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Oh, a Podcast!
Oh, a Rock! Studios
82 episodes
45 minutes ago
Video games are getting smaller and easier to make every day, and if we can do it, anyone can. Join the developers of Cat President, Internet Court, The Beard in the Mirror and more as we talk about the games we're making, the games we're playing, and how aspiring developers don't have to be "aspiring" anymore; they can just be developers. (And also make dumb jokes. Lots of dumb jokes.) If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the air!
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Video games are getting smaller and easier to make every day, and if we can do it, anyone can. Join the developers of Cat President, Internet Court, The Beard in the Mirror and more as we talk about the games we're making, the games we're playing, and how aspiring developers don't have to be "aspiring" anymore; they can just be developers. (And also make dumb jokes. Lots of dumb jokes.) If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the air!
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Oh, a Podcast!
No! Sad!

In this month's episode!

  • Virtual 5ks
  • Funerals
  • Trying to remember our games' actual names
  • Taylor Swift friendship bracelets
  • Balancing choices in romance games
  • Social media is really kinda useless right now
  • Cut content from our games
  • Hanging out with four month olds
  • Christmas movies vs. Christmas games
  • AI pixel art

All this, plus...ZOMBIES! RUN! You won't want to braiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiins.

If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also join the Oh, a Rock! Discord, and you can follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph.



Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.

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1 year ago
51 minutes 19 seconds

Oh, a Podcast!
Nikstlitselpmur/Ifnkovhgroghprm

In this month's episode!

  • Michael's new book, One Minute Mysteries 2, is out now!!
  • Cat President roleplay
  • Artichokes
  • Used car salesmen in fiction
  • The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels' art style
  • Oh, a Rock!'s adopted highway
  • Are Pokémon games for kids?
  • The terrible, horrible, no good very bad camera in Super Mario Bros. Wonder
  • Collectathons

All this, plus the rules for capitalizing book titles! You certainly won't want to miss that. If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph.

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1 year ago
57 minutes 13 seconds

Oh, a Podcast!
The Pawpular Vote

In this month's episode!

  • Socrates Jones: Pro Philosopher
  • Torture rooms
  • "We need to arrest The Phantom of the Opera, Winnie the Pooh and the Hardy Boys."
  • Proofreading bad words
  • My beautiful slimy boy
  • Best practices for crediting licensed assets
  • Lighting and composition in character photos
  • DJ Nibbles' turkey scandal
  • Paul thinks he could beat up a cat.
  • Multiplayer Mario games

All this, plus a potential story idea for Cat President 4! You won't want to miss it.

If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph. Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.

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1 year ago
57 minutes 52 seconds

Oh, a Podcast!
It is Me, Meowing

In this month's episode!

  • George Wickham
  • Decrypting bug reports
  • Whatever the opposite of product placement is
  • Localized cereal
  • Conasaur, the scam-artist dinosaur
  • The Pizza Delivery Boy Who Saved the World: The Official Novelization of the Hit Computer Game
  • Bad tips for recording sound effects
  • Paul's mom's Halloween costume collection
  • Hiding meows from your spouse
  • Award-winning hay

If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph. Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.

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2 years ago
55 minutes 16 seconds

Oh, a Podcast!
The Teenage Kidnapping Wizard

In this month's episode!

  • Mike the Gripper
  • YouTube copyright triggers
  • Uranium drinkware
  • Co-Author Crush and Cat President: Third-Rate Candidate updates!
  • How ChatGPT is helping us code
  • How ChatGPT is NOT helping us with other things
  • Book pillows
  • Redoing Cat President assets in high-res
  • The red highlighted text in Cat President games
  • The fall of Unity

All this, plus Michael's writing a new book! You won't want to miss it.

If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph.

Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.

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2 years ago
55 minutes 40 seconds

Oh, a Podcast!
Raw Chester, Row Chester!

In this month's episode!

  • The Cat President 3 script is finished!! (Finally!)
  • Which high school clubs we want our Presidents to attend
  • Avoiding copyright dings on YouTube
  • Cats licking themselves
  • Paul's going to be at the Rochester Game Festival on Sept. 9!
  • Buying cat masks in bulk
  • Dr. Arglefumph
  • Paul's freelance videogame work
  • Gamer, commentator, journalist, or developer?
  • The Oh, a Rock! shared multiverse

All this, plus breaking news about Cats on Broadway! You won't want to miss it!!

