HomeTeam GameDev Podcast: Recent Episodes
Chris DeLeon
This show's mission is to share the stories and views of people from a wide range of background experiences and experience levels, to help show a rich view of what's involved in making games (AAA, indies, game jammers, hobbyists, and more!), various sides of the game industry, and today's game communities and events. Intro and outro music is by Danny Baranowsky, used with permission.
Final episode of the HomeTeam GameDev Podcast. Join us today in https://DevPods.gg with the coupon code podcast10year ! Music by Danny Baranowsky
Anna is a freelance senior game writer and narrative designer, with experience on The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Localization Writer), Night School for Netflix (Lead Writer), Foglands (Lead Writer), Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 (Narrative Designer at Hardsuit Labs). Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Anna is a freelance senior game writer and narrative designer, with experience on The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Localization Writer), Night School for Netflix (Lead Writer), Foglands (Lead Writer), Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 (Narrative Designer at Hardsuit Labs). Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Brice is a former AAA developer turned indie. He’s currently developing World’s Goodest Pup, with past experience at EA on the Sims franchise, Crowdstar’s Covet Fashion, Lead GameDesigner on ChefVille at Zynga, WB Games and more. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Brice is a former AAA developer turned indie. He’s currently developing World’s Goodest Pup, with past experience at EA on the Sims franchise, Crowdstar’s Covet Fashion, Lead GameDesigner on ChefVille at Zynga, WB Games and more. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Tim Ruswick is an indie game developer, online community builder, and marketing expert. In this special 10-year episode Tim and Chris talk about the next evolution of HomeTeam: DevPods.gg - which is now live! Enter coupon code PODCAST10YEAR to get your first two months for the price of one. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Michael Fewkes is a technical sound designer and audio programmer. He's credited on over 50 games made in HomeTeam GameDev, and was the lead developer on several, including HomeTeam's first Godot project. Michael has edited this podcast (!) since 2021. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Michael Fewkes is a technical sound designer and audio programmer. He's credited on over 50 games made in HomeTeam GameDev, and was the lead developer on several, including HomeTeam's first Godot project. Michael has edited this podcast (!) since 2021. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Randall Fujimoto is a game-based learning designer with over a decade of experience at GameTrainLearning.org, a non-profit where he develops educational experiences for classrooms and other learning environments. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Randall Fujimoto is a game-based learning designer with over a decade of experience at GameTrainLearning.org, a non-profit where he develops educational experiences for classrooms and other learning environments. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Tarja Porkka-Kontturi (@tarjapk.bsky.social) is a game producer, award-winning accessibility consultant, and director of comms for Global Game Jam. She has helped organize IGDA Finland. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Tarja Porkka-Kontturi (@tarjapk.bsky.social) is a game producer, award-winning accessibility consultant, and director of comms for Global Game Jam. She has helped organize IGDA Finland. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Scott Anderson is a game developer at Unity. His previous work includes Facebook Horizon, Oculus, Funomena, Call of Duty, and ShadowPhysics. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Scott Anderson is a game developer at Unity. His previous work includes Facebook Horizon, Oculus, Funomena, Call of Duty, and ShadowPhysics. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Ted and his team at https://stellamaris.games provide guidance for your games and creative work. His previous experience includes Funomena, MidBoss, Meta, and frequently speaking at industry events. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Ted and his team at https://stellamaris.games provide guidance for your games and creative work. His previous experience includes Funomena, MidBoss, Meta, and frequently speaking at industry events. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Nic is a Manager in Ratings at Riot Games and streams reading retro game manuals on Twitch. Previously he worked in partnerships for Niantic and managed recruiting with VGMarket. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Nic is a Manager in Ratings at Riot Games and streams reading retro game manuals on Twitch. Previously he worked in partnerships for Niantic and managed recruiting with VGMarket. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Megan is the founder of Glass Bottom Games, as the lead developer on SkateBIRD, Hot Tin Roof, Spartan Fist, and Jones on Fire. She’s now working on BIRDahoy. Early in her career she was a programmer on LEGO Universe. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Megan is the founder of Glass Bottom Games, as the lead developer on SkateBIRD, Hot Tin Roof, Spartan Fist, and Jones on Fire. She’s now working on BIRDahoy. Early in her career she was a programmer on LEGO Universe. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Julia Minamata, Chase Bethea, Anya Combs, and Ryan Ike join Chris DeLeon (the birthday boy!) for a panel about questions for people newer to the business side. Learn more or work with us FeelBetterDoingBusiness.com Music by Danny Baranowsky
