Original Air Date: Oct. 7, 2021 - Richard Butler, New York-based Editor-in-Chief of RAGE Works calls in to discuss the early days of podcasting, his journey through the geek culture world, and how none other than GaryVee nearly convinced him to give up on his dreams.Support our sponsorsThis episode was sponsored in part by Mudstack! Mudstack is the only asset management and collaboration platform custom built for game studios and digital artists! Get started for free in just a few minutes at htt...
Jul 17, 2025•1 hr 6 min
Original Air Date: Sep. 30, 2021 - Co-host Matt Hill enters the chat! Community manager Casey Lucas-Quaid and famed composer Rich Vreeland (AKA "Disasterpeace") of Dino Polo Club hang out to discuss their hit indie games, Mini Metro and Mini Motorways. We discuss the Apple Arcade program, keeping the indie spirit alive, navigating Steam Workshop, and more.Support our sponsorsThis episode was sponsored in part by Mudstack! Mudstack is the only asset management and collaboration platform custom bu...
Jul 17, 2025•1 hr 12 min
Original Air Date: Sep. 23, 2021 - Former Nintendo employees Fay and Martyn Maillardet call in to discuss life after the pro industry and the creation of their first proper indie release, Shindig.Show links • https://store.steampowered.com/app/1475960/Shindig/ • https://www.imaginaryfriendsgames.com/ • https://twitter.com/fay_maillardet • https://twitter.com/MartynEm
Jul 17, 2025•1 hr 2 min
Original Air Date: Sep. 16, 2021 - Former McAfee CTO Rosen Sharma--now CEO of BlueStacks, now.gg, and Game.tv--discusses his transition into gaming and where software distribution in the industry may be headed, including his thoughts on a future beyond mobile app stores. It may come sooner than you think.Show links • https://now.gg • https://game.tv • https://bluestacks.com
Jul 17, 2025•47 min
Original Air Date: Sep. 9, 2021 - Steven Morgan--accomplished Netherlands-based comedian, actor, musician, and writer--joins to discuss comedy in the pandemic times, embracing your introversion, navigating unexpected viral attention, and more.Show links • Steven Morgan on the web - https://stevenmorgan.wales • Steven on Twitter - https://twitter.com/flavaadit • Steven on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ma0sm/ • Steven on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/stevenmorganhero/ • Steven on You...
Jul 17, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Original Air Date: Sep. 2, 2021 - Brian Riggsbee calls in with loads of insight about the arcade classic Rygar and the scoop on the upcoming second edition of his sold-out book, The Legend of Argus: The complete history of Rygar.Show links • http://RygarBook.com • https://twitter.com/BrianRiggsbee
Jul 17, 2025•54 min
Original Air Date: Aug. 26, 2021 - Over half of the VR market is controlled by a social media platform with no clear process for human support. What happens when something goes wrong? In this episode, Todd goes over a hack on his Facebook profile that resulted in a bricked Quest headset and nowhere to turn. Here's how it ended up.Show noteshttps://codewriteplay.com/2021/08/20/a-facebook-hacker-beat-my-2fa-bricked-my-oculus-quest-and-hit-the-company-credit-card/
Jul 17, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Original Air Date: Aug. 11, 2021 - Indie accelerator GTR's director of business development calls in to discuss his time as a pro eSports competitor, his transition into the business of making and publishing games, and what indies need to know about marketing themselves, attracting funding and business partners, and more.Show links • http://twitter.com/bzlapped • https://www.globaltopround.com/ • https://www.gameround.co/
Jul 17, 2025•1 hr 3 min
Original Air Date: Jul. 30, 2021 - To celebrate the life of community rockstar Abel Wang, we revisit our 2018 discussion with him at GDC joined by Microsoft cloud advocate Jessica Deen.