If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to ⁠podcast@oharock.com⁠, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm ⁠@PaulMFranzen⁠ and Michael is ⁠@arglefumph⁠.

Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.

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2 years ago
51 minutes 31 seconds

Oh, a Podcast!
Dying and Dying Again

In this month's episode!

  • Music and sound in our games
  • The Setback
  • Necks
  • Taking photos of strangers
  • Josie & the Pussycats
  • Local upstate New York castles
  • Michael's cowboy costume
  • The Cat President timeline
  • Real-life politics
  • Board games where you kill and eat your friends

All this, plus a frank discussion on optimal Audacity settings! You won't want to miss it!! If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph. Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.

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2 years ago
49 minutes 39 seconds

Oh, a Podcast!
Cold Fruit Snacks

In this month's episode!

  • The battle for Head Boy
  • How to draw lines in PhotoShop CS5
  • Keeping up with AI tech
  • Cool skulls
  • Arting and re-arting
  • WE NEED YOUR CAT PHOTOS!!!
  • Paul loses it a little
  • Gamer snacks
  • The Nancy Drew podcasts Michael has appeared on: River Height's Buzz and Unlocked (I think)
  • How much research do we do for the Cat President games?

All this, plus how The Rock screwed us over. You won't want to miss it!!

If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph.

Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. Artwork generated using neural.love.

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2 years ago
55 minutes 8 seconds

Oh, a Podcast!
This Can't Be It

In this month's episode!

  • Drawing hotspots!!!
  • Eyeballs and arm meat
  • WHY ARE THERE STILL TYPOS IN CAT PRESIDENT?????
  • Oh, a Rock's adopted highway
  • Is Internet Court a legal entity?
  • Bad Dog
  • The buyout of Humongous Entertainment
  • Nancy Drew: Mystery of the Seven Keys
  • Co-Author Crush character reveals! (are not in this podcast)
  • Copyright complaints on free music

All this, plus why Michael is now legally obligated to visit New York twice a year! You won't want to miss it!

If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph.

Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. Artwork generated using neural.love.

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2 years ago
53 minutes 21 seconds

Oh, a Podcast!
References Millennials Will Love!

In this month's episode!

  • Adult beginners' hockey class
  • San Francisco
  • Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant
  • Home Alone traps
  • How to pronounce "Live a Live"
  • Paul's review of the D&D movie!
  • Michael's review of the Mario movie!
  • The external factors that determine whether you like something
  • Making Mario feel self-conscious
  • Absolutely nothing about game development

All this, plus an update on movie theater kiosks! You won't want to miss it!

If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph.

Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.

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2 years ago
49 minutes 26 seconds

Oh, a Podcast!
R.I.Pizza

In this month's episode!


- How do you buy movie tickets?

- The D&D and Super Mario movies

- Michael and Paul's experiences as DMs

- When your characters won't stop talking

- Player-friendly puzzles

- Charles Clarinet

- Goal-oriented gaming

- A pool of liquefied humans

- How we use guilt to motivate ourselves

- Gaming pranks


All this, plus how to unlock Luigi in Super Mario 64! You won't want to miss it!


If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph.


Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.

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2 years ago
56 minutes 44 seconds

Oh, a Podcast!
Goofy Goofies
In this month's episode! - Is AI going to write Cat President 3? - AI-generated titles for our games - Evil blobby aliens - Distractions - The Idle Miner Tycoon community - The back part of Spencer's Gifts - What are show notes? Are these show notes? - Goof Troop vs. A Goofy Movie - Continuity problems between Cat President 1 and 3 - Games from our childhood that we still go back to All this, plus... *hold music* If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph. Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
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2 years ago
47 minutes 3 seconds

Oh, a Podcast!
Sherlock Holmes and His Roommate Dave
In this month's episode! - Our favorite games that we made - Lame-duck Congresses - Quick updates on Cat President 3 and the Moms Game - Michael's live stream of The Lost Oregon City Gold - Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper - The difference between publishers and developers - Is Sherlock Holmes too OP? - Comedy puzzles in serious games - Brothels - Our favorite games that we made All this, plus...is episodic gaming over? (Please?) If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph. Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
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2 years ago
1 hour 26 seconds

Oh, a Podcast!
Dead Cats & Illegal Keyboards
In this month's episode! - The death of Chief Justice Goober - Trying to remember our own jokes and storylines - Which months are dead-er than others - Februum - Febroom - How a game's interface can screw up your cool haikus - Is it okay to name your son after the family sword? - WWWWWWWWWW - The lyrics to MMMBop - Games we never made (…yet?) All this, plus old men (us) shout at clouds (modern gaming consoles). You won't want to miss it!! If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph. Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
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2 years ago
57 minutes 13 seconds