Rick is the CEO of GameDevTV and a video course instructor. He has a background as a game career coach, Executive Producer and Game Director at PopCap Games, and instructor at Vancouver Film School. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Rick is the CEO of GameDevTV and a video course instructor. He has a background as a game career coach, Executive Producer and Game Director at PopCap Games, and instructor at Vancouver Film School. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Senior Tech Artist at Splash Damage in London (formerly with Singularity 6), and also has a background in doing Unreal 5 training for HomeTeam GameDev, Georgia Film Academy, and other organizations. Part 3 of 3. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Senior Tech Artist at Splash Damage in London (formerly with Singularity 6), and also has a background in doing Unreal 5 training for HomeTeam GameDev, Georgia Film Academy, and other organizations. Part 2 of 3. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Senior Tech Artist at Splash Damage in London (formerly with Singularity 6), and also has a background in doing Unreal 5 training for HomeTeam GameDev, Georgia Film Academy, and other organizations. Part 1 of 3. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Brian is the Lead Developer at Adroit Studios, where specializes in educational game development with grant support. He's a former member and project lead at HomeTeam GameDev. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Brian is the Lead Developer at Adroit Studios, where specializes in educational game development with grant support. He's a former member and project lead at HomeTeam GameDev. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Renee is creative director at Stumbling Cat, where she recently released her game Potions: A Curious Tale after 10 years of development. She served as the Executive Director of IGDA, and is the current Alumni Board Chair. She was also a technical product manager on Supernatural VR. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Renee is creative director at Stumbling Cat, where she recently released her game Potions: A Curious Tale after 10 years of development. She served as the Executive Director of IGDA, and is the current Alumni Board Chair. She was also a technical product manager on Supernatural VR. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Harrison is a Game Designer at Turn 10 Studios, developers of the Forza Motorsport franchise. He also makes his own games on the side and streams on Twitch. His career began in web development. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Harrison is a Game Designer at Turn 10 Studios, developers of the Forza Motorsport franchise. He also makes his own games on the side and streams on Twitch. His career began in web development. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Robyn Gray is a game designer with Liminal Experiences, creating a game around user created action stories, runs a studio (Otherworld Interactive), and helped plan IndieCade Europe 2016. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Robyn Gray is a game designer with Liminal Experiences, creating a game around user created action stories, runs a studio (Otherworld Interactive), and helped plan IndieCade Europe 2016. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Alexander Dunn is the founder and CEO of Cephable, which is developing accessibility input using adaptive voice controls, expressions, gestures, and more through machine learning. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Alexander Dunn is the founder and CEO of Cephable, which is developing accessibility input using adaptive voice controls, expressions, gestures, and more through machine learning. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Brandii Grace is an NYFA Instructor (former Game Design Department Chair), 20 years in industry as a lead designer, CCO and Co-Founder of Versus Systems and Transform Entertainment. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Brandii Grace is an NYFA Instructor (former Game Design Department Chair), 20 years in industry as a lead designer, CCO and Co-Founder of Versus Systems and Transform Entertainment. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Jeremiah Franczyk is an Associate Game Designer for Lord of the Rings Online, and a former HomeTeam GameDev member. Portfolio site: https://jeremiahgames.com Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Jeremiah Franczyk is an Associate Game Designer for Lord of the Rings Online, and a former HomeTeam GameDev member. Portfolio site: https://jeremiahgames.com Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Nick Phipps is a Senior Game Designer for Ubisoft Abu Dhabi, where he’s worked for over ten years. Among other games he’s worked on Growtopia, NCIS Hidden Crimes, and CSI Hidden Crimes. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Nick Phipps is a Senior Game Designer for Ubisoft Abu Dhabi, where he’s worked for over ten years. Among other games he’s worked on Growtopia, NCIS Hidden Crimes, and CSI Hidden Crimes. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Urooj Iqbal handles marketing and PR for WRP Studios, and independent studio in Pakistan. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Urooj Iqbal handles marketing and PR for WRP Studios, and independent studio in Pakistan. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Oswald de Bruin (@OswalddeBruin) is a freelance technical game developer, designer, and consultant. For his current independent work check out My Face Your Music on Steam. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Oswald de Bruin (@OswalddeBruin) is a freelance technical game developer, designer, and consultant. For his current independent work check out My Face Your Music on Steam. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Anya Combs (linktr.ee/anyayna) is a games professional and musician, recently with BackerKit, before that with Kickstarter, Nickelodeon, and Addicting Games. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Anya Combs (linktr.ee/anyayna) is a games professional and musician, recently with BackerKit, before that with Kickstarter, Nickelodeon, and Addicting Games. