Bit Storm

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.

Episodes

July 13, 2025 • 32 mins

Ben and Trevor get together in person to take some Clicky Pitchy words and turn them into video games, such as:

  • a detective who has trouble hearing certain words
  • a village stuck in a time loop
  • a kangaroo based rage game
  • and more!

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Trev and Ben get serious this week, as the new random word generator brings more serious prompts. So serious in fact that they can't be added together anymore. The serious games they discussed were:

  • An adventure game with global consequences if the young campers don't make it through the week
  • An adventure game set over a single night where boy band members must make it through the night without being cancelled
  • A scientist utilizes...
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June 29, 2025 • 32 mins

Ben and Trevor continue with their new, slightly janky random word generator and play some Click Pitchy, using prompts to come up with game designs such as:

the journey of a tongue through a world of tastes;

an adventure game where you try to live up to the amazing acts of your ancestors;

a world where only DC power exists;

and more!

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June 22, 2025 • 31 mins

A new era of the podcast has arrived! Trev has been furiously working on a new random word generator for the podcast and it's ready... and a bit "pitchy". Ben and Trev try it out and get some weird words for their first attempt. The games discussed were:

  • An Inside Out inspired conscience game
  • A devil and angel inspired conscience game
  • A music business tycoon game with storylets added for fun
  • A game where you must stop your characte...
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June 15, 2025 • 33 mins

Ben and Trevor riff off a dream, then grab some prompts from What 3 Words and invent some games, such as:

A holy implement disguised as an every day utensil;

piracy on the gaseous methane sea of another planet;

the alien base that lives under the Great Artesian Basin;

and more!

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June 8, 2025 • 40 mins

Ben and Trevor return to Bit Storm, adapting their game design process to a new challenge! With their usual random word generator no longer available, they're switching things up and using a random movie generator as their source of inspiration. Expect the unexpected as they attempt to build games around some truly unpredictable cinematic prompts. It's going to be a wild ride as they navigate the bizarre and hilarious possibilities...

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June 1, 2025 • 34 mins

Ben and Trevor click some pitches this week, coming up with game designs like:

  • a zen shaving game where you remove hair from a variety of creatures
  • a cozy Stardew Valley-esque game, where you are a sleeper agent waiting for a mission
  • an apple picking game with a hidden horror element
  • and more!

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May 25, 2025 • 32 mins

Ben and Trevor are back for another round of Bit Storm, attempting to design games using random words and questionable logic! This week, they dove into Click Pitch, and the results are as delightfully unpredictable as ever. The games discussed include

  • A game where two planets fall in love and chaos ensues
  • A bounty hunter game set in the star wars universe with Carmen Sandiego like investigation and a totally new gameplay enhancem...
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May 18, 2025 • 36 mins

This week Ben and Trevor take all their Click Pitch prompts and merge them into a single MMO, with features such as:

  • telepathic characters via the Shining;
  • health systems and weight loss;
  • pranking celebrities;
  • and more!

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May 11, 2025 • 63 mins

Ben found another clip of the Big Flip Saga, so we are playing it. Dave/Cody, Harold and Oliver Pebbles learn all about working with childrens checks, how to make games and the healing factor of a spiggot.

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May 4, 2025 • 34 mins

Ben and Trevor play some regular old Click Pitch, pitching game ideas such as:

  • a Superstore and Monster Prom inspired VR game where department store drama happens around you while you work
  • a pharmacy deduction game where you must decode doctor's handwriting to dispense the right medicine
  • a prophet who must ensure their prophecies are fulfilled as they go about their day
  • and more!

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April 27, 2025 • 33 mins

Ben and Trev delve back into games that were never developed from movies. Some of the games discussed this week were:

  • A comedic wing commander-esque game
  • An adventure game set in a precinct where the captain has been replaced by their serial killer twin
  • A run based crime syndicate simulator with a Batman-esque "villian"

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April 20, 2025 • 35 mins

Ben and Trevor take some more random movies and turn them into game designs, including:

an extraction shooter take on Blue Prince;

a modern remake of Spy vs Spy;

Boss Baby as a lawyer;

and more!

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April 13, 2025 • 32 mins

Ben and Trev continue with more Click Pitch live in Ben's office. They discuss more games that don't exist like:

  • A point and click investigating paranormal goings on.
  • A mystical spy thriller
  • A horror game where you literally can't miss a moment.

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April 6, 2025 • 32 mins

Trevor and Ben get together in person for a hands free Click Pitch, coming up with game designs such as:

working in the medical lottery office of a dystopic future society;

escaping an open air prison in the middle of a vast desert;

ancient playwrights battling it out, Call of Duty style;

and more!

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March 30, 2025 • 36 mins

With Trev finally getting the What 3 Words generator to work again, Ben and Trev get 3 words as their prompts and deliver such gems as:

  • A proceedurally generated pest control game
  • A scientist must defend a barge from a giant kraken
  • A game where you get to use paper mache in VR

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March 23, 2025 • 31 mins

Ben and Trevor, Click Pitch, jam 'em together and you get some fun improv game designs, such as:

a Bulletstorm-esque first person brawler where your fists are made of diamond;

a storylet driven sci-fi game set in the lead-up to an intergalactic war;

a non-violent Hitman style game where you are investigating your environment to determine the best love matches;

and more!

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March 16, 2025 • 45 mins

Ben and Trev have been playing a ton of deductive games, such as Return of the Obra Dinn, The Roottrees are Dead and a new free game called Type Help. As such they try their hand at designing 3 deductive games with different mechanics. The games discussed include:

  • Collating evidence and piecing together old crimes after the digitisation was corrupted
  • Tracing paths and connections people took through a state/county.
  • Analysing your ...
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March 9, 2025 • 35 mins

Ben and Trevor play some Click Pitch, for better or worse! They come up with games such as:

  • an Apogee style platformer revolving around smashing papaya;
  • figuring out alien body language in a first contact situation;
  • figuring out the strange place your village has been built;
  • and more!

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March 2, 2025 • 39 mins

Ben and Trev have been making a fair few adventure games recently (check out bslinger.itch.io for the games) so they thought it was about time that they return to the Adventure Game Design Done Quick format, but as this show is now a 30ish minute format they had to change it to QuickeR (Hence the extra R). They design a game set on an island and discuss an article that Ron Gilbert wrote many many years ago.

Ron Gilbert - Why Adventu...

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