It’s that time of year again when your host trio take some time to get together in person and natter until we all lose our voices – luckily, a lot of the time we at least remember to be around our microphones while we do so! We recorded a couple of episodes (this one and a Side Quest you can look out for in a couple of weeks’ time), so expect us to be extra crisp and way, way more unhinged than usual – because, despite now having a combined age upwards of 100, we’re always just super excited to hang out with our besties.

In true sleepover club fashion, we recorded this episode in our jammies, and what better way to pass an evening among friends pretending to still be teenagers than by playing a party game? And not just any party game: our very own Liam only went and designed a whole app to facilitate this idea! Inspired by the tabletop card game FunEmployed, Pitch Deck sees the three of us alternating in the role of indie developers pitching our game ideas to studio heads, using a series of wild card (emphasis on the wild) improv prompts that we need to adapt to as we go. It uh… goes some places, let’s say. I don’t want to spoil anything for you because this really is just one you need to listen to, but suffice to say there’s lore here by the end. Oh and an actual real-life interruption by the UK Government’s Emergency Alert system, so enjoy that if you missed it live.

For once it feels like hyperfixations are actually here to mellow the energy out at the end of an episode rather than send us raring off in a different direction. Enjoy refined discussions of a couple of recent reads – “The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder” by David Grann (from Liam) and “King Sorrow” by Joe Hill (from Rebecca) – while Rachel gives us her initial thoughts on two of her most-anticipated multiplayer indies of the year: Big Walk and Peak: The Final Ascent.

Our music was written and performed by Ollie Newbury! Find him on Instagram at @newbsmusic. Meanwhile, you can find us at indieventurepodcast.co.uk or wherever you listen to podcasts. Don’t forget that you can now join our dedicated Discord too, and be sure to check out our new Steam Curator page if you simply still can’t get enough of us!

Header image by David on the Discord!