In this episode, Josh discusses with James Bendon, the developer of Dinkum!
Dinkum Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1062520/Dinkum/
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No way OMG!!!!! Whaaaatt!? I've been so obsessed with Dinkum lately! This is great!
James is joining us – Yes!!
Ahh absolutely love dinkum!
Thanks Josh and James for all the fun talk here. I love Dinkum so much. Dinkum on people!
I love this game!!!
It's so exciting to see James on! I liked hearing the conversation. Dinkum is one of my favorite indie games!
Thank you Josh and James for the insightful interview. I've enjoyed more than 3,500 hrs of play and I love the game. I'm one of those players that am grateful, James, for your wish fountain addition. I do not like combat. It physically stresses me out and I get ill. I use peaceful mode from the wish fountain. I'm sad that the new update has eliminated peaceful mode in most of the mines. I understand your desires for combat, but if I had one request it would be to have more than one way to obtain items and recipes in the game. At this point, I am unable to get the things from the red chest in the new mine level and I feel like I'm missing out on a portion of the game. I would be thrilled and so appreciative if there was a another way to get those items. Thanks James for all your hard work and love for your game. It shows in its quality and enjoyment. Much appreciation from this player 🙂
So lovely to put a lovely face to the lovely voice of lovely James Bendon. I love Dinkum and have played it for almost a long as it's been available. Can't recommend it highly enough. 😊🥰
I’m so excited about everything I heard. I’m one of those players who love to build and I’ve been craving more villagers to just walk around and use my creations
Dinkum is the BEST game
Currently buying Dinkum. It's been on my wishlist forever
Dinkum is a fantastic game. I personally love the decorating aspect. Hoping for more placeable items such as Outside doors gas pumps lifeguard chairs surfboard golf clubs volleyball nets and additional outdoor furniture. Love the game and the Dinkum community.
You asked really good questions! Bravo 🙂
Dinkum is awesome. Looking forward to finishing this after work tomorrow!
James, I wish we could pet the penguins
This was the dev I wanted to hear from most! Awesome vid.
Ooooo exciting
Great video Josh and James is such a nice man! The only reason I haven't played this is because of the way the characters talk (similar to the squiggly animal crossing vibe.). I have misophonia and certain noises I absolutely cannot stand, so this is a no-no for me. If there was a way to turn this off I would be straight in there! Thanks again for the video!
This was awesome podcast, fantastic questions asked met with fantastic answers James gave us, I have Dinkum but haven't played it for a long time, over a year now, and I have so much backlogs to catch up on, but knowing that next time I'll play it and starting a new island, it will have seasonal effect so that is very exciting for me. Thank you Josh and James for a great chat. Not long til a very busy but exciting November month, tons of games and I'm so happy to see the love for Luma Island, I'm absolutely beyond excited for Luma Island.
I had the best time playing Dinkum with my husband! We were constantly so impressed that one developer was able to create such a big game with so much to do. I feel like we racked up an embarrassing amount of hours the first week we got it.
This was a really fun episode! I really loved hearing James Bendon talk about his passion for his craft and his appreciation of the Dinkum community. And Josh, you asked so many great questions; it made me really want to play Dinkum again!
Haven’t played this game yet but I really want to when I have time and have finished my current game! Also Can you talk about the kickstarter for my time at evershine again?
awesome vid!
What a great interview! I love Dinkum and I can't wait to play it again for 1.0.
Love Dinkum but was shocked I got attacked by plants and grubs in the mine with peaceful wish . But I got the diving helmet so good for now. Loved your interview with James.
So glad to put a face to the game! Enjoy Dinkum so much like 4000
hours much. My favorite part is ability to change biomes as I am not able to handle jungles and so many games choose that biome. With Dinkum you can make it a forest and just leave enough jungle for resources. Thanks for doing this video.
Great interview. You can feel the love he has put into this game which makes it so special
I would love to see npc quests. Great game!
Best game I've played in years. There's so much to do and because it is so complex, you feel like you'll never be done with it. Most games, after 60 hours, you're done. In Dinkum, you're just getting started.
Thank you for a great interview! James: I love Dinkum! I am on my third file save and still go back and forth between the other two😊 I love all the new additions in this update❤
13:45 omg😱 that would be awesome!!! I AM OBSESSED with decorating in Dinkum and while I do the regular progression on one of my islands, I absolutely decorate to my heart's content on my other island❤
Thank you Josh and James for the interview. Great so see you both together. Come to the dark side- we have Dinkum! 😁
Great conversation with James and more insight into creating a game and upcoming for Dinkum. I've never played it personally and might not play it (due to time constraints and a huge backlog), but this podcast episode definitely makes me want to give it a shot.
Loved this interview!! 🥰 Dinkum is still my #1 fave over 2 years later! Thanks for this Josh & James!! 💜
I used to love playing this game. 450 hours of play time, but now only 50% of the time it launches or it just hangs there and I have to turn my pc off. 😞
I am glad that the game has combat. I LOVE IT ❤️
Fantastic episode!! I was so interested in hearing from this dev as I absolutely love Dinkum. A big thank you from the fans to him for participating 🙂 And a great conversation, you did such an amazing job interviewing!
I haven’t played dinkum since I heard there was an energy bar
I haven't played Dinkum because I'm waiting for the full release, but this made so excited! I'm looking forward to experiencing 1.0 and sinking lots of hours into the game
I would love it if villagers would move into a house and become a citizen and just roam around, maybe have some tasks they need help with.