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Mika Mika (@mikejmika) is the president of Digital Eclipse (DigitalEclipse.com) and creator of IDARB. He’s been in the game industry since the 90s and has credits on more than 100 commercial games. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Mika Mika (@mikejmika) is the president of Digital Eclipse (DigitalEclipse.com) and creator of IDARB. He’s been in the game industry since the 90s and has credits on more than 100 commercial games. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Ryan Ike (RyanIke.com) is a professional, award-winning composer and sound designer. In addition to his games experience he also has done music and sound for film, ads, and web content. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Ryan Ike (RyanIke.com) is a professional, award-winning composer and sound designer. In addition to his games experience he also has done music and sound for film, ads, and web content. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Joe Cassavaugh (puzzlesbyjoe.com) created the Clutter series of casual indie games. He also organizes Atlanta game developer meetups. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Joe Cassavaugh (puzzlesbyjoe.com) created the Clutter series of casual indie games. He also organizes Atlanta game developer meetups. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Melanie Stegman, Ph.D. (@MelanieAnnS) creates biochemistry educational video games under the handle MolecularJig. Find out more at http://Patreon.com/MolecularJig . Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Melanie Stegman, Ph.D. (@MelanieAnnS) creates biochemistry educational video games under the handle MolecularJig. Find out more at http://Patreon.com/MolecularJig . Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Megan Carnes (@magmacranes) is the composer of @ShoutingDown, _starweaver_, @noclipvideo, Helheim Hassle & more. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Megan Carnes (@magmacranes) is the composer of @ShoutingDown, _starweaver_, @noclipvideo, Helheim Hassle & more. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Erik Verlage (erikverlage.com) is a professional educational and training games developer, in addition to being an alumni of HomeTeam GameDev. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Erik Verlage (erikverlage.com) is professional educational and training games developer, in addition to being an alumni of HomeTeam GameDev. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Nessa Cannon (@nessathewriter) is freelance narrative designer/game writer on Jagged Bone, OnlyCans, and Endoparasitic. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Nessa Cannon (@nessathewriter) is freelance narrative designer/game writer on Jagged Bone, OnlyCans, and Endoparasitic. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Anton Hand (@AntonHand) is the creator behind Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades ("H3VR") for PC VR. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Anton Hand (@AntonHand) is the creator behind Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades ("H3VR") for PC VR. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Creator of Shotgun Farmers, now out on Switch, Xbox, PlayStation, and Steam! @QaziTV on Twitter. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Digital Analyst and Marketing Manager. Part of BAFTA Crew and Game Awards Future Class '21. @Popelady on Twitter. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Digital Analyst and Marketing Manager. Part of BAFTA Crew and Game Awards Future Class '21. @Popelady on Twitter. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Indie game producer of https://www.cuttobits.com Hosts a podcast about non-gamedev interests of people who do gamedev. @MegaMasao on Twitter. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Indie game producer of https://www.cuttobits.com Hosts a podcast about non-gamedev interests of people who do gamedev. @MegaMasao on Twitter. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Technical people manager at IO Interactive and leadership trainer. For more see https://tinyurl.com/hector-tips and @elhector on Twitter. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Technical people manager at IO Interactive and leadership trainer. For more see https://tinyurl.com/hector-tips and @elhector on Twitter. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Narrative designer and game design consultant, known for his work on Adios, Hardspace and Paratropic. @docsquiddy on Twitter. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Narrative designer and game design consultant, known for his work on Adios, Hardspace and Paratropic. @docsquiddy on Twitter. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Returning guest Karen McMullan, AAA RTS level designer and instructor (LA Film School, USC, HomeTeam GameDev) shares her work at https://embodied.com on companion robotics. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Returning guest Karen McMullan, AAA RTS level designer and instructor (LA Film School, USC, HomeTeam GameDev) shares her work at https://embodied.com on companion robotics. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Returning guest Karen McMullan, AAA RTS level designer and instructor (LA Film School, USC, HomeTeam GameDev) shares her work at https://embodied.com on companion robotics. