Chris DeLeon

HomeTeam GameDev Podcast

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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.

Author

Chris DeLeon

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Leisure

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Latest episode

Sep 22, 2025

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Episodes

Scott Brodie of Heart Shaped Games 23.01.2018

Scott Brodie is an indie developer, formerly with Microsoft as part of Xbox Live Arcade. Visit Scott and Kate Brodie's company site at HeartShapedGames.com, on Twitter as @BrodieGames, or see their latest game at BraveHand.com Music by Danny Baranowsky

Rachél Bazelais of Games Seriously and Code Liberation 09.01.2018

Rachél Bazelais (RA-shel BA-ze-lay) is a NYC indie game developer who co-hosted the gamesseriously.com podcast and taught with codeliberation.org. Try her games at https://rbazelais.itch.io or find her as @popular_pixels on Twitter. Music by Danny Baranow

C of Wonderneer (Somewhere in the South) 25.12.2017

C of http://wonderneer.com discusses Somewhere in the South, a controversial game about the Underground Railroad featured as part of IndieCade's booth at E3. Music by Danny Baranowsky

Luther Patenge 11.12.2017

Luther Patenge is the studio founder behind Ambition: A Minuet in Power. Luther discusses game feel, crowd funding, game design, and more. The KickStarter is live now, in its final week at http://kck.st/2jzhTt6 Music by Dany Baranowsky

Jolie Menzel Professional Narrative Designer Talk with Gamkedo Club 28.11.2017

Jolie Menzel is Lead Narrative Designer on South Park for Ubisoft, before that did level design and storytelling at Telltale Games for the Walking Dead series. Find her on Twitter at @joliemenzel or for more information visit joliemenzel.com Music by Danny Baranowsky

Steve Palley chat with Gamkedo Club 14.11.2017

PixelBerry is behind Choices, a Top 25 iPhone game reaching millions of players weekly. Steve is an expert in user acquisition and monetization, the former CEO of Slide to Play, and today is PixelBerry's Data & Analytics Lead. Music by Danny Baranowsky.

Anthony Jones with Gamkedo Club 31.10.2017

Anthony Jones is a professional game concept artist and independent online educator. He's on Twitter as @robotpencil and you can find his games, classes, and tutorial resources at https://www.robotpencil.net/ Music by Danny Baranowsky

Vilas Tewari of Tinertia speaking with Gamkedo Club 16.10.2017

Vilas Tewari - @vkidd84 on Twitter - is a game programmer and 3D artist, founder of @CandescentGames, and the lead on Tinertia for PS4 and Steam which you can get at http://www.tinertia.com Music by Danny Baranowsky

Chris DeLeon at Job Corps LA 02.10.2017

Organized/interview by Aaron Bilgrad. Job Corps is a free-of-charge residential education and job training program run by the US Department of Labor for ages 16 to 24. Music by Danny Baranowsky

Kartik Kini of TwinCop, with Gamkedo Club 19.09.2017

To get the visuals find this talk video on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usXKXds__20 Find out more about TwinCop on Steam at http://store.steampowered.com/app/676930/TwinCop/ Follow Kartik's studio on Twitter https://twitter.com/finitereflect For the club visit http://gamkedo.club Music by Danny Baranowsky

Andrea Benavides, Electronic Arts Producer, speaks with Gamkedo Club 04.09.2017

Andrea Benavides is a producer with Electronic Arts, today working on a Star Wars action adventure game led by Amy Hennig. She's @abuenosdias on Twitter. Student work at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgVHVh_yytBOPUYtJOKss4g Music by Danny Baranowsky

Joe Fielder, Game Director and Writer, Speaking with Gamkedo Club 22.08.2017

Joe Fielder (@joefielderiii) has been a writer for BioShock Infinite, Medal of Honor series, Boom Blox, Flame in the Flood, and today in addition to side or unannounced projects is currently Game Director for @Otherside_Games - see UnderworldAscendant.com for more information. Music by Danny Baranowsky

