Octodad inspired by Halo & ‘sh*t out of people’s mouths’

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Have you played Octodad? If not, your soul may be in need of some repair. A fully functioning human soul is instinctively drawn to all free videogames about octopuses disguised as a family men. That’s just science. 

Octodad was created by equal parts dedication to craft and total surrender to inspiration. At least, that’s what I believe Phil Tibootski (president of Young Horses, developer of Octodad) means when he says that while Halo helped inspire him to become a game developer, that he and his team are willing to entertain any and all ideas for potential new games. I think that’s also why Phil was so rad at freestyling. You’ll have to check out the end of the full episode to see what I mean. 

Thank again to Phil for being on the show, and come back soon for a highlights clip from our interview with Adam (Atomic) Saltsman, developer of Canabalt and The Hunger Games: Girl on Fire.


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Destructoid Contributor - Jonathan Holmes has been a media star since the Road Rules days, and spends his time covering oddities and indies for Destructoid, with over a decade of industry experience "Where do dreams end and reality begin? Videogames, I suppose."- Gainax, FLCL Vol. 1 "The beach, the trees, even the clouds in the sky... everything is build from little tiny pieces of stuff. Just like in a Gameboy game... a nice tight little world... and all its inhabitants... made out of little building blocks... Why can't these little pixels be the building blocks for love..? For loss... for understanding"- James Kochalka, Reinventing Everything part 1 "I wonder if James Kolchalka has played Mother 3 yet?" Jonathan Holmes