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Pixel Sift
Lightmap
Pixel Sift
Lightmap is an Australian Podcast Award winning show that explores the creative process of making videogames and interactive media, and introduces you to the creators of some of the most highly anticipated games. Previously known as Pixel Sift. Established in 2015
Thursday 12 May 2022 : CITIZEN SLEEPER is a tabletop inspired roleplaying game from Gareth Damian Martin (IN OTHER WATERS) that puts you in the shoes of person...
Saturday 30 April 2022 : Inspired heavily by the CARMEN SANDIEGO series, CHINATOWN DETECTIVE AGENCY is a contemporary take on the format set in a cyberpunk Singapore...
Sunday 24 April 2022 : If you work in the games industry it can be surprisingly complex to get your name into the end credits, that ending sequence often doesn't...
Friday 15 April 2022 : André Read always wanted to make a real time strategy game. A huge fan of the genre, it was many years working in the industry before he...
Saturday 02 April 2022 : Philip Buchanan from It's Anecdotal was part of the teams that made the awarding winning LARA CROFT GO, HITMAN GO and DEUS EX GO mobile...
Friday 18 March 2022 : After seven years without any federal government support for the games industry, a new grant program called the $6 million Games Expansion...
Saturday 05 March 2022 : CONAN CHOP CHOP is a reimagining of the world of Conan The Barbarian that sees the rippling oiled muscles replaced with cartoony top town...
Thursday 17 February 2022 : Explore a drowned society, a city that has sunk beneath the waves and discover how life has continued after people in non-combat adventure...
Sunday 13 February 2022 : Welcome to Walkthrough SIFTER's brand new weekly news recap show. Each Sunday we'll highlight some of the biggest stories in video games to...
Friday 28 January 2022 : KARDBOARD KINGS is a store management game about a collectible card game, where you do everything but actually play the card game, managing...
Tuesday 18 January 2022 : How bad for the environment is game development? Terry Burdak from Paper House and Ben Abraham a researcher on the Environmental impact of...
Monday 10 January 2022 : It's that time of the year, where we sit down and consider all the amazing games we've played in 2021. This is part two of two episodes...
Monday 03 January 2022 : Nick Lowe, Lead Developer at Hungry Sky, first had the idea for NEKOGRAMS a cute sokoban style puzzle game where you move cats onto...
Thursday 30 December 2021 : It's that time of the year, where we sit down and consider all the amazing games we've played in 2021. This is part one of two episodes...
Sunday 12 December 2021 : UNPACKING is a pixel art puzzle game tasks you with simply sorting items from boxes into rooms all the while telling a story of a woman's...
Friday 03 December 2021 : BOOK OF TRAVELS is a different type of MMO experience focusing more on the story and playing the game at your own pace. Dennis Gustafsson...
Wednesday 17 November 2021 : Daniel Visser started learning to make games like a lot of people who grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, by tinkering away on their computer...
Friday 12 November 2021 : Queensland based studio Prideful Sloth returns to the podcast with their brand new low pressure town building adventure game GROW: SONG OF...
Saturday 30 October 2021 : In most zombie survival games, you eventually reach a point where you become so powerful there is nothing in the apocalypse that can stop...
Friday 22 October 2021 : BROKEN ROADS is a classic isometric roleplaying game by Victorian based studio Drop Bear Bytes that's set in and around the Western...
Tuesday 19 October 2021 : South Australia's Mighty Kingdom (CONAN CHOP CHOP, AVA'S MANOR, PETER RABBIT RUN!) is rapidly expanding and according to COO Tony Lawrence...
Sunday 10 October 2021 : It is well-known amongst both developers and players that Australia has one of the most onerous and hardline classification systems in the...
Friday 08 October 2021 : Mel Taylor from Brisbane's Mellow Games was inspired by her own life to make BLUEBERRY a story focused platform game with light puzzle...
Monday 20 September 2021 : Hi my name is Gianni, and this week marks the sixth year that I’ve been the Executive Producer of a podcast called Pixel Sift. In 2019 we...
Saturday 18 September 2021 : Iris and Paul Anstey of Melbourne's Melting Parrot are first time game developers, but their teamwork on DAP a spooky adventure game...
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Pixel Sift
CITIZEN SLEEPER is pure dystopian science fiction with a hopeful heart
CITIZEN SLEEPER is a tabletop inspired roleplaying game from Gareth Damian Martin (IN OTHER WATERS) that puts you in the shoes of person...
CHINATOWN DETECTIVE AGENCY makes searching online for answers essential to complete the game
Inspired heavily by the CARMEN SANDIEGO series, CHINATOWN DETECTIVE AGENCY is a contemporary take on the format set in a cyberpunk Singapore...