Tim Ruswick of GameDev Underground on Marketing and YouTube 07.08.2017

@TimRuswick is a game developer and community builder (GameDev Underground http://gdu.io/) who uses his background in marketing to help developers with their motivation and reaching an audience. Music by Danny Baranowsky

Rachel Sala of Frog Fractions 1 and 2 25.07.2017

Rachel Sala is a professional game maker and artist from Frog Fractions 1 and 2. Here she discussed with http://Gamkedo. Club the story behind Frog Fractions and how she got started. Check out her portfolio at http://rachelsala.com Music by Danny Baranowsky

Benson Russell 10.07.2017

Benson Russell has done game design on Last of Us, Uncharted 2 & 3, Medal of Honor (Allied Assault, Breakthrough, Pacific & European Assault, Airborne), SiN, and Star Trek: Elite Force II. Here's his talk with http://gamkedo.club Music by Danny Baranowsky

Will Bucher 26.06.2017

Will Bucher is a lawyer in NYC specializing in intellectual property, with a large chunk of his work and clients related to the game industry. Here's his talk with Gamkedo Club on incorporating, ownership, social media, and more. Music by Danny Baranowsky

Sean Wheeler 12.06.2017

By day, Sean develops slot machine games for http://www.playags.com He occasionally also does freelance indie game development on the side. Hear a bit about his work, how he got into it, and his advice for near developers. Music by Danny Baranowsky

Dr. Jennifer Hazel of CheckPoint 29.05.2017

Dr. Jennifer Hazel (@Rx_Pixel) founded @CheckPointOrg, a non-profit connecting mental health resources to game players and developers. Their KickStarter (3-4 days left!) is kck.st/2oZeu8E Learn more at https://checkpoint.org.au/ Music by Danny Baranowsky

Calvin Pohlhammer Interviewing Chris DeLeon 16.05.2017

Interview of Chris DeLeon from an unaired podcast pilot by Calvin Pohlhammer (@LudusCalvin of @LudusPress). Chris is stranded on a desert island and can only bring 5 games. Which ones, and why? Music by Danny Baranowsky

Colton Spross 01.05.2017

Colton Spross is a co-founder of Stork Burnt Down, the indie game development studio that created Home Improvisation, a multiplayer VR and Steam game focused on IKEA-like assembly. Colton spoke with Gamkedo Club about doing contract work, marketing, trade shows, online distribution, and more. Find them on Twitter as @storkburntdown Music by Danny Baranowsky

Tim Waskett 18.04.2017

Tim Waskett is a hobby game development lead, programmer, and designer on Sunbeam, Critical Alpha, Clever Girl, and more at stonebakedgames.co.uk Follow him on Twitter as @StoneBakedGames Make games with Tim and I at Gamkedo. Club Music by Danny Baranowsky

Jillian StarlightSkyes on Marketing 03.04.2017

Jillian spoke with http://gamkedo.club about short-term vs long-term marketing, and being a Twitch streaming partner https://www.twitch.tv/starlightskyes The new Gamkedo Patreon mentioned is at https://www.patreon.com/gamkedo Music by Danny Baranowsky

Jarryd Huntley with Gamkedo Club 21.03.2017

Indie developer and conference speaker Jarryd Huntley chats with http://Gamkedo. Club about artclubchallenge.com, what indie gamedevs can learn from indie musicians, and making games outside the major city hubs. Music by Danny Baranowsky

Ideas to Action - Chris DeLeon for Resist Jam 06.03.2017

Ideas to Action is my (Chris DeLeon's) talk for #ResistJam, a recent activist game jam. In it I lay out how to apply jam skills and strategies to bigger, non-jam goals. Emceed by Maize Wallin. Music by Danny Baranowsky.

Vu Ha of Funomena, Former Maxis 20.02.2017

Our most recent guest speaker for http://gamkedo.club Vu discusses Woorld (AR), Wattam, a little about his time at Maxis, his personal side projects, as well as portfolio and interview advice. Music by Danny Baranowsky

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