Ryan and Tori must have consumed a six-pack of energy drinks because they are in full swing in this episode of the IGDA Twin Cities Podcast.  They discuss games they've been playing and working on, local development studio news, some good and some bad, as well as answer a listener question.

Show Notes

• Soldak's Drox Operative, Tori did sound and music.
• Local game company Concrete Software's Jellyflop! gets 1 million downloads.
• Angry Birds, Bad Piggies and Ryan's Rocket Prototype
• 4X games, Explore, Expand, Exploit and Exterminate
• Don't Starve on Steam
• Nights of Pen and Paper (on Android and on iOS)
• Bowling Dead video (watch first 2 minutes)
• Keyboard and Mouse vs Controller for FPS (and other) games.
• Member Project: Joel Stewart's Ludum Dare 24 game Geovolve and some other projects and products (Sensus from Canopy).
• Main Presentation: Creatively Bypassing the Limitations of HTML 5 as a Gaming Platform (see their presentation in the GDC Vault)
• IGDATC plans for Dec and the Global Game Jam 2013 in the works.
• Layoffs at Activision Publishing in Minnesota
• Disney Buys Star Wars, including LucasArts (game developer and producer)
• Question from a listener.  Intro music from Adam at Forge Interactive.