A podcast where indie game developers hang out and discuss game development and the struggles of being too talented and successful. Logo by Kenney
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An intimate conversation with the creators of some of the world's most remarkable games, hosted by comedian and life-long gamer Adam Conover. This season I will talk with the developers of Portal, Assassin's Creed, Hyper Light Drifter and many more about what it’s like to make video games for a living, how they come up with their ideas, and their first memory of the medium.
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Welcome to How Games Make Us Feel. On this podcast, we delve into video games and break down all the amazing memories and emotions they bring forth.
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How Games Make Money is a podcast where host and GamesBeat editor Jeff Grubb talks to people in and around the business of video games. The purpose of each episode is to find out how different people are bringing in cash from games. Jeff talks with developers, publishers, executives, content creators, tool makers, and more. Look for new episodes every Friday.
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People Make Things: Surviving Life in the Games, Media, and Entertainment Industry
Ninesquirrels (Christoper Natsuume)
Real life stories from the people behind the scenes of the entertainment industry: Daily struggles of Game Developers, Authors, Musicians, Comedians, Livestreamers, Fighters, Artists, and more.
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How Do You Make Streaming GameDev Actually Interesting - feat. Polymars
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1:04:49Today we're joined by Polymars, an extremely talented and successful indie horror developer known for his game Sussy Wussy which recently hit the top of the Let's Play charts.
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Do Games Actually Make Money? - feat. Stuffed Wombat
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1:04:15Today we're rejoined by Stuffed Wombat to talk about being starving artists vs selling out
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How To Build A Boba Gamedev Empire On TikTok
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1:36:02In this episode we talk to Bria Sullivan about Boba tea and how to get rich and famous on TikTok
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Gamers Of The Lost Ark - Honourable Perspectives - Ghost Of Tsushima Breakdown
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2:23:57PHONEXUS IS BACK! We break down this wonderful 10/10 video game in this gargantuan emotional podcast!!
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Gamers Of The Lost Ark - Celtic Connection among the Grey Wardens - Dragon Age Origins
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1:20:43Lucy (very Scottish) joins Kayleigh (very Irish) to go through all their thoughts and feelings about the first entry in this epic fantasy franchise!! Dragon Age Origins!
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Gamers Of The Lost Ark - The creation of the Pokadex!
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1:21:11Kayleigh and Lew breakdown the brand new and oh so different but amazing Pokemon Arceus!!
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In this episode Adam Pype brings on his coworkers to talk about running an indie game studio and the making of Spookware.
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Rich, Famous Game Developers Talk About Conquering The Games Industry
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1:16:24We talk about games we made last year, games we will make this year, and games we played.
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Gamers Of The Lost Ark - Halo Infinite The Great Resurrection
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1:06:32Lew joins us in his first ever podcast as a team member!!!!!! We break down the resurrection of the Halo franchise with halo infinite and all of the amazing story beats and things we loved about the game!!!
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Gamers Of The Lost Ark - Lu Lu Through The Everdoor
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1:21:35Lew Lew Pew (Lucy) joins us to break down the emotional journey that is Spiritfarer!! A fantastic deep and emotional podcast!!
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Gamers Of The Lost Ark - Travels In Toussaint!!
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1:21:19Gingernut and Ryan break down the beautiful story and world of the second Witcher DLC Blood and Wine
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Adam Lieb sits down with me to talk about GameSight, which is a performance marketing company for the rest of us. While performance marketing has dominated mobile gaming, it’s coming late to the traditional console and PC space. GameSight tries to connect data from various resources to determine how spending money can make developers and publishers…
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Gamers Of The Lost Ark - Meddling Master Of Mirrors
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1:12:06Gingernut and Ryan break down the first epic DLC from the Witcher 3!!!!
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Gamers Of The Lost Ark - Last Of Us Two Points Of View A Mile In Someone Else's Shoes
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1:45:52AGE OF ELVES the amazing Chelsea joins us to talk to the amazing complexity of the last of us two
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Gamers Of The Lost Ark - Shinra Stopping Sheila!
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1:31:01Thallia aka PHONEXUS joins us to break down the epic classic fantastic Final Fantasy 7 the original!!!!
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Gingernut and Ryan break down the amazing Spyro and her life long love for it!!!
