I'm I'm Hello everybody and welcome to the Cano Rince podcast. This is volume 14, issue 675.

And today we're going to talk about pseudo-regalia. I'm not sure what the

emphasis on the title should be. Could be pseudo-regalia. Anyway, that's the name of the game.

Joining me, Leon Cox, in this issue, Brian Edwards. Hello, hello. Ryan Jow. Hi there. And Sean Fletcher.

Hello. Morning or afternoon or evening, wherever you are, wherever you're listening. This is our

pseudo-regalia podcast, which is a 3D action platform Metroidvania presented in the style of a late

90s sort of fifth generation game.

So think PS1N64 looking graphics in terms of aesthetic.

We'll get a bit more into that.

It's one of those games that's mainly the work of one talented young programmer, animator, 3D modeler, level designer

called Ritz or Ritzler, only known as that. I did have a little look around to see if I could

find out their government name, whatever you want to call it, but no dice, Ritz or Ritzler it is.

There's a bit of help, as always, with these games. There's been a lot of discussion in and around

that in the industry in recent times about making sure that people get their credit. And while we're

not going to start listing off everybody who works on every game because you've seen the credit

lists of some of the bigger titles but we do have here matthew martinez credited as matt

chipping in with textures and level design and some music contributions from potato tato plus w plus and

still crisp with potato tato also working on the sounds,

along with, quotes, various internet sources. So the initial version of pseudo-regalia

was developed in around three weeks, and it was a submission for the Metroidvania month, a 19 game jam,

which took place between February and March 2023.

The original version, which won first place in the game jam, was released for free via

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