a very popular (and recent) queer game, new accessibility tags on digital game storefronts, and the tariffs’ effect on the Nintendo Switch 2.

 

00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:46 - News

00:22:31 - Interview with Endellion of Zorkie Studios

 

This episode was recorded on April 6 2025. The interview was recorded on March 25 2025.

 

Sources:

Zelda movie release date: Nintendo Today app

https://productionlist.com/production/the-legend-of-zelda/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoVfBvxKdm0

https://www.ign.com/articles/gamestop-plans-to-close-a-significant-number-of-stores-and-invest-into-bitcoin

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/tomb-raider-studio-crystal-dynamics-has-confirmed-several-layoffs/

https://aftermath.site/gdc-awards-deck-nine-laid-off-developers-life-is-strange-double-exposure

https://accessiblegames.com/about/

https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/introducing-the-accessible-games-initiative/

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-delays-switch-2-pre-orders-in-the-us-due-to-trump-tariffs/

https://www.ign.com/articles/esa-responds-to-trump-tariffs-if-we-think-its-just-the-switch-2-then-we-arent-taking-it-seriously