In this month's episode! Virtual 5ks Funerals Trying to remember our games' actual names Taylor Swift friendship bracelets Balancing choices in romance games Social media is really kinda useless right now Cut content from our games Hanging out with four month olds Christmas movies vs. Christmas games AI pixel art All this, plus...ZOMBIES! RUN! You won't want to braiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiins. 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 join the Oh, a Rock! Discord, and you can follow us on Twitte ..read more

In this month's episode! Michael's new book, One Minute Mysteries 2, is out now!! Cat President roleplay Artichokes Used car salesmen in fiction The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels' art style Oh, a Rock!'s adopted highway Are Pokémon games for kids? The terrible, horrible, no good very bad camera in Super Mario Bros. Wonder Collectathons All this, plus the rules for capitalizing book titles! You certainly won't want to miss that. 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 ..read more

In this month's episode! Socrates Jones: Pro Philosopher Torture rooms "We need to arrest The Phantom of the Opera, Winnie the Pooh and the Hardy Boys." Proofreading bad words My beautiful slimy boy Best practices for crediting licensed assets Lighting and composition in character photos DJ Nibbles' turkey scandal Paul thinks he could beat up a cat. Multiplayer Mario games All this, plus a potential story idea for Cat President 4! 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 ..read more

In this month's episode! - Cracker Barrel trivia - Streaming old adventure games for young Nancy Drew fans - Heroes who are actually terrible people - Characters, backgrounds and items that do nothing and serve no purpose - "Where are the marshmallows?!" - Inventory overload - Pro-tips for Windows Movie Maker - The [censored] [censored] puzzle from Tales of Monkey Island that Paul hates so much - Balancing difficulty and fun - Asking developers to "just" add something to a game All this, plus updates on Internet Court, The Pizza Delivery Boy Who Saved the World, and Mermaid Mission: Titanic. Y ..read more

In this month's episode! - Is Nancy Drew: Midnight in Salem...good? - Michael's new career as a tester - How much dialogue is too much? - First-person navigation - Achievements for dying - PIZZA BOY IS A REAL GAME - Promotional art across different platforms - Harem scenes in visual novels - Michael's face - Dating Santa Claus All this, plus Michael has to explain bitcoin to a boomer! You won't want to miss THAT. 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 @PaulMF ..read more

In this month's episode! - Michael has a new game out! - Messing with text parsers - What would a mystery RPG look like? - Putting kids to work - All the latest on Midnight in Salem! - Adapting murder mystery dinner parties into visual novels - Steam's underground Trading Card cartel - Casting cats and humans for Cat President 2 - Shipping Waluigi - Oregon Trail as an FMV road trip game All this, plus Michael's critical thoughts on To All the Boys I've Loved Before. 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 ..read more

In this month's episode! - Warrior Cats - Pun names for Tinder - Political twinsies - How we're teaching kids to code - Is game development getting easier or harder over time? - How to draw squares - Post-apocalyptic Nancy Drew - Photoshopping in public - Our dating sim can beat up your dating sim - Coming to terms with being a Hufflepuff All this, plus several bonus minutes of grammar tips! You weren't want to miss tht!! 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 ..read more

In this month's episode! - References in our games that we don't understand - Disney princesses - Designing puzzles for text-only games - "Wikipedia Brown" - How to recharge old batteries - The locks at Yale University - Selling our games for embarrassingly low prices - How to demo visual novels at conventions - The dangers of videogames - Where does the name "Oh, a Rock!" come from? All this, plus spoilers for The Wizard of Oz! You probably SHOULD miss it, if you haven't read the book yet. If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, an ..read more

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 c ..read more

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@ohar ..read more