My guest today is a Jamaican game developer and studio founder. Based in Kingston, he is the founder of Spritewrench Studios, a narrative-focused micro studio he built after realising, in his final year at university, that he did not need to leave Jamaica or join a hundred-person team to make games of his own.
Inspired by that possibility, he began creating small projects, taking part in game jams, and steadily turning Spritewrench from a name into a company. His work is shaped by a commitment to cultural representation that reaches beyond cliché, and by a wider effort to grow the local scene through the Jamaica Game Developer Society, where he has worked to connect creators and open up pathways into the industry. Now, with Duppy Detective Tashia, a point-and-click mystery rooted in Caribbean folklore, he is bringing that vision to a wider audience.
Glen Henry & Spritewrench Studios
Spritewrench Studios – official website
Spritewrench – itch.io (all games)
Glen Henry – Instagram (@spritewrench)
Duppy Detective Tashia
Duppy Detective Tashia – Steam
Duppy Detective Tashia – itch.io
Jamaica Game Developer Society
Jamaica Game Developer Society – official site
JGDS – YouTube channel (Crash Course series)
Glen's Perfect Console
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker – Wikipedia
Viewtiful Joe (GameCube, 2003) – Wikipedia
Spelunky Classic – free download (Derek Yu's site)
Hollow Knight: Silksong – official site
Also mentioned
Indie Game: The Movie – official site
Black Voices in Gaming – community Discord
Rami Ismail – game developer and advocate
Chase Bethea – composer (Duppy Detective Tashia)
Bubblexity – BChaotic (Jamaican student dev team, Steam)
TIGSource – indie game development forums
Next week's guest
Soren Johnson – designer of Civilization IV
Old World – Mohawk Games (Steam)
Simon's book
Trial of the Space Invaders – pre-order (Bookshop.org UK)
Trial of the Space Invaders – pre-order (Amazon UK)
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