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Four Game Devs Discuss Why Unity Is Bad And You Shouldn't Use It
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1:20:41Today we're joined by musician and game engine creator Jazz Mickle to talk about why Unity sucks and how Ludum Dare went.
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I talk with Z and Kevin Zhang of Serenity Forge, which is here in Colorado. I met these fellas back at a Denver Comic Con a few years ago, and now they have found themselves in the business of publishing physical games. Most recently, they distributed Doki Doki Literature Club+ into Targets and Walmarts around the world. And they have plans for mor…
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Is YouTube The Key To Monetizing Indie Game Dev? - Jabrils
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1:08:58Today we're joined by multi-talented tech enthuisiast and gamedev youtube early adopter Jabrils.
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Gamers Of The Lost Ark - Friendly Neighborhood Primark!!
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1:08:20Primark joins to break down our thoughts and feelings about the amazing and underrated Spider-Man PS4
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How To Stop Players From Optimizing The Fun Out Of A Game? - Sean Noonan
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1:17:52Today we're joined by AAA gaming level design expert Sean Noonan to discuss Super Mario shooter fan games and how to not get a cease and desist from Nintendo.
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I talk to Steven Spohn and Dr. Chris Power from Able Gamers about their APX certification for game developers. This is a certification that teaches best practices for accessibility to game creators. Steven and Chris explain how those conversations with devs have changed over the last few years as well as the challenges they continue to face. APX Di…
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Chewlok joins me to discuss the amazziingg Destiny and all his amazziingg feelings and memories about it!!
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On this episode of How Games Make Money, host Jeff Grubb speaks with one of the cofounders of Megadev, Robert Maroschik, about its game-cheat service Plitch. That is a subscription program that uses programs called "trainers" that can adjust the way games behave. But unlike similar programs, like Cheat Engine, Plitch takes out all of the guesswork.…
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What Game Mechanic Would You Like To See Used More? - GamesPlusJames
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1:08:02Today we're joined by Unity sage GamesPlusJames to reminisce about designing games back when we didn't know how to make them.
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Discord Patreon I speak with 1047 cofounder Ian Proulx. Ian helped build 1047’s Splitgate competitive shooter that combines combat with a futuresport aesthetic. Splitgate is already available on PC, where it has gained a lot of traction. But now it is headed to console as well, and we talk about that process, self-publishing, and a lot more.…
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What It's Like To Have A Crippling Game Jam Addiction - Vimlark
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1:30:34Today we're joined by marketing genius Vimlark to figure out whatever happened to those playable ads from the 2000s and encourage game devs to sleep less.
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Discord Patreon On this episode, Jeff Grubb speaks with Colossal Order chief executive officer Mariina Hallikainen about the studio’s city-building simulator Cities: Skylines, which is now six years old. Mariina and Jeff talk about supporting a game for more than half a decade as well as how things change when a game immediately surpasses its sales…
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Game Developers Have An Existential Crisis
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1:06:24Today we're joined by nobody, nobody makes games
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Discord Patreon On this episode of How Games Make Money, host Jeff Grubb has a conversation with Intel's Joakim Algstam about the new Tiger Lake-H CPUs. These chips are speedy, great for gaming, and great for creation, and Intel is working with OEMs to build laptops that can serve all of those needs.…
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Why Are Test Rooms Better Than The Actual Game? - Marcus
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1:32:26Today we're joined by 3d platformer enthusiast Marcus to discuss tricks and wishes.
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Discord Patreon Rainway + Xbox news On this episode of How Games Make Money, host Jeff Grubb speaks with the CEO of streaming-technology company Rainway, Andrew Sampson. Rainway revealed this week that it is working with Microsoft to power the Xbox streaming solution to browsers on mobile devices. Sampson explains how that deal works and why Rainwa…
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Do Games Have To Be Fun To Be Good? - Bryce Bucher
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1:05:38Today we're joined by elite game dev Bryce Bucher to discuss the esoteric meaning of video games.
