JUSTIN KEENAN, writer and narrative designer on ZA/UM's instant classic DISCO ELYSIUM talks about writing interesting characters, choice design, and the team writing process at ZA/UM.

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#25 - Writing Disco Elysium with ZA/UM's Justin Keenan

Indie game marketing consultant CHRIS ZUKOWSKI joins us to offer practical tips when MARKETING YOUR INDIE GAME. We talk about EMAIL MARKETING, super effective STEAM PAGES, building your game's COMMUNITY, and more.

#24 - Super Practical Indie Game Marketing with Chris Zukowski

We're joined by game industry power couple SOREN and LEYLA JOHNSON of MOHAWK GAMES who share their experiences in developing and releasing strategy games like OFFWORLD TRADING COMPANY and the new Civilization-meets-Crusader Kings strategy game OLD WORLD. The pair also get candid about DIVERSIFYING their (formerly) homogenous studio.

#23 - Strategy Game Hustle and Diversity Overhaul with Mohawk Games

On GDC Podcast episode 22 we welcome SPELUNKY developer DEREK YU. We chat about the development and design of his fantastic SPELUNKY games, how INDIE GAME DEVELOPMENT has changed over the years, and how game development is an EXPLORATION OF IDEAS.

#22 - Spelunky, Indie Life, and Finding Success with Derek Yu

LINDSAY GRACE is Knight Chair in Interactive Media and an associate professor at the University of Miami School of Communication. He joins us to chat about GAMES AND ACADEMIA, games with SOCIAL IMPACT, and the BLACK EXPERIENCE in game development.

#21 - Academia and the Black experience in Games with Prof. Lindsay Grace

PHIL TIBITOSKI, the TWO-ARMED president of OCTODAD and BUGSNAX developer Young Horses joins us to talk about making wonderfully WEIRD video games, the dev process at Young Horses, PRICING YOUR INDIE GAME in today's market, and what it was like pitching a WILD GAME like Bugsnax to PlayStation.

#20 - Bugsnax, and Making Weird Games with Young Horses' Phil Tibitoski

We're joined by indie ROLE MODELS ADAM HINES and SEAN KRANKEL, cofounders of Night School Studio, developers of games such as Afterparty and the ABSOLUTELY ICONIC indie game OXENFREE. We talk narrative design, Oxenfree after five years, and FOCUSING your talents.

#19 - Narrative Design and Indie Life with Oxenfree Dev Night School Studio

FOREST SWARTOUT LARGE is executive producer at IO Interactive working on the HITMAN franchise. We talk design philosophies behind the STEALTHY Hitman series, BURNOUT and WORK-LIFE BALANCE, and what makes for an effective VIDEO GAME PRODUCER.

#18 - Hitman, Work-Life Balance, and Game Production with IO's Forest Swartout Large

LARS DOUCET, co-founder of Level Up Labs and recently a contributor to Valve's Steam Labs project, joins fellow Texan Kris Graft to talk about the BRUTAL WINTER STORM that left many without access to heat, power, water, and food for days.

#17 - Special: The Texas Winter Storm Episode

A-1 class act GREG KASAVIN, creative director at HADES developer SUPERGIANT GAMES talks narrative design, his journey from game journalist to game developer and the allure of the ROGUELIKE GENRE.

#16 - Welcome to Hades: Roguelikes and Narrative Design with Supergiant's Greg Kasavin

JASON RONALD is the director of program management for the Xbox Platform Team, leading development of the Xbox Series X and S. Learn more about the years-long process of creating these NEXT-GEN BEASTS.

#15 - Inside the New Xbox Series X|S with Microsoft's Jason Ronald

FABLED industry veteran EMILY GREER, co-founder of KONGREGATE and most recently founder of DOUBLE LOOP GAMES joins us to talk about toxicity in the workplace and the role power dynamics play when people act terribly. We also wax nostalgic about Flash and take a look at the mobile game market!

#14 - Understanding Workplace Toxicity with Double Loop Games' Emily Greer

Indie publishing DREAMBOAT Mike Rose with No More Robots talks about his approach to data-driven indie marketing and publishing, what he looks for when signing new games, and the daring practice of gaming the Nintendo eShop.

#13 - Data-Driven Indie Publishing with No More Robots' Mike Rose

Greg Haynes, lead games user research at AbleGamers breaks misconceptions about game accessibility and explains what accessibility *really* means. Recorded LIVE during GDC Summer 2020!

#12 - Breaking Misconceptions About Accessibility with AbleGamers' Greg Haynes

On this episode of the GDC Podcast we have DAVID GARDNER, a 30 plus-year game industry professional who now runs venture capital firm London Venture Partners. He tells us how you can secure funding for your game project and what to look for in an investor. He also knows how to fly planes!

#11 - Landing Venture Funding for Your Game with LVP's David Gardner

Find out how video games get made! The official podcast for Game Developers Conference brings you illuminating conversation and commentary from brilliant people in the video game industry. Hosted by Gamasutra editor-in-chief Kris Graft and news editor Alissa McAloon. Music by Mike Meehan. Published monthly.

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