Interview

with Chel Wong
#196

This episode bops! Our guest on the show this week is Chel Wong, an award-winning game composer who has worked on several published and early-access titles, like Watch This Space and Kine.

2020.10.14
 
with Heather Gartner
#194

Welcome Heather Gartner, Art Director for Team Toadhouse studio, art streamer and huge D&D fan. Heather (she/they) has been an illustrator for 10+ years.

2020.10.02
 
with Xalavier Nelson Jr.
#193

Narrative designer Xalavier Nelson Jr. enters the clubhouse to discuss the need for game designers to curate influences outside of games, the Half-Life 2s that weren't, the XCOM that wasn't quite, and some things that were!

2020.09.23
 
with Jonathan Jennings
#190

Your nice hosts are joined by another nice guest! Jonathan Jennings is a games and XR engineer out of California.

2020.09.02
 
with Glen Henry
#188

In this episode, Mark and Stephen are joined by guest host Adia Alderson for a thoughtful conversation with Glen Henry, an indie developer out of Jamaica.

2020.08.20
 
with Alanna Linayre
#186

Your nice hosts are joined by nice guest Alanna Linayre, founder of the indie studio Team Toadhouse. Alanna (rhymes with "banana") guides the gaming world towards healthier work practices and personal habits.

2020.08.06
 
with Christine Marten
#184

What does it mean to manage a community of players? How do you do it well?

2020.07.24
 
with Charles McGregor
#183

It's another week of brotherly love/war as Stephen's bro Charles McGregor re-enters the clubhouse to talk about his experience designing and building the level editor for his game HyperDot.

2020.07.14
 
with Ryan Sumo
#176

Your nice hosts interview Ryan Sumo, Art Director and CEO of Squeaky Wheel Studio, an independent developer and publisher based in the Philippines.

2020.05.26
 
with Sébastien Deguy and Jérémie Noguer
#174

Mark interviews Sébastien Deguy and Jérémie Noguer, the Vice President and Principal Product Manager of 3D & Immersive at Adobe, about developing Substance, the leading suite of tools for 3D texturing and material creation.

2020.05.05
 
with Eric Johnson
#155

With Mark still away, Ellen returns to in the clubhouse for another episode!

2019.11.05
 
with David R. Megarry
#150

It's our 150th episode! To celebrate we finally have Martha's dad David R. Megarry on the show to talk about designing board games and specifically designing the fantasy adventure board game Dungeon!

2019.10.01
 
with Jajeev Nithiananda
#145

This week your nice hosts are joined in the clubhouse by visual artist and games UI designer Jajeev Nithiananda.

2019.08.29
 
with Marina Kittaka
#141

This week, your nice hosts are joined by Marina Kittaka, artist and co-developer on the upcoming Anodyne 2: Return to Dust.

2019.07.30
 
with Matt Gravelle
#137

This week, we welcome friend of the show Matt Gravelle into the clubhouse to talk about the ups and downs of, and lessons learned from, the decade-plus history of his indie game company, Graveck Interactive.

2019.07.02