Indie Game Academy

Indie Game Guildhall

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Real stories from real game developers about breaking into the Indie side of the video game industry. Welcome to the Indie Game Guildhall, hosted by the Indie Game Academy! Listen in or join live. Our podcast is hosted and recorded live on our Discord. Each Wednesday at 12pm EST we interview experts in the game industry and give community members like YOU a chance to ask them questions. We cover breaking into the indie game industry, publishing games, game design and so much more. Join the Discord

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What is the future of AR? With Hamna Faisal 06.01.2022 58:01

In this episode of the IGA Lunch Hour we welcome in Hamna Faisal. Hamna is a long time IGA student and has published two games with us. Here she gives thoughts on the future of AR vs VR and more. Come to the next IGA Lunch Hour live every Wednesday at 12pm EST on our Discord channel to be a part of the fun and to be recorded in the next episode: https://discord.gg/gFGAG54WK7

How do you scale your Indie Studio? Featuring Dan Mellott 29.12.2021 54:35

Congrats! You have started your game studio! But... now what? What do you do once you've gotten started to take it to the next level? This week at the IGA Lunch Hour we are joined by Dan Mellott, an ex Amazon engineering manager and fresh founder of an Indie Game Studio. Dan gives his thoughts on scale with his co-founder, our very own David Doane. We also talk about narrative characters in games...

Hackers vs Thinkers: What's the right kind of Game Developer? 28.12.2021 54:47

At this IGA Lunch Hour we talk about what it's like as a game developer who is a Hacker versus somebody who thinks a little more deeply. AKA the kind of person who just slaps something together versus the kind of person who does the research and puts things together carefully. Not to ruin the episode, but the answer is: However the heck you be is the right way to be. Come to the next IGA Lunch Hou...

Are Games a Reflection of Our Personality? With Dennis Gilham 08.12.2021 56:30

Games are truly the Voltron of art forms. They combine so many different elements into a mega art form that acts like a mirror into our very hearts. Did you avoid making evil choices in Knights of the OId Republic, or did you revel in them? Reflect on video games as a reflection with Dennis Gilham, a project manager from the Aerospace industry and this episode's guest of honor. Come to the next IG...

Multiplayer or Singleplayer games with Adrian Marple 01.12.2021 58:12

Have you ever wondered if you should build a multiplayer game or a single player game? Well so have we! In today's IGA Lunch Hour we invited Adrian Marple to show off his IRL interactive game Super Orbitron. We also covered multiplayer versus singleplayer games and breaking into the games industry. We have these talks every Wednesday at 12pm EST on our Discord channel. Stop on by to ask your own q...

Video Game Replayability, Git and More 29.11.2021 55:38

Come chat about Git, video game prototyping, replayability and more in the very first unedited recording of the IGA Lunch Hour. Why is Metroid so replayable? What is GitHub the most commonly used Git Client? And what are we eating today? Join us at our next IGA Lunch Hour Wednesdays at 12pm EST: https://discord.gg/gFGAG54WK7