Welcome to the Ohms Lounge podcast! episode 20. Today we have OHMS and thelonesalesman discussing handheld gaming and our personal experience with it and where we see the technology at today and where it is going.

@ohmsdev is looking for indie devs to help collaborate and ask questions with. Specifically expats or expats in Japan however all are welcome. Find him here on twitter

https://twitter.com/ohmsdev

Find us on our socials to ask questions and we will follow up with them in our next episode:

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Hosts:

OHMS and thelonesalesman

0:00 Intro

0:30 Our experience with handhelds

3:00 the "Nintendo DS" era to the Nintendo Switch

6:30 The Rise of the Steamdeck

9:30 The "other" type of steamdecks.. Lenovo/ MSI/ etc

11:35 Will the Switch 2 be good/ Looking back on norms of handhelds in past

16:35 The evolution of handhelds and games

18:48 Looking at playstation Portal/ Looking back on PSP

23:45 Xbox's solution: Logitech cloud gaming handheld

27:30 How much did previous handhelds sell for?

31:10 Steam OS open source / Comparing major Gaming Companies

35:05 The future of handhelds

40:00 The monetization issues vs market place differences

43:00 How AR and VR could be future of handheld gaming

46:30 Steam's Roy Deckard

50:00 will VR/ AR be the norm?

References:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXbOxV-4kxk

https://imgur.com/a/where-are-they-now-handheld-consoles-k01DZ?gallery

https://x.com/SadlyItsBradley/status/1780340675772305542

Welcome to the Ohms Lounge podcast! episode 19. Today we have OHMS and thelonesalesman discussing Ohms's journey in the game development world and what he has learned from his studies along with favorites that helped inspire him

@ohmsdev is looking for indie devs to help collaborate and ask questions with. Specifically expats or expats in Japan however all are welcome. Find him here on twitter

https://twitter.com/ohmsdev

Find us on our socials to ask questions and we will follow up with them in our next episode:

https://linktr.ee/Ohms.Lounge

Hosts:

OHMS and thelonesalesman

Editor:

thelonesalesman

Music:

Without You- Zayy

https://soundcloud.com/prodzayy

0:00 Intro

1:30 Ohms Experience of his Game dev Learning

3:55 Building a Team/ Challenges of Time zone differences

8:50 Game dev roles for Ohms project

11:20 Concept Art vs what gets put in games

14:00 How long should a game be? How long should it take to make? How much should it cost?

18:45 Favorite games of OhmsDev: One

23:00 Favorite games of OhmsDev: Spider

28:00 Favorite Games of OhmsDev: SkullMonkeys

35:00 Favorite Games of Ohmsdev: Hylics 1 and 2

40:00 Inspiration for Themes in Gaming/ Writing

44:30 Building the Dream team/ Managing expectations and assumptions

47:00 Dealing with objections/ Idea behind the game

54:00 Distributing games and advice for upcoming developers

Welcome to the Ohms Lounge podcast! episode 18. Today we have OHMS and thelonesalesman Discussing 2024 Summer Games Fest with the games they are looking forward to and a special discussion on Small Saga.

@ohmsdev is looking for indie devs to help collaborate and ask questions with. Specifically expats or expats in Japan however all are welcome. Find him here on twitter

https://twitter.com/ohmsdev

Find us on our socials to ask questions and we will follow up with them in our next episode:

https://linktr.ee/Ohms.Lounge

Hosts:

OHMS and thelonesalesman

Editor:

thelonesalesman

Music:

Without You- Zayy

https://soundcloud.com/prodzayy

0:00 Intro and Impressions of 2024 Summer games fest

2:30 Cuffbust

5:15 Star Wars Outlaws

8:15 Neva

10:25 Black Myth Wukong

11:49 Warhammer 40K: Space Marine II

13:24 Metaphor Re Fantzio

16:45 Tears of MEtal & Delta Force: Hawk Ops

19:30 Mecha Break

21:00 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers & Deer boy

21:30 Kingdom Come Deliverance II & Kingmakers

25:15 Slitterhead & Killer Bean

30:00 Unknown Awakening & Enotria the Last Song

34:15 The First Descendant & Sonic X Shadow Generations

38:00 Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess & Hyper Light Breaker

41:00 Phantom Blade Zero

43:00 Small Saga

50:00 Outro + plans for future