Bit Storm
A comedy game design podcast by two guys who know nothing about comedy nor game design.
Join Trevor Scott and Ben Slinger as they take prompts from random word generators, movies, game titles and more and turn them into occasionally hilarious but always interesting game designs.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 53 minutes
- Episodes
- 464
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
236: Masks Off
In a rare in-person recording session, Ben and Trevor come up with some more games they wish existed, such as:
a sci-fi future where magic still exists but has been mostly superseded by technology;
wha…
235: Versadirt
Ben and Trev use numerous framing devices in games like:
- Officespace meets The Usual Suspects in a massive cross over event
- A scientist who develops a virus is not exactly what the game presents them a…
234: Larry and Luisa
Bringing out all the hits this week as we turn random words, movies and locations into game designs, like:
A cyberpunk combat game with rewind abilities,
An insidious AI built into your video editing s…
233: It's Always Sunny in Noglargsheretown
We're back for some more crazy high concept ideas like:
A black knight taking on castle corruption as a vigilante,
A robot who has just gained sentience through a botched final upgrade,
An investigation…
232: And The Moon Waved Back
We threw some high concept ideas at the wall this week, and here's what stuck:
A zombified take on Jurassic Park,
First contact is made in the most embarrassing of circumstances,
One man's relationship …
231: The Case of the Missing Lunch
Ben and Trevor randomly decide in the middle of this episode that every game will be set in the UK/
A hacking adventure through Bulletin Boards and Youtube.
A game exploring exploring the secret backst…
230: W.W.V.D.
A time travelling boy from the 90s, an open world Star Wars game in the vein of Red Dead Redemption, a magical forest fighting back against interlopers, the Grim Reaper trying to manage his garden, p…
229: Unpleasant Ray (featuring Stefan Ayto)
With Trevor sick this week, Ben is joined by new friend of the show Stefan Ayto. The games this week include:
A game where you must avoid unpleasant bearded men handing out propaganda on 5G and other …
228: The Clipster
A wide variety of random prompts this week gives us:
A visiting uncle with unknown motives is viewed through different perspectives;
A game where introverts are forced to install a helper device to gui…
227: Tortoise! Tortoise!
Automating the production of medieval weapons, chaparoning the winter ball, Stardew Valley in a nuclear winter, an adventure game set in a bathroom and a game where you follow the story of the main c…
226: Skin Substitute
With their old random word generator back online, Ben and Trevor take you down a magical pathway of improvised game designs, such as:
A simulated world of Besties and Reverse Besties as you jump betwe…
225: Wizard Drugs and Raves
An open world investigation game based on the movie Slither, a ghost befriends 4 young kids at the Overlook Hotel, a horror movie based VR fitness game and the adventures of a young dropout wizard go…
224: Neoprene Cowboy
With random prompts brought to you by What3Words.com, find yourself swept away into imaginary games such as:
- A hamster who finds an ancient device that lets them roll around
- A kart racer with food-base…
223: Ladybug and the Huntsman
Creating a space station so large it creates the look of a new constellation on Earth, First person base building on an alien planet (with a heavy focus on waste water), air currents as a game mechan…
222: Waterlogged
Some high concept ideas this week as Ben and Trevor invent games where you play through the fantastical ideas of your grandfather via their cassette tapes, explore a water-covered version of New York…
221: Spade Manor
Cthulhu-esque goings on at the Bed, Bath and Beyond, the secret of the man in the moon, agents of H.I.V.E. and a classist system of Gravediggers are actively protecting London from a zombie outbreak.…
220: Reverse Hitman
Traverse five generations of your family tree to discover the source of an ongoing feud, a point and click adventure that spreads your consciousness across three days, go bar hopping during a litera…
219: Draculas Daycare Dilemma
Collect animal DNA in a non-lethal way, investigate a rural farmhouse that is being fumigated, play as a spider escaping the farmhouse, figure out which movie patrons are really freeloading ghosts an…
218: Flapjacks and Wafflekins
This week Ben and Trevor blast out some improvised game designs, including a game where you are pulled into a whacky dream world, a space based boot camp simulator, an old guy who just wants to read …
217: Anthony Hawks Pro Farthing
Rocket powered Penny Farthings, cats exploring a theatre, civilisations viewing comets as god and the secret truth behind the Wiggles. Ben and Trevor spin some of their most absurd ideas to date in t…