Ep. #207 - Point And Click Adventures with Sarunas Ledas

Sarunas Ledas has a rich story in the game industry, starting out in the fan-made Broken Sword 2.5, becoming the co-owner of the Lithuanian game studio Tag of Joy which released Crowns And Pawns, to the upcoming sequel of A Vampyre Story in co-operation with famous point and click adventure pioneer Bill Tiller. We talk about the whole journey he took from making a hobby due to his love for games to a living. Enjoy! The interview starts at minute 48:02

Links related to this episode:

• Šarūnas Ledas on X: https://x.com/domino_one
• Šarūnas Ledas on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/domino_one/
• Šarūnas Ledas in MobyGames: https://www.mobygames.com/person/336466/sarunas-ledas/
• Šarūnas Ledas in IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3193156/

• Tag Of Joy's homepage: https://tagofjoy.lt
• Tag Of Joy on X: https://x.com/TagOfJoy
• Tag Of Joy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TagOfJoy
• Tag Of Joy on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/tagofjoy
• Tag Of Joy on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/tagofjoy

• Crowns and Pawns on X: https://x.com/CrownsAndPawns

Other stuff mentioned during the interview: 

• Presentation: Žaismo DNR  -  Location-Based AR Games: Innovating Gameplay and Interaction
• Interview: GDC Speaker Q&A:  Žilvinas & Šarūnas Ledas discuss the possibilities of AR storytelling
•  Announcement trailer: A Vampyre Story: A Bat's Tale
• Autumn Moon Games' Press Release: Bill Tiller joins forces with an exciting partner to make A Vampyre Story: A Bat’s Tale

• Wishlist A Vampyre Story: A Bat's Tale on Steam
• Buy Crowns And Pawns on Steam
  
  

Related Podcast Episodes:

• Ep. #202 - Making the fan-made Broken Sword 2.5 with Marius Gosch
• Ep. #201 - Charles Ceclil about Broken Sword in a Circle Of Blood
• Ep. #204 - ScummVM with Eugene Sandulenko

News mentioned in this episode:

• Retro-Bit is finally putting P-47 II MD on Genesis over three decades after its cancelation: https://www.destructoid.com/retro-bit-is-finally-putting-p-47-ii-md-on-genesis-over-three-decades-after-its-cancelation/
• Donkey Kong Country™ Returns HD released on the Nintendo Switch: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/donkey-kong-country-returns-hd-switch/
• Anime Con UK 2025 Announces No Booking Fees on Tickets: https://animeconuk.com/anime-con-uk-2025-announces-no-service-fees-on-tickets/
• Get your tickets for VCF SoCal: https://www.vcfsocal.com/tickets
• The Tokyo Indie Games Summit will be Held March 8th-9th 2025: https://indiegamessummit.tokyo/en/
• "Doom" runs as a PDF at 12 frames per second: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Doom-runs-as-a-PDF-at-12-frames-per-second-10242314.html
• AmigaGPT: https://github.com/sacredbanana/AmigaGPT
• Corei64: https://www.corei64.com
• VirtualC64 for macOS: https://dirkwhoffmann.github.io/virtualc64/index.html
• Hoxs64 Emulator: https://www.hoxs64.net/
• C64 Case from Retrofuzion: https://www.retrofuzion.com/products/breadbin-case-set
• Vandalism News: https://vandalism.news/

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Intro rendered by Matthias Kohlen and music by Remute: https://www.remute.org

Promo by St1ka and his Retro Corner

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