Kate Barrett's sleepless journey to Ready Player Fuck

Kate Barrett (she/her) is a game developer and comic artist best known for her playful, irreverent, and frequently copyright infringing design philosophy, best showcased by games such as Ready Player Fuck (2017) and Pottergame (2020). She joined me this episode to retrace her curiosity-turned-obsession with Earnest Cline’s novel, evangelize her suitably unorthodox commitment to Blitz3D, and discuss the freedom that comes with embracing Glorious Trainwrecks.

You can play Kate’s games on itch and Glorious Trainwrecks.

Kate’s Inspiring Thing to Share
- Playing more videogames (and learning to enjoy them again)

Things Discussed
- Ready Player Fuck
- Amy in Art Land (Kate Barrett, upcoming)
- KateLabs (Kate Barrett, 2021)
- Space Funeral 3D (spiders, krisekrise, 2021)
- dream metro quadrilogy (bagenzo, 2021)
- Gooshlands Gathering (Cubewell, 2021)
- Dolphin Preserve RPG (Whales 2021)
- Devourer: The Minigames (2021)
- Blitz3D now-open-source engine

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