dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 19hWish Peter happy holidays by reading his great piece on how VGM composers are dealing with the current instability in the space. This article is made up so many interviews from so many great musicians that I don't really understand how he put it together: nowplaying.cool/how-indie-ga...nowplaying.coolHow Indie Game Composers Are Surviving the Layoff StormAs 2026 shapes up to be another record year for video game layoffs, composers find themselves on the front lines. Feeling the squeeze, they open up about how they keep their heads above water. 120
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 20hAlan is a unique developer and artist. His work is broad, varied, and unlike much you can experience elsewhere. Dive in to all his work here: www.kwanalan.com/gamekwanalan.comGame / VR | Alan Kwan 000
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 20hThere's more here via Doxumentale: "Beyond Film: Alan Kwan on Scent and the Role of Video Games" www.doxumentale.de/magazine/bey...doxumentale.deBeyond Film: Alan Kwan on ScentWe sat down with Alan Kwan to discuss his video game, Scent, and the roles this format can play in the non-fiction world, and further. 100
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 20hFurther reading via @killscreendotcom.bsky.social: "What Happens When You Can Do Nothing in a War Zone?" www.killscreen.com/alan-kwan-sc... p.s. I love Kill Screenkillscreen.comScent: Why I Want You to Play as a Fragile War DogAlan Kwan's new game, Scent, offers you a role not as a soldier, but as a lone dog wandering a desolate war zone. You are simply a witness without power. 100
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 20hIt's the weekend. Here's an out of body experience you can have without the 24 subsequent hours of regret and/or lost keys. Scent is an eye opening work. You can hear about it in episode 051, and learn more about the game here: www.kwanalan.com/scentkwanalan.comScent | Alan Kwan 100
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 01/10/2026A bit of local history, some impressions of SENTIENTS, a look at Scent, two interesting conversations and a lot of weird sounds. Ring in the longer nights wherever you get podcasts. Dialogue Tree: www.dialoguetree.cc/episodes/051... Pocket Casts: pca.st/kbej8mqmdialoguetree.ccDialogue Tree | 051: Open your animal eyes: Alan Kwan on SENTIENTS and ScentDog days of summer. Alan Kwan: https://www.kwanalan.com/ Watershed: https://www.watershed.co.uk/ Shownotes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/051-open-your-animal-eyes-alan-kwan Artwork: http... 000
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 01/10/2026SENTIENTS was an exhibition of video games and virtual reality experiences held over the summer at Bristol's Undershed gallery. Alan Kwan's uncomfortable and unforgettable Scent was a part of that. Here, I talk to the curator of the space, then the searching, uncompromising mind behind that game. 110
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 01/10/2026If you weren’t human, how would you see the world? In episode 051 of Dialogue Tree, I play out the dog days of summer at @wshed.bsky.social's SENTIENTS exhibition with curator @tokiallison.bsky.social, then talk to game director and artist Alan Kwan about his terrifying and beautiful work, Scent. 141
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 30/09/2026HOLY INCREDIBLE THREAD BATMAN @paellagenius.bsky.social on the stunning animated launch trailer for previously featured game on Dialogue Tree, @brlka.com’s LOVE ETERNAL, a brilliant, spooked hardcore platformer that I think about every day. 021
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 30/09/2026Got tickets to see the Zelda concert with my best pal, the guy who introduced me to video games, so that will be a totally normal experience and not in any way a harrowing reminder of the passage of time. 040
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 30/09/2026Vivid memories of Stranger In A Strange Land on repeat on my childhood Sony Discman 001
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 29/09/2026Imagine if we all repost this so much that Square notice and get Lena to do the soundtrack to FFXVII 060
Reposted by dialogue treekuraine @lena.fyi · 29/09/2026literally surviving primarily because of the relationships i've made with developers who thankfully want to keep me around for their next releases. no big sprawling rpg with a giant music budget in my future, likely, but a girl can still dream of an industry that wants to take risks again :-) 1172993
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 29/09/2026I played LTTP for the first time last year. I did not have a good time. 010
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 29/09/2026Look at it. Can’t wait to replicate my preferred Watch Dog x 10 deck in meat space. 000
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 29/09/2026Probably worth mentioning that my year+ journey from terror to acceptance to unequivocal love of UFO 50 left me in a position where I had no option but to pre-order this. 110
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 28/09/2026As a title, it sure beats “We NEED to talk about THAT Nintendo Direct” 020
