EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Pilot Quest

Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games

• Episode: EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Pilot Quest
• Website: Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games
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• Duration: 01:54:07
• Published: 2025-07-25 15:00

We're joined by Stephanie Boluk (UC Davis), Patrick LeMieux (UC Davis), and Eileen Hollinger (Capybara Games) to discuss Pilot Quest, the 44th game in the UFO 50 collection.

“The Campanella has crashed! Fix it by harvesting resources and exploring the wild zone.”

Next week: Mini & Max

Audio edited by Dylan Shumway.

Discussed in this episode:

Collection of Mana 
https://mana.square-enix-games.com/en-us/games/collection-of-mana 

Actraiser Renaissance
https://www.square-enix-games.com/en_US/games/actraiser-renaissance

Progress Quest
http://progressquest.com/

Candy Box II (Sequel to Candy Box) 
https://candybox2.github.io/candybox/ 

Cow Clicker
http://cowclicker.com/

A Dark Room
https://adarkroom.doublespeakgames.com/

Cookie Clicker
https://cookieclicker.com/ 

Clicker Heroes 
https://www.clickerheroes.com/

AdVenture Capitalist
https://hyperhippo.com/games/adventure-capitalist/

Universal Paperclips
https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/

The Barnacle Goose Experiment
https://everest-pipkin.com/barnacle-goose/

Banana
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2923300/Banana/

Neptune’s Pride
https://np.ironhelmet.com/#landing

Game Dev Story
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1847240/Game_Dev_Story/

Knytt
https://archive.org/details/Knytt/

Cosmo’s Cosmic Adventure
https://www.gog.com/en/game/cosmos_cosmic_adventure

GameMaker
https://gamemaker.io/en

Edinburgh Festival Fringe
https://www.edfringe.com/ 

Mel McGlensey is NORMAL
https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/mel-mcglensey-normal

Into the Depths: Kentucky Route Zero - Part 1 
https://eggplant.show/into-the-depths-kentucky-route-zero-part-1 

Into the Depths: Super Mario World - Part 1
https://eggplant.show/into-the-depths-super-mario-world-part-1 

https://www.youtube.com/eggplantshow 

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