Oh, a Podcast!
Fry the Ghosts Away
In this month's episode! - The ways we indent our code! - Beating up your computer - Sales breakdowns between PC, Switch, PlayStation and Xbox - Our outline for Cat President 3 - Broadway musicals - Cat genders - Bitter giant artichokes - Coming up with backstories for main characters - Paul's hot take on the Big Mac - Underrated, underappreciated games (like M.C. Kids) All this, plus Bill Clinton plays the sax! We're An-i-ma-niacs! If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph. Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
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3 years ago
59 minutes 46 seconds

Oh, a Podcast!
Oopsie Poopsie Problem
In this month's episode! - Twitter holidays - The winner of the Cat President 3 purresidential election! - Is Earl Grey dead? - Potential Cat President 3 titles/subtitles - The 1980 Presidential election - Mixing AI and hand-drawn art - The big Cat President update! - Do we have any tips for making visual novel playthrough videos? - …What about when they're boring. - Paul's embarrassing Return to Monkey Island crisis All this, plus we discuss DJ Nibbles' war on the Clawnstitution. You won't want to miss it! If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph. Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
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3 years ago
1 hour

Oh, a Podcast!
Your Mom's Bank (in Anime Style)
In this month's episode! - "You gotta monetize your friendships, bro!" - AI art vs. actual real drawings - Having art vs. not having art - Michael should fire his editor (Paul) - Replacing stock photos and music in the original Cat President - Pride and Prejudice and Murder is out now!! - How to get hired for one of our games - Naked holidays in Portland - Illusion of choice in games - Paul and Michael try to figure out some math All this, plus Michael reveals who "Mr. Drew" and "Miss Hardy" were named after—and the answer will SHOCK you!! If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph. Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
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3 years ago
52 minutes 25 seconds

Oh, a Podcast!
Mom I Met Your Mother
In this month's episode! - Time does not exist - Cats: The Musical (The Dating Sim) - Adapting works from the public domain (into dating sims) - "Does everything have to be a dating sim?" - Naming the characters you date in dating sims - Paul makes Michael uncomfortable - Paul makes Michael more uncomfortable - Making visual novels harder - Michael's hot cowboy friends - How visual novels are like those personalized books you can get at the mall All this, plus we brainstorm great names for our mom-themed dating sim, like "When Mother Met Sally" and "10 Things I Hate About Mom." You won't want to miss it!! If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph. Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
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3 years ago
47 minutes 55 seconds

Oh, a Podcast!
The Mom Next Door
In this month's episode! - Paul's problems with level(s) design - We try to pick our next project: mommies, supervillains, or creepy kids? - Writing during the pandemic - The concept of blue - Quack Man & Honk Girl - Dark Michael - Deconstructing Goosebumps - Recording authentic early 2000s cell phone sound effects - Holes in bridges - Mother 3 All this, plus Michael reveals the lost Lost Oregon City Gold death scene! You won't want to miss it! If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph. Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
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3 years ago
51 minutes 41 seconds

Oh, a Podcast!
The Normal Amount of Moons
In this month's episode! - Michael is a sleepy boy. - GameCola's 20th anniversary? 10-year? 50th? - The 2022 Nancy Drew Mega Marathon - Oh, a Rock! geocaching! - Selling games to cheevo hunters - Using AI-generated art in visual novels - Outlines, outlines, outlines - Navigation in adventure games built with Ren'py - Designing a Disney World based on Oh, a Rock! games - It's very dangerous to get us talking about theme parks. If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the show! You can also follow us on Twitter; I'm @PaulMFranzen and Michael is @arglefumph. Our theme song is "Cigarettes and One-Night Stands" by 5thavenueband, and it is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
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3 years ago
58 minutes 20 seconds

Oh, a Podcast!
Video games are getting smaller and easier to make every day, and if we can do it, anyone can. Join the developers of Cat President, Internet Court, The Beard in the Mirror and more as we talk about the games we're making, the games we're playing, and how aspiring developers don't have to be "aspiring" anymore; they can just be developers. (And also make dumb jokes. Lots of dumb jokes.) If you have questions about game development or any of our games, e-mail them to podcast@oharock.com, and we'll answer them on the air!