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Adam LeDoux is the creator of Bitsy, a highly accessible editor for creating little game worlds with characters. Nearly 6,000 games on itch.io are made with Bitsy! Try it or find out more at https://bitsy.org/ Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Adam LeDoux is the creator of Bitsy, a highly accessible editor for creating little game worlds with characters. Nearly 6,000 games on itch.io are made with Bitsy! Try it or find out more at https://bitsy.org/ Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Liz Leveille is an award winning UX designer, HomeTeam GameDev's newest skill trainer, and doing pixel art as well as design for Thin Ice coming soon to Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/1672950/Thin_Ice/ Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Liz Leveille is an award winning UX designer, HomeTeam GameDev's newest skill trainer, and doing pixel art as well as design for Thin Ice coming soon to Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/1672950/Thin_Ice/ Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Liz Leveille is an award winning UX designer, HomeTeam GameDev's newest skill trainer, and doing pixel art as well as design for Thin Ice coming soon to Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/1672950/Thin_Ice/ Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Liz Leveille is an award winning UX designer, HomeTeam GameDev's newest skill trainer, and doing pixel art as well as design for Thin Ice coming soon to Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/1672950/Thin_Ice/ Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Ryan Woodward (@subliminalman) is a core part of @SubliminalGame, in which he helped create @ButtonCity for Steam, Switch, PS5 and Xbox. He also shares tips from his path into games. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Ryan Woodward (@subliminalman) is a core part of @SubliminalGame, in which he helped create @ButtonCity for Steam, Switch, PS5 and Xbox. He also shares tips from his path into games. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Ryan Woodward (@subliminalman) is a core part of @SubliminalGame, in which he helped create @ButtonCity for Steam, Switch, PS5 and Xbox. He also shares tips from his path into games. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Aaron San Filipo (@AeornFlippout) is the lead developer for the crowdfunded game Whisker Squadron, head of the studio Flippfly which is also known for creating Race The Sun, and a youth gamedev teacher! Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Aaron San Filipo (@AeornFlippout) is the lead developer for the crowdfunded game Whisker Squadron, head of the studio Flippfly which is also known for creating Race The Sun, and a youth gamedev teacher! Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Tarja Porkka-Kontturi (@tarja_pk) is Director of Comms for @globalgamejam and helps organize for IGDA Finland as well as We in Games Finland. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Tarja Porkka-Kontturi (@tarja_pk) is Director of Comms for @globalgamejam and helps organize for IGDA Finland as well as We in Games Finland. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Baron J67 (@baronj67 on twitter) is the Communication Director of LV1 Gaming (lv1gaming.com), part of the EA Creator Network and owner of @NerdzNoir Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Baron J67 (@baronj67 on twitter) is the Communication Director of LV1 Gaming (lv1gaming.com), part of the EA Creator Network and owner of @NerdzNoir Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Alanna Linayre (@Tybawai) is the founder and lead developer of @Toadhouse_Games Pick up Good Looking Home Cookin at https://toadhousegames.itch.io/good-lookin-home-cookin Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Alanna Linayre (@Tybawai) is the founder and lead developer of @Toadhouse_Games Pick up Good Looking Home Cookin at https://toadhousegames.itch.io/good-lookin-home-cookin Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Albert Antero (@AlbertAntero) is a game designer and narrative designer who recently finished school and broke into his first industry gigs. He shares his path and tips for what worked in the current landscape. http://albertantero.wordpress.com Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Albert Antero (@AlbertAntero) is a game designer and narrative designer who recently finished school and broke into his first industry gigs. He shares his path and tips for what worked in the current landscape. http://albertantero.wordpress.com Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Chris Totten (@Totter87) is an award-winning game designer, asst. prof at @KSUTusc author of a level design book, founder of SAAM Arcade, and creative director on Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends https://LittleNemoGame.com Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Chris Totten (@Totter87) is an award-winning game designer, asst. prof at @KSUTusc author of a level design book, founder of SAAM Arcade, and creative director on Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends https://LittleNemoGame.com Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Maaya (@Maaya_art) and Instafluff (@InstafluffTV) are a duo streaming indie game development. Catch them at https://www.twitch.tv/maaya and https://www.instafluff.tv Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Maaya (@Maaya_art) and Instafluff (@InstafluffTV) are a duo streaming indie game development. Catch them at https://www.twitch.tv/maaya and https://www.instafluff.tv Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
AJ (@AJKolenc) is an indie game developer (@DubioGame and @HomeImprovGame), CTO of @FIX_Health_ and freelance developer with credits including PBS Games. Visit http://ajkolenc.com for detail. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