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 28/09/2026Dialogue Tree: www.dialoguetree.cc/episodes/050... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/0... Pocket Casts: pca.st/q55rh844dialoguetree.ccDialogue Tree | 050: Play forever? Understanding UFO 50 w/ Static Canvas and BassicfunFiction, friction, full blown addiction. Static Canvas: https://www.youtube.com/@Buliaros18-Static-Canvas Bassicfun: https://www.youtube.com/@bassicfun78 Shownotes: https://adialoguetree.substack.... 011
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 28/09/2026What does @bassicfun.bsky.social think game developers should take from UFO 50? Let him talk you through it. Episode 050 of Dialogue Tree, on @mossmouth.bsky.social's mad and brilliant constellation of massive games masquerading as tiny ones, is available wherever you get podcasts. LISTEN ⬇️ 100
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 27/09/2026I once wrote a podcast with a 23 minute intro. The only 4,000 words you regret are the ones you don’t write. 010
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 27/09/2026There is no God, only Japandroids. Never seeing them live is one of my biggest life regrets. 010
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 27/09/2026Last Wish booster here, because kids films that are about death are better than kids films that aren’t. 110
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 25/09/2026Kind of funny that the Dudley’s arc with the Hardyz and Edge and Christian has greater emotional range and kinetic action than all of Wolverine. 100
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 25/09/2026The article references some fourth wall breaking elements, including some very Sanity sounding mechanics. This will be a 7/10 hardware specific weirdo classic destined to feature on hidden gem lists for decades and I’m 100% getting it. 110
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 25/09/2026Want to mark us collectively heading into the business end of 2026 with 2 hours examining and dramatising the best game of 2024? Yes, you can. A trailer for episode 050 of Dialogue Tree. Links to listen in the replies. 011
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 25/09/2026The best bits in Onimusha are when you beat a boss and feel like a God then immediately get cut clean in half by one of the basic grunts 000
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 25/09/2026I appreciate how this pulls apart the flaws in each system, but mostly, it’s my favourite Wolverine dunk because it references The Dudley Boyz.static.klipy.comD Von Dudley Bubba Ray DudleyALT: D Von Dudley Bubba Ray Dudley 100
Reposted by dialogue treedialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 24/09/2026What does @buliaros.bsky.social think is the secret to UFO 50's success? Well, there's loads, and here's one of them. 111
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 24/09/2026Check out Tom's appearance on episode 050 of Dialogue Tree here: Dialogue Tree: www.dialoguetree.cc/episodes/050... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/0... Pocket Casts: pca.st/q55rh844dialoguetree.ccDialogue Tree | 050: Play forever? Understanding UFO 50 w/ Static Canvas and BassicfunFiction, friction, full blown addiction. Static Canvas: https://www.youtube.com/@Buliaros18-Static-Canvas Bassicfun: https://www.youtube.com/@bassicfun78 Shownotes: https://adialoguetree.substack.... 000
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 24/09/2026The point here is that Tom is an excellent video essayist. No histrionics, no baiting thumbnails. Thoughtful and mature with a quiet, understated wit that stands out in the space. Lastly, I can't help but admire anyone who reacted to the challenges of Barbuta by producing this. 100
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 24/09/2026I also like this one, The Inalienable Horror of Big Things: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PlP...youtube.comThe Inalienable Horror of Big Things | Static CanvasYouTube video by Static Canvas 100
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 24/09/2026Another is his most recent essay, on the excellent, horrible, torture/triumph sim, Cairn: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpvO...youtube.comHow To Climb a Mountain | Static CanvasYouTube video by Static Canvas 100
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 24/09/2026A few video recommendations. The obvious starting point is the one that prompted me to reach out to him: youtu.be/fteDBQWdwT4?...youtu.beUFO 50, One Year On | Static CanvasYouTube video by Static Canvas 100
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 24/09/2026If you're not aware of Tom's work and are curious for more (and you should be), here's his excellent YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@Buliaros18-...youtube.comStatic CanvasStatic Canvas is a series that explores the space between game design, where mechanics expand beyond their literal interpretation, in an effort to understand why we *really* love games Bluesky: @buli... 100
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 24/09/2026What does @buliaros.bsky.social think is the secret to UFO 50's success? Well, there's loads, and here's one of them. 111
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 24/09/2026Without wanting you to dox yourself or anything...were you in the South West? That picture looks like somewhere pretty close to me! Whatever the case, hope you had a good time. 101
dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 24/09/2026*podcastingstatic.klipy.comNow This Is Pod RacingALT: Now This Is Pod Racing 010