Credit where credit is due: Game developers call for simpler, consistent creative credits
If you work in the games industry it can be surprisingly complex to get your name into the end credits, that ending sequence often doesn't...
Designing an indie real time strategy game TFC: THE FERTILE CRESCENT
André Read always wanted to make a real time strategy game. A huge fan of the genre, it was many years working in the industry before he...
MINI MATCHES is a greatest hits of multiplayer couch games by a Lara Croft and Hitman developer
Philip Buchanan from It's Anecdotal was part of the teams that made the awarding winning LARA CROFT GO, HITMAN GO and DEUS EX GO mobile...
Screen Australia announces $6M fund for game development, here is how it all works
After seven years without any federal government support for the games industry, a new grant program called the $6 million Games Expansion...
Set forth for multiplayer adventure in CONAN CHOP CHOP a chibi cartoony roguelite
CONAN CHOP CHOP is a reimagining of the world of Conan The Barbarian that sees the rippling oiled muscles replaced with cartoony top town...
The beauty and tragedy of post-apocalyptic adventure SUBMERGED: HIDDEN DEPTHS
Explore a drowned society, a city that has sunk beneath the waves and discover how life has continued after people in non-combat adventure...
Nintendo Direct recap, Halo composers sue Microsoft, Sims 4 expansion pulled from sale in Russia
Welcome to Walkthrough SIFTER's brand new weekly news recap show. Each Sunday we'll highlight some of the biggest stories in video games to...
KARDBOARD KINGS is a cool new card shop simulator from the maker of DESERT CHILD
KARDBOARD KINGS is a store management game about a collectible card game, where you do everything but actually play the card game, managing...
Paper House will count the climate cost of developing their game WOOD & WEATHER
How bad for the environment is game development? Terry Burdak from Paper House and Ben Abraham a researcher on the Environmental impact of...
2021 Games of the Year Part 2 - THE FORGOTTEN CITY, SABLE & HALO INFINITE
It's that time of the year, where we sit down and consider all the amazing games we've played in 2021. This is part two of two episodes...
NEKOGRAMS is a cute cat arranging puzzle game that hides the maths behind cats
Nick Lowe, Lead Developer at Hungry Sky, first had the idea for NEKOGRAMS a cute sokoban style puzzle game where you move cats onto...
2021 Games of the Year Part 1 - MUNDAUN, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY & UNPACKING
It's that time of the year, where we sit down and consider all the amazing games we've played in 2021. This is part one of two episodes...
UNPACKING is an indie puzzler with heart and a personal story for developers Wren and Tim
UNPACKING is a pixel art puzzle game tasks you with simply sorting items from boxes into rooms all the while telling a story of a woman's...
BOOK OF TRAVELS is a multiplayer world with a storybook design
BOOK OF TRAVELS is a different type of MMO experience focusing more on the story and playing the game at your own pace. Dennis Gustafsson...
From Gameboy Color to Nintendo Switch: Twenty years of game development at Wicked Witch Software
Daniel Visser started learning to make games like a lot of people who grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, by tinkering away on their computer...
Rebuild a village and nurture life in chill town builder GROW: SONG OF THE EVERTREE
Queensland based studio Prideful Sloth returns to the podcast with their brand new low pressure town building adventure game GROW: SONG OF...
THE LAST STAND: AFTERMATH is a zombie survival game you actually can't survive
In most zombie survival games, you eventually reach a point where you become so powerful there is nothing in the apocalypse that can stop...
BROKEN ROADS is a FALLOUT inspired classic RPG set in Western Australia
BROKEN ROADS is a classic isometric roleplaying game by Victorian based studio Drop Bear Bytes that's set in and around the Western...
Four day weeks and unlimited leave, Mighty Kingdom's Tony Lawrence on the future of making games
South Australia's Mighty Kingdom (CONAN CHOP CHOP, AVA'S MANOR, PETER RABBIT RUN!) is rapidly expanding and according to COO Tony Lawrence...
Won't Someone Think of the Children?! Why Australia Bans Video Games
It is well-known amongst both developers and players that Australia has one of the most onerous and hardline classification systems in the...
BLUEBERRY is an emotional platformer that tackles mental health and how our perspective shifts
Mel Taylor from Brisbane's Mellow Games was inspired by her own life to make BLUEBERRY a story focused platform game with light puzzle...
Welcome to SIFTER, a new chapter for the team behind Pixel Sift
Hi my name is Gianni, and this week marks the sixth year that I’ve been the Executive Producer of a podcast called Pixel Sift. In 2019 we...
The gritty and pretty world of award winning twin stick "shooter" DAP
Iris and Paul Anstey of Melbourne's Melting Parrot are first time game developers, but their teamwork on DAP a spooky adventure game...