AJ (@AJKolenc) is an indie game developer (@DubioGame and @HomeImprovGame), CTO of @FIX_Health_ and freelance developer with credits including PBS Games. Visit http://ajkolenc.com for detail. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Maxi (SandraMJ) is a voice director, art director, 2D artist and writer with experience in AAA, indie games, and comic books. They created The Hayseed Knight, a fully voice-acted animated visual novel available on Steam. Follow them on Twitter as @SandraMJdev and learn about their project backstory at https://www.patreon.com/thehayseedknight Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Maxi (SandraMJ) is a voice director, art director, 2D artist and writer with experience in AAA, indie games, and comic books. They created The Hayseed Knight, a fully voice-acted animated visual novel available on Steam. Follow them on Twitter as @SandraMJdev and learn about their project backstory at https://www.patreon.com/thehayseedknight Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Fadi is a Unity game developer, YouTuber and local community builder. Find him on YouTube at https://youtube.com/Fadrik check out his games at https://fadrikalexander.itch.io/ and follow @FadrikAlexander on Twitter. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Fadi is a Unity game developer, YouTuber and local community builder. Find him on YouTube at https://youtube.com/Fadrik check out his games at https://fadrikalexander.itch.io/ and follow @FadrikAlexander on Twitter. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Weekend Panda is a Pennsylvania-based husband and wife indie dev team, making games together full time since 2018. Hear from Liang (software engineer) and J.K. (artist/writer) about their projects and journey so far. See their games at weekendpanda.com and follow @weekendpanda on Twitter. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Weekend Panda is a Pennsylvania-based husband and wife indie dev team, making games together full time since 2018. Hear from Liang (software engineer) and J.K. (artist/writer) about their projects and journey so far. See their games at weekendpanda.com and follow @weekendpanda on Twitter. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Brian Hertler is a professional game designer working on mobile games at Lion Studios, previously with Nickelodeon and Arkadium. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Brian Hertler is a professional game designer working on mobile games at Lion Studios, previously with Nickelodeon and Arkadium. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Jonathan Jennings, or Jonny J (@JonnyJ17 on Twitter), is a game and mixed reality programmer (AR, VR, etc.) based in LA. He's also a writer and speaker. Portfolio: https://www.behance.net/Jonathanj Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Jonathan Jennings, or Jonny J (@JonnyJ17 on Twitter), is a game and mixed reality programmer (AR, VR, etc.) based in LA. He's also a writer and speaker. Portfolio: https://www.behance.net/Jonathanj Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Monica Fan, @DesignerMonica on Twitter, has a fine arts background and creates games about important topics, often involving cats for fun and accessibility. Find Monica's work at https://monicattie.itch.io Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Monica Fan, @DesignerMonica on Twitter, has a fine arts background and creates games about important topics, often involving cats for fun and accessibility. Find Monica's work at https://monicattie.itch.io Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Damien Crawford, @TheWorstRPGDev on Twitter, created 99 character RPG, a fake MMO, and other unusual indie games. Try his games at https://cannibalinteractive.itch.io Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Damien Crawford, @TheWorstRPGDev on Twitter, created 99 character RPG, a fake MMO, and other unusual indie games. Try his games at https://cannibalinteractive.itch.io Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Akash Thakkar is a creative business educator and sound designer. Credits include Hyper Light Drifter & Concrete Genie. Follow him on Twitter: @AkashThakkar. For more resources: https://linktr.ee/akashthakkaraudio Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Akash Thakkar is a creative business educator and sound designer. Credits include Hyper Light Drifter & Concrete Genie. Follow him on Twitter: @AkashThakkar. For more resources: https://linktr.ee/akashthakkaraudio Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Andrew C. Wang @andyman404 of idumpling.com ! Demo reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fE7OEmHSQU Video of this talk with slides (part 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0vqDo_3YvY Music by Danny Baranowsky
Andrew C. Wang @andyman404 of idumpling.com ! Demo reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fE7OEmHSQU Video of this talk with slides: https://youtu.be/PmZhulrSpi0 Music by Danny Baranowsky
Bertine van Hövell @lostagainb runs @lostagaingames. She's writing and designing @EvesWake and @frayedfreedom. Hear about her path into games, working with freelancers, and more. https://www.lostagain.nl Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Bertine van Hövell @lostagainb runs @lostagaingames. She's writing and designing @EvesWake and @frayedfreedom. Hear about her path into games, working with freelancers, and more. https://www.lostagain.nl Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Chris Zuko is Technical Director for Terrible Posture, makers of the playable sitcom 3 Out of 10. Season 1 is free on Epic, and now is on Switch! Season 2 is coming April 8th, 2021. Podcast music by Danny Baranowsky
Chris Zuko is Technical Director for Terrible Posture, makers of the playable sitcom 3 Out of 10. Season 1 is free on Epic, coming soon to Switch! Behind the scenes video he mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TilMMvfpuDE Music by Danny Baranowsky
