In the first episode of Who Made That, we sit down with Tom Eastman of Trinket Studios, to talk about the making of Battlesuit Aces, a narrative deck-builder with a fully voiced cast and a development story packed with hard-won lessons.

Tom takes us through Trinket's journey from their Adult Swim days to self-publishing with Outersloth, the chaos of recording 25+ SAG-AFTRA actors while the script was still being written, and how a studio without a dedicated designer iterated their way to something that works.Battle Suit Aces:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2870530/Battle_Suit_Aces/

00:00 Intro

02:45 What have you been playing?

14:21 What's your background?

30:35 How did you make the ports?

32:44 Team rotation technique

34:27 Did you work on Torque?

40:36 What is Battle Suit Aces about?

43:43 What came first: narrative or gameplay?

53:40 Voiceover changed the game

59:55 Recording sessions are amazing

01:06:29 How is voiceover implemented?

01:14:03 Japanese and Chinese localization

01:17:58 What kind of surprises did you receive after launch?

01:24:00 Publishing or funding?

01:36:10 Are you happy with self-publishing?

01:44:16 What are the results across platforms?

01:47:38 Reviews of Battle Suit Aces

01:50:11 Game pricing by region

01:52:05 Battle Suit Aces mechanics

01:54:04 Card deck game scalability

01:57:13 What are your future plans?

01:59:04 Ending