Chris DeLeon
HomeTeam GameDev Podcast
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.
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Chris DeLeon
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Sep 22, 2025
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Episodes
Katie Powell 08.01.2019 37:12
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 Anderson 24.12.2018 41:04
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
Chris DeLeon Key Takeaways (VGDev 2 of 2) 10.12.2018 59:21
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
Chris DeLeon Career Backstory (VGDev 1 of 2) 26.11.2018 1:13:49
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 J. Black 13.11.2018 36:58
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 29.10.2018 23:45
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 16.10.2018 27:36
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 McMullan 02.10.2018 37:54
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
Chat with Rett and Taylor of GameDevsQuest, Part 2 of 2 17.09.2018 1:08:56
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
Chat with Rett and Taylor of GameDevsQuest, Part 1 of 2 03.09.2018 1:25:21
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 21.08.2018 26:36
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 Indie Producer 06.08.2018 27:18
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 23.07.2018 34:10
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 of Kitfox Games 10.07.2018 29:24
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 Mack Cofounder of Manic Machine (Indie VR) 26.06.2018 37:54
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 Emberley Professional Indie Composer 11.06.2018 27:55
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
John Bernhelm VR Indie and former AAA Game Designer 29.05.2018 41:12
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 of Marvel Strike Force and GE Source 14.05.2018 38:12
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 Bombfest 30.04.2018 48:18
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 Meunier with Gamkedo Club 16.04.2018 35:27
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
Jim Rice 02.04.2018 43:11
Jim Rice (@jiiimbot) is the organizer of ICT Game Jam: http://ictgamejam.com/ / https://ictgamejam.itch.io/ His Code of Conduct is at http://devict.org/conduct/ For info on joining Gamkedo Club visit gamkedo.com Music by Danny Baranowsky
Erica and Cameron of TBA Games 19.03.2018 32:01
Erica Holcomb and Cameron Bolinger run the indie game studio tbagames.net Their original project, PeriAreion, was a realistic 3D Mars colonization game, but they have since made many other projects. On Twitter they're @ TBA_Games Music by Danny Baranowsky
Liz Reddington with Gamkedo Club 05.03.2018 55:37
Indie artist Liz Reddington spoke with Gamkedo about becoming a pro game artist: primarily self-taught online, and working remotely! View her portfolio at https://lizred.artstation.com/ and follow @lizreddd on Twitter. Music by Danny Baranowsky
GameDevSeal interview of Chris DeLeon 19.02.2018 1:15:30
Check out GameDevSeal's channel on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/whyteseal Here's the Chris Taylor (Gas Powered Games) interview mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zJdMRKBbLE
Why do people quit? 05.02.2018 1:32:54
A group chat between @TimRuswick YouTube: youtube.com/c/gameDevUnderground, @Tybawai is Alanna Linayre on Twitter, @GameDevsQuest podcast airpodcast.com/category/gamedevsquest/ hosted by @taylorjbuchheit and @rettisawesome, and Chris DeLeon of gamkedo.com
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