Gary Kings (@GaryJKings on Twitter) is a Lead Designer at National Insecurities (@NIPresents), freelance trailer maker, writer and designer. Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Gary Kings (@GaryJKings on Twitter) is a Lead Designer at National Insecurities (@NIPresents), freelance trailer maker, writer and designer. Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Jeffrey Bryan is a game design teacher, game studies researcher, play researcher, and karaoke enthusiast. Here in part 2 of 2 you'll hear more on his PhD research relating to karaoke as a form of play. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Jeffrey Bryan is a game design teacher, game studies researcher, play researcher, and karaoke enthusiast. Here in part 1 of 2 you'll hear about his pathway into PhD research and teaching game design. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Swati Mallya is an educational game programmer and designer. As a hobby she also does animation, art and writing for jams and personal projects. She's on Twitter as @makkurataichou Her portfolio is at SwatiMallya.com Part 2 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Swati Mallya is an educational game programmer and designer. As a hobby she also does animation, art and writing for jams and personal projects. She's on Twitter as @makkurataichou Her portfolio is at SwatiMallya.com Part 1 of 2. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Kevin-Brandon "KB" Corbett of GameDev.tv spoke with Chris DeLeon about HomeTeam GameDev's approach to learning game development online. Part 2 of 2. More GameDev.tv podcast: https://www.gamedev.tv/p/video-game-development-podcast Music by Danny Baranowsky
Kevin-Brandon "KB" Corbett of GameDev.tv spoke with Chris DeLeon about HomeTeam GameDev's approach to learning game development online. Part 1 of 2. More GameDev.tv podcast: https://www.gamedev.tv/p/video-game-development-podcast Music by Danny Baranowsky
Chris Crawford, game industry pioneer, part 2! Class curriculum he covered in 2018: http://www.erasmatazz.com/library/course-description-2018/index.html His site: http://www.erasmatazz.com Music by Danny Baranowsky
Chris Crawford is a pioneer in the game industry, interactive storytelling, and founder of Game Developers Conference (originally CGDC). His site is http://www.erasmatazz.com Remember to subscribe to get Part 2 in a couple weeks! Music by Danny Baranowsky
Tim Waskett is developing The Adventures of Wolf and Hood, a jigsaw puzzle game coming to Steam. Follow @StoneBakedGames on Twitter. Tim is a member of HomeTeamGameDev.com For more info visit https://www.StoneBakedGames.com Music by Danny Baranowsky
Tim Waskett is developing The Adventures of Wolf and Hood, a jigsaw puzzle game coming to Steam. Follow @StoneBakedGames on Twitter. Tim is a member of HomeTeamGameDev.com and first interviewed on this podcast in Apr 18, 2017. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Pt.2: Ryan Sumo is a Philippines-based indie company cofounder, as well as an artist on Prison Architect, Spacechem, @politicsanimal, @academia_game. He cofounded www.squeakywheel.ph Featuring guest co-host Tiffany Otto @tottomatic Music by Danny Baranowsky
Ryan Sumo is a Philippines-based indie company cofounder, as well as an artist on Prison Architect, Spacechem, @politicsanimal, @academia_game. He cofounded www.squeakywheel.ph Featuring guest co-host Tiffany Otto @tottomatic Music by Danny Baranowsky
Julia Minamata (@juliaminamata) is the solo indie game dev behind The Crimson Diamond @thecrimsondiam1 She streams at http://twitch.tv/a_maplemystery She recently guest spoke with HomeTeamGameDev! Music by Danny Baranowsky
Chase Bethea (@chasebethea on Twitter) is an award nominated composer/sound designer for games. His credits include: Cubic Climber, I Can't Escape: Darkness, Super Happy Fun Block, /reality, and Aground. Podcast music by Danny Baranowsky
Chel Wong is an award winning composer behind Kine, Watch This Space, and Zelgor. They co-organize @GameAudioBoston and founded #CharityEPJam. Follow @chelwongaudio on Twitter. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Tim Handley is a scientist, educator, educational game designer, and conference speaker. Follow him on Twitter as @MindfulMammoth and support his mission on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/mindfulmammoth For more info: mindfulmammoth.com Music by Danny Baranowsky
Richard is director of Khookey (visit magehunter.net!), and a Senior Game Design Consultant for TiMi. He was director of game design at Pocket Gems, Creative Director at Wargaming, gameplay systems lead for Riot on League of Legends, and at Blizzard was a senior game designer on Heroes of the Storm, StarCraft II, and WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne. Follow @missing_tooltip on Twitter. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Episode #150 Special! Podcast host and HomeTeam founder Chris DeLeon remote spoke with members of Game Creation Society, the first of several gamedev practice communities he helped establish (2004). Music by Danny Baranowsky
Brian Cronin (@briangcronin on Twitter) is a Portland-based software engineer and game designer. He's currently working on @TheMonsterTrain, previously was with @NS2 (Natural Selection 2), @OneLastJobGame, @ZeroGear, and more. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Second of a two part conversation with Jonas Bötel. He's a freelance software engineer, and core part of the remote team behind Subnautica! Find him on Twitter as @CodeLumpN. Featuring guest cohost Tiffany Otto (@TOttomatic). Music by Danny Baranowsky
First of a two part conversation with Jonas Bötel. He's a freelance software engineer, and core part of the remote team behind Subnautica! Find him on Twitter as @CodeLumpN. Featuring guest cohost Tiffany Otto (@TOttomatic). Music by Danny Baranowsky
Marley Townsend @marleymp4 and Vincent De La Torre (https://v1films.com) spoke with HomeTeam about the CalArts Game Makers Club (@calartsgameclub)! Play their games at https://calarts-gamemakers.itch.io Music by Danny Baranowsky
In response to COVID-19, many teachers are now pivoted on short notice to Work-from-Home. To help offer some tips for the transition I brought together some WFH peers to share tips: Tiffany (co-running online events), Bobby (Texas Tech professor), Evgeni @AWaywardWriter (online teacher), and Alanna @Tybawai (streamer, remote dev). Music by Danny Baranowsky
Sarah Scialli was producer on Outer Wilds, by day works with Advanced Creative Technology at Dreamworks, and is starting a new indie VR game. She's also an alumnus of the first gamedev club Chris established 16 years ago :) Music by Danny Baranowsky