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Discord Patreon On this week's episode, host Jeff Grubb talks to Joe Ferencz, chief executive officer of Gamefam, which is a studio that works exclusively on Roblox games. Ferencz started the company a few years ago with an idea of bringing traditional-game-development processes to the Roblox community. Now, Gamefam works directly with those creato…
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Discord Patreon Jake Randall is a YouTuber who helps people get a PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. His streams have resulted in a lot of success for people who just want to get into the next-gen but previously couldn't find the hardware. So now he sits down with Jeff Grubb to talk about what that is like.…
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Luke's is joined by the lineal PIXI Gaming Champion Goose in this fantastic interview Podcast.
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How Do You Come Up With Good Game Hooks? - Salman Shurie
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1:47:22In this episode we are joined by whiz kid game developer Salman Shurie to discuss how to come up with game hooks and whether game design college is a scam.
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Support this show on Patreon.com/jeffgrubb Join my Discord: https://discord.gg/qktBHjGG8W On this episode of How Games Make Money, host Jeff Grubb talks to PopCap Vancouver producer Melvin Teo. The team at PopCap is porting Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville to the Nintendo Switch, and Teo explains what that process was like. That include…
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What's the Next Flappy Bird? - Stuffed Wombat
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1:21:30In these episode we are joined by child prodigy game developer Stuffed Wombat to discuss health potions, the Next Big Thing in games, and how to get rich and famous as an indie game developer
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Introducing the Auteur Game Developers
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1:04:44The pilot episode of Yeah, I Make Games, where indie game developers Breogan Hackett, Adam Pype, and Miziziziz discuss the difficulties of being too talented.
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Support this show on Patreon.com/jeffgrubb Join my Discord: https://discord.gg/qktBHjGG8W David Whatley is the founder and chief executive officer of game developer Simutronics, which he founded out of his parents home in 1987. He built games back then that are still in active development today. Now, however, his team is working on a new mech shoot…
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Silver For Monsters - Bonus Sea of Solitude Podcast with the composer Guy Jackson!!!!!!!!!
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1:09:27We are joined by the amazziingg Guy Jackson the composer of sea of Solitude!!! What a podcast!! Tune in to see all that built these amazing musical pieces!!!
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On this episode of How Games Make Money, host Jeff Grubb talks to the new creative director on PUBG, Dave Curd. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is at a stage where it's continuing to build content for a loyal audience who have returned to the battle royale shooter for thousands of hours. But it also needs to appeal to any newcomers. Curd, however, do…
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On this week's episode, host Jeff Grubb talks to Evil Empire chief executive officer Steve Filby about starting Evil Empire to take over development of Dead Cells. He also speaks about the advantages of the cooperative model and why Evil Empire is not using it.
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On this week's episode of How Games Make Money, host Jeff Grubb talks to Highlight Reel host Chris Person about taking his show solo after Kotaku's owners nuked its video staff. Highlight Reel is now a YouTube channel that collects the most interesting and entertaining clips from the world of gaming and then presents them in a slick, Sportscenter-s…
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On this week's episode, host Jeffrey Grubb talks to Andrey “Reynad” Yanyuk, who is the chief executive officer of the esports organization Tempo Storm. He started out as a pro gamer, but he also equally embraced life as a content creator. Eventually, he started Tempo Storm and stepped into the CEO role to focus on creating a multimedia company that…
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Support the How Games Make Money Patreon Watch on YouTube Email: [email protected] (subject line: How Games Make Money) @HGMMShow @JeffGrubb Rate us on Apple Podcast Quadpay CEO Brad Lindenberg joins me to talk about hooking up with GameStop to help people pay off their purchases over time. As the name suggests, Quadpay enables customers to buy …
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Support the How Games Make Money Patreon Watch on YouTube Email: [email protected] (subject line: How Games Make Money) @HGMMShow @JeffGrubb Rate us on Apple Podcast Joey Chiu joins the podcast as a guest this week. He is my friend and a gamer. He was also the first person to buy a PlayStation 4. If you go back to November 2013 and look for news…
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Thank you for listening! Support the How Games Make Money Patreon Watch on YouTube Email: [email protected] (subject line: How Games Make Money) @HGMMShow @JeffGrubb Rate us on Apple Podcast Kelsey Lewin joins me to talk about running the Pink Gorilla game stores in the Seattle area. She explains what it takes to make that business work and how …
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A quick update and the next episode and Patreon announcement. Please help support the show: https://patreon.com/hgmm
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