Coffee with Butterscotch is the hilarity-filled weekly podcast of award-winning indie video game studio Butterscotch Shenanigans, best known for its smash hit Crashlands. Grab a drink and tune in every week to learn the ins and outs of game development, productivity and workflows, the business of selling video games, our takes on entrepreneurship and building a small company from scratch, and how to be an unstoppable problem-solving machine.
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Meet one of the new hires, Andy, and learn all about his wide assortment of various life experiences. We also screech about making it into the PAX 10, give some updates on the new website and Crashla…
We're now at capacity, having finished DUPLICATING our studio size this very week! In this episode we talk a bit about Pokemon Go, on the off chance you've never heard of it. Also, Sam tells us about…
Oh hey, Sam still doesn't have cancer AND America celebrated its "FREEDOM"! AMAZING! But what is freedom, really? We discuss that, along with sibling rivalries, Crashlands controllers support, and Ca…
After a 3-week hiatus, we come roaring back with a new teammate and a second-take episode (the first take will be lost forever to the void). Carol, our FIRST HIRE EVER, lays out her street cred while…
Adam's throat is exploding this week so Sam and Seth tackle how to perform a blood sacrifice, why daily quests suck, and why it's hard to teach a pig to sing!
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DESCRIPTION This episode we talk about Adam's mental blindness, how to train away your nearsightedness, and why Metroidvanias are JUST THE FREAKIN' WORST.
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This episode we talk about TEAMWORK, the importance of psychological safety, and why we'd much rather shoot whipped cream out of our wristholes than hotdogs.
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We just wanted to remind you that YOU'RE GOING TO DIE! And that your perception of time will only make you hurtle toward your death with increasing speed! So quit messin' around, listen to some songs…
Having trouble finding motivation? Maybe this episode will help! Or hurt... You never know until you try. Sam talks about his self-handicapping problem, and we dig into the value of education in game…
We get down to BUSINESS in this episode, digging into how last week's Crashlands patch went and what it means for the future of our studio. We've also got some sweet new podcast cover art, and a whol…
We've got T-shirts, major upcoming Crashlands patches, and more to say about our upcoming hire. Plus some bonus info about how Seth ate only one thing during law school and the time Adam had 20 shots…
We've been doing a lot of game-playing research in preparation for our next title. Of note were Warframe, which is amazing, and The Division, which is pretty good too. We also dig deep into the ethic…
Sorry for being such jerks and missing two podcasts in a row. Our reasons were pretty good though: first we had to shake the hand of Billy Dee Williams at GDC, and then everyone got the GDC plague (c…
This week we unearthed Sam's dark poetry past, and how he failed to win over the hearts of every girl in the world. Then we turned our glaser-eyes toward such hard-hitting questions as, Why is it mor…
You know how we've been doing this podcast for the past 40 episodes? Well, WE GOT BORED WITH IT. And so begins a new journey towards a better podcasting future, complete with childish beard-pulling, …
The Crashlands Quality of Life patch enters beta, and we talk about the business side of running an indie studio. Spoiler: we have no idea what we're doing.
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We're getting ready for GDC, and contemplating what comes next for our baby studio. We also ask the questions: why does everyone think they need to be making games in San Franciso? And what makes a g…
In this episode we dive into the numbers behind Crashlands, discuss the game Armello, and answer a few player questions!
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In this episode we discuss the booby trap that is a box of Valentine's chocolate, dig into Post-Project depression, review a few of the games we've been playing, and answer the question : Can you gra…