Julian Spillane shared his career path in games and advice with HomeTeam GameDev.com members. Here's the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLFUMLf0PRU He's on Twitter as @JulianSpillane and the game is @fightmighty Music by Danny Baranowsky
Xalavier Nelson Jr. spoke with HomeTeam about An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs. He's also worked on Hypnospace Outlaw, SkateBIRD, and more. Follow @WritNelson Support and play at https://patreon.com/StrangeScaffold Music by Danny Baranowsky
Alan Dang - former COO of Killer Queen (indie arcade game!), producer at Funktronic Labs for Wave Break, and on Skullgirls Mobile - shares about his career as a producer ("professional worrier"). Follow @alanwdang Music by Danny Baranowsky
Rémy Lapointe, HomeTeamGameDev.com alum turned professional animation programmer at Ubisoft, spoke with our club about differences between AAA and hobby/indie-scale team gamedev. Follow @OmegaLarmor Music by Danny Baranowsky
In this second of a two part chat, Tim and Chris discuss getting yourself to do things, the topic of a new productivity audiobook, Self-Command, Chris recently released. Learn more, and get your copy, at Self-Command.com Music by Danny Baranowsky
In this first of a two part chat, Tim Ruswick spoke with Chris on rapid prototyping. Part 2 covers tips from the productivity audiobook Chris is launching soon. Sign up at GetYourselfToDoThings.com to know when it's available! Music by Danny Baranowsky
Aaron San Filipo (@AeornFlippout), Rachel Sala (@rachel_sala), and I (@ChrisDeLeon) try to talk about anything other than game development - it was hard, but we mostly managed it! Happy Thanksgiving to listeners in the US :) Music by Danny Baranowsky
Jon Cassie @joncassie is an educator, designer, writer, and podcaster. Check out his book "Level Up Your Classroom" http://bit.ly/2iZDYfN. Site: http://joncassie.com/ Music by Danny Baranowsky
James is a producer, with experience at Sparkypants Studios, IGDA NYC, Plausible Studio, AIG, Two Bulls, Bioware Austin, What Pumpkin Studios, Playmatics, Scholastic, Sonic Boom, Kuma Reality, Skyzone Entertainment, Acclaim. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Michael Brown (@VideoGamePRGuy), CEO of @VicariousPR recently spoke with HomeTeam GameDev members about game PR and publishing. Find out more at https://www.vicariouspr.com Music by Danny Baranowsky
Chris Sumsky is a cofounder of Moonlight Kids, creating The Wild at Heart. Find out more at https://www.moonlightkids.co/ -- https://twitter.com/moonlightkids_ -- https://www.facebook.com/moonlightkidsco Music by Danny Baranowsky
Neil is a formally trained game composer. Find him on Twitter as @neilquillen view his portfolio at neilquillen.com Check out the games Sumer and Dwarrows! Music by Danny Baranowsky
Gamkedo Club is relaunching as HomeTeam GameDev! In this special episode I explain why, and a bit about your options for materials to choose when you apply today at https://HomeTeamGameDev.com Music by Danny Baranowsky
James Brady is an artist. He was on Red Dead Redemption 2, Total War: Warhammer, PUBG, Hitman 2, Halo, Firewall Zero Hour, & more. He recently cofounded https://www.next-gendreams3d.com His past episode with us was Feb 18, 2019. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Leonard is a freelance VR/AR developer, board member of RunJumpDev and Professor at BCTC. Follow on Twitter as @ktp4life Portfolio is at http://leonardport.pogky.com/ Music by Danny Baranowsky
Audio from a collab video I did with Deja - Empathic Dev - including discussion of her self-education path into freelance web dev. patreon.com/theempathicdev twitch.tv/theempathicdev Twitter @Empathic_Dev Insta @empathic.dev Music by Danny Baranowsky
Cofounder and President of Survios discusses company origins and his side project, Super Football. Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0JRWAIyV9w Follow https://twitter.com/NathanBurba Learn more at http://survios.com Music by Danny Baranowsky
Tom Astle is the indie behind Wobbledogs, a physics-based pet simulator. He recently guest spoke with Gamkedo Club! Find out more, follow on social, and support Tom on Patreon at http://wobbledogs.com Music by Danny Baranowsky
Audio from my 3rd time joining @ExtraCreditz friends for a game jam kickoff stream :D Follow everyone on Twitter as @TrevinYork @theberlz @raesparkgames and (ofc!) @chrisdeleon Recording shared with permission. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Khevna Shah is the Curriculum Developer for Girls Who Code, a US non-profit on a mission to close the gender gap in tech. Learn how to start or support a local chapter, as well as about her own career journey and advice. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Jeff's currently making The Indie Game Legend 3D. He helped create Docker, Twilio, Open Stack, and TIGSource. He also did Visitor Center, an SNES Jurassic Park FPS remake. He was an Executive Producer on Indie Game: The Movie. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Alanna Linayre (@Tybawai on Twitter) is CEO of @TeamToadhouse, creator of @CallMeCera, a mental health advocate, conference speaker, and voice actress. She spoke with Gamkedo Club about her tips on networking for introverts and self-care for freelancers. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Juan Vaca spoke with Gamkedo Club about his narrative design career, including Telltale. Find on Twitter as @juancow Join Latinx in Gaming at https://www.latinxingaming.com/ Support the jug band he's in rivertownskifflers.com Music by Danny Baranowsky
Jennifer Scheurle (@Gaohmee) is Lead Game Designer at ArenaNet, before made games with NASA. She's Chair of IGDA WIGSIG. Her GDC talk on Hidden Game Design: https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024959/Good-Game-Design-is-like Music by Danny Baranowsky
Totally different format this time! Follow this bunch on Twitter as @joshdelson @McMunchly @whatwilliplay @theberlz @chrisdeleon and (of course!) @ExtraCreditz Recording shared with permission. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Help Sonia and Jesse make a rad game about the US Supreme Court: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/justusgamesstudio/supreme-courtship-comedy-adventure-justice Music by Danny Baranowsky
