Make That Game! A Game Design Podcast

New Game+ Time! Put on the nostalgia goggles for the old show format: that's right, you get 2 honks n' bonks! Coffee Talk and Garden Story! Enjoy!

Welcome to Make That Game, the podcast for indie game developers, design enthusiasts, and creative minds in gaming! This episode's theme is "Bouncy Ball"! Claire pitches a cozy horror game about finding a lost bouncy ball in a swamp, and Isaac pitches a racing game. We ask the question: are all cozy games farming sims? The answer may shock you! Each episode of Make That Game includes:- Original ga...

Welcome to Make That Game, the podcast for indie game developers, design enthusiasts, and creative minds in gaming! This episode's theme is "Horse"! Claire pitches a Horse MMO with heavy moderation and Isaac half-remembers a game he's only seen clips of and makes a new game about horses out of the ethereal material of his dreams! Isaac continues talking about his city-building ga...

Welcome to Make That Game, the podcast for indie game developers, design enthusiasts, and creative minds in gaming! It's been one year since this podcasting couple got married, so of course, this episode's theme is "Year"! Isaac pitches a Learn'em'up Kids game about history, and Claire pitches a game that you only have 1 year of real time to beat! After the rapid fire rou...

Welcome to Make That Game, the podcast for indie game developers, design enthusiasts, and creative minds in gaming! This episode's theme is "Tile"! Claire pitches a game idea about drawing tiles and Isaac decides the one thing Go is missing is imbalance! After the rapid fire round Claire talks about Tomodachi Life and compares it to Animal Crossing and The Sims! Each episode of Make...

Welcome to Make That Game, the podcast for indie game developers, design enthusiasts, and creative minds in gaming! This episode's theme is "Jam"! Isaac pitches sliding tile puzzle game and Claire pitches a stealthy game about sticky kids. After the rapid fire round we talk about "quality of life" and what it means when games get QoL improvements! Each episode of Make That...

Welcome to Make That Game, the podcast for indie game developers, design enthusiasts, and creative minds in gaming! This episode's theme is "Four"! Isaac pitches a game that doesn't really count for the theme and Claire pitches a musical rhythm-based learn'em up! After the rapid fire round we... tease next week's discussion! That's right, Isaac is coughing again so we...

NEXT LIVE STREAM IS 2/21/2026 AT 11:30 AM EST! Be there or don't! I'm not your boss. What's old is new again with our first "New Game+" episode! It's technically a re-run, sure, but! You probably haven't listened to it! We have stats that say so! This week, Claire's pitch puts you on the other side of Diner Dash and has you playing a character who... has to order...

Welcome to Make That Game, the podcast for indie game developers, design enthusiasts, and creative minds in gaming! This episode's theme is "Vitamin"! Claire pitches a vitamin themed side scroller and Isaac has us surviving harsh environments while maintaining a balanced diet! We mix things up a bit and do the Rapid Fire Round BEFORE the topic of the day: does Isaac like Warhammer 40...

Welcome to Make That Game, the podcast for indie game developers, design enthusiasts, and creative minds in gaming! This episode's theme is "Demon"! Claire gives Wii Fit a devilish redesign and Isaac wheels and deals. Then we talk about open world games and the end game! How open should your open world be!? Each episode of Make That Game includes: - Original game design pitches from...

Welcome BACK to Make That Game, the podcast for indie game developers, design enthusiasts, and creative minds in gaming! This episode's theme is "New"! Claire gets inspired by Minit and Isaac pitches a roguelike, but like, longer I guess? Then we talk about our 2026 goals! Each episode of Make That Game includes: - Original game design pitches from our hosts - Breakdowns of popular a...

Welcome to Make That Game, the podcast for indie game developers, design enthusiasts, and creative minds in gaming! This episode's theme is "Sweater"! Isaac gets sweaty with a game about workin' up a sweat, and Claire unravels a tale about yarn! This week for discussion we go a lot of places but mostly talk about the Great British Baking Show/Great British Bake Off. Listen to Isaac try to make it...

Welcome to Make That Game, the podcast for indie game developers, design enthusiasts, and creative minds in gaming! This episode's theme is "Drive"! Isaac's idea is for a chaotic game of golf, and Claire pitches a game of stealth, driving, and stealing hard drives! Each episode of Make That Game includes: ​Original game design pitches from our hosts ​Breakdowns of popular and indie games we've pla...

