Making games of lemon and blood with rileylesstha9

Content warning: this episode briefly discusses blood imagery

rileylessthan9 (it/its) is a multimedia artist and game developer whose work explores the tension between abrasion and hope. In this episode we chat about its collage visual style, getting emotional over code, and the absurdity of people trying to ignore trans representation in itch games. Elsewhere, we collectively stare in befuddlement at Square-Enix’s various business ventures.

You can learn more about Riley’s games on itch and its personal website.

Riley’s Cool Things to Share
- Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning (Kyo Shirodaira, 1999-2005)

Things Discussed
- Rodea the Sky Soldier (Prope, 2015)
- infinity is what we will be (Riley<9, 2023)
- tomorrow is my birthday (Riley<9, 2024)
- Apricot Kernal (Riley<9, 2022)
- if I can eat god / god has to exist (Riley<9, 2022)
- Florist S/T (2022)

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