James Brady is a freelance AAA game artist. His experience includes Red Dead Redemption 2, Total war: Warhammer at Creative Assembly, PUBG, Hitman 2, Halo, Firewall Zero Hour, Insurgency Sandstorm, The Forest among many more. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Ryan Stunkel is a game audio professional and independent trainer. In the time after this episode was recorded he also became a support trainer with Gamkedo Club. Find out more by looking up his company, Blipsounds. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Jon Paquette is the lead writer for Spider-Man PS4. He was Creative Director and writer for Medal of Honor: Airborne, lead designer on Medal of Honor: European Assault, and also worked on Sunset Overdrive, Resistance 3, and more. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Katie Powell is a gameplay programmer with codeSpark, where she develops an educational app with her team to help kids learn how to code. Check it out at https://codespark.com/ or visit her site at http://www.katiepowellgames.net Music by Danny Baranowsky
Kyle is a self-taught artist for games and web comics, currently working on Adventures of Chris for Guin Entertainment, LLC. Find him on Instagram as @khannelfreeman Music by Danny Baranowsky
In this second segment of a two part episode, I cover a few key takeaways from my career in games and experiences training or otherwise supporting people getting started doing it. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Audio from speaking with VGDev, the game development club I established (in 2010; after Game Creation Society in 2004, before Gamkedo Club in 2015). In this first of two parts, I share the backstory of my career in games so far. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Ryan is a lawyer based in Vancouver, Canada where he specializes in technology-related business law, working with companies in and out of game development. He's online at http://ryanj.black or follow him on Twitter as @RyanJBlack Music by Danny Baranowsky
Keith Fuller has 11 years of experience as a producer, which he now uses as a training consultant for tech company leadership. Find his free articles, curriculum, and videos at fullergameproduction.com Follow @SomeProducer Music by Danny Baranowsky
Dave Padilla is an indie studio cofounder (Hyperkinetic), producer on Sonic Mania Plus, Spider-Man 3, and Spartacus: Legends, as well as an IGDA LA board member. Find him on Twitter as @therealdpad Music by Danny Baranowsky
Karen is a level designer (Age of Empires 2 and 3, Age of Mythology, Halo Wars) and level design instructor (LA Film School, USC). More recently, Karen also become a Trainer with Gamkedo Club, helping members learn Level Design. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Part 2 of 2 from a call with Rett and Taylor of the GameDevsQuest podcast: http://airpodcast.com/category/gamedevsquest/ The first half is at gamkedo.community ! Follow @rettisawesome , @taylorjbuchheit , @gamedevsquest Music by Danny Baranowsky
Recent call with Rett and Taylor of the GameDevsQuest podcast: http://airpodcast.com/category/gamedevsquest/ This is part 1 of 2 - stay tuned for the next half! Follow @rettisawesome , @taylorjbuchheit , @gamedevsquest Music by Danny Baranowsky
Amanda End is a self-taught professional game programmer. She has been making games as a freelancer the past several years, though recently joined @SundewStudios where she's working on @rapturerejects. Follow her on Twitter as @seraphki Music by Danny Baranowsky
Kevin Wong is the indie producer for the split-screen melee game Chambara, as well as Lucah: Born of a Dream which is releasing in two weeks on August 21st, 2018. He's @ThatKevinWong on Twitter. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Red Vonix spoke with Gamkedo Club about his 18 years as a professional game developer. His site is at http://www.redvonix.com/ Check out Red's trailer for Purrtato Tail at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvGh5tzZH1g Music by Danny Baranowsky
Jongwoo Kim is a co-founder and programmer for Kitfox Games, the indie studio in Canada behind Moon Hunters, Shattered Planet, Shrouded Isle, and lately, Boyfriend Dungeon. He spoke with Gamkedo Club about his path and advice. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Kevin cofounded Manic Machine, creators of the indie VR game Ludicrous Speed. Earlier he was Game Director at WhiteMoon Dreams and a game designer on a few Medal of Honor titles. Visit ManicMachineGames.com and follow https://twitter.com/ManicMachineVR Music by Danny Baranowsky
Candy is a composer with a background in theater and film scoring, now focused on game music. She has many imdb credits from Hollywood experience. Her recent work is with Wildermyth on Steam. Her site: http://candycomposer.com Music by Danny Baranowsky
Now a VR indie, John's prior roles include Lead Designer at Wevr, Lead Prototyper at Oculus, Interactive Story Designer at Telltale, Game Designer at Double Fine, Naughty Dog and Visceral Games EA. Game's site: http://roobound.com Music by Danny Baranowsky
Jonathan Scott is a Marvel Strike Force artist. Earlier in his career he was a modeler and then lead for the GoldenEye Source mod. He spoke with Gamkedo Club about his path into industry, and roles at various kinds of companies. Music by Danny Baranowsky
Zac Pierce (@ZacFierce) of http://playbombfest.com (@PlayBOMBFEST), shares his indie path. Streams as https://www.twitch.tv/zacfierceguy Rohrer's talk he mentioned: https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024937/Don-t-Break-the-Chain Music by Danny Baranowsky
Nathan spoke with us about how he made Missile Cards, a commercial Steam and mobile game, entirely solo. His personal site is www.nathanmeunier.com and his latest game is at https://nathanmeunier.com/my-games/missilecards/ Music by Danny Baranowsky