Welcome to Make That Game, the podcast for indie game developers, design enthusiasts, and creative minds in gaming! This episode's theme is "Sun"! Claire's pitches an idea for a planetary city builder, and Isaac pitches a hide and seek game powered by the sun! This week we bring back the "Claire 2 Guess" gaming slang guessing game. See how Claire does! Each episode of M...

Welcome to Make That Game, the podcast for indie game developers, design enthusiasts, and creative minds in gaming! This episode's theme is "Rock"! Claire's idea is about throwing rocks in the sky to draw pictures, and Isaac pitches a game about collecting rocks to improve the body of a rock monster and wreak havoc! This week we discuss the science of builds vs just going by vibe...

Welcome to Make That Game, the podcast for indie game developers, design enthusiasts, and creative minds in gaming! This episode's theme is "Renaissance Faire"! Isaac pitches a game about a portal overtaking a RenFaire and Claire's game idea has you dressing up princesses and... jousting!? This week we discuss a quote from Fumito Ueda (game designer of Shadow of the Colossus, Ico...

Welcome to Make That Game, the podcast for indie game developers, design enthusiasts, and creative minds in gaming! This episode's theme is "Crate"! Claire pitches a game about building a tower of milk crates, and Isaac asks gamers to get space forklift certified and hunt aliens! Claire honks and bonks Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Watch out for spoilers! Each episode of Make That Gam...

Welcome to Make That Game, the podcast for indie game developers, design enthusiasts, and creative minds in gaming! In this episode, themed around "Wire", Isaac pitches a thrilling tightrope-balancing platformer, while Claire imagines a quirky mobile game powered by potato energy. We also launch a brand-new segment: "Guess That Game Term!"—where Claire takes on a rapid quiz of...

Read the controversial Nintendo Patent here! https://archive.org/details/12403397/page/n40/mode/1up Welcome to Make That Game, the video game design podcast where wild ideas bloom! In this week’s episode, we explore the theme “Flower.” Isaac pitches an eco-samurai game where petals fight blight, and Claire reimagines the enchanted rose from Beauty and the Beast as a gameplay mechanic. In our discu...

This week's game idea pitch theme is: "Paint"! Claire imagines a game where you mix magical pigments while you paint for a patron and Isaac spends a lot of time describing drawing "under" rather than "over" with his Real Time Strategy game idea. Then Isaac RANTS about the new edition of The Horus Heresy, a tabletop wargame. Trust me, he brings it around to general...

This week's game idea pitch theme is: "Telephone"! Claire imagines a game where you investigate the mysteries of a haunted telephone museum and Isaac rips off War of the Worlds (2025). The movie! With Ice Cube! Then Claire talks about the most recent game she finished, Nancy Drew, Midnight in Salem! How does it stack up to the Curse of Blackmoor Manor? This is Make That Game, the pod...

This week's game idea pitch theme is: "Ball"! Claire gives us an idea for a rogue-lite long-term multi-masquerade mystery mission! Isaac pitches what might be the best idea he'll ever have: Footfootballball! What is that? You'll just have to listen to find out! Then Isaac and Claire discuss: EDUTAINMENT games! Did Oregon Trail have important lessons to teach? Can cartoon kids...

This week's game idea pitch theme is: "Well"! Isaac rips off Helldivers (Helldivers 2, specifically) with a fantasy themed "co-op horde shooter" (I think that's what he called it) and Claire comes up with a city builder! Then Claire dives deep into Blue Prince! This is Make That Game, the podcast where we talk about the latest and greatest new video games... that aren&#...

This week's game idea pitch theme is: "Friends"! Perhaps unsurprisingly, both of our hosts pitch JRPGs for the theme! Then Claire talks about Nancy Drew: The Mystery of Blackmoor Manor. That's right folks, a rare Honk & Bonk! This is Make That Game, the podcast where we talk about the latest and greatest new video games... that aren't ever going to get made. We pitch &#39...

This week's game idea pitch theme is: "Royal"! Claire pitches an idea for a gingerbread survival/market MMO game. Isaac's game is definitely not IP-theft and is about killing your way up the line of succession! Then we talk about SGDQ 2025! This is Make That Game, the podcast where we talk about the latest and greatest new video games... that aren't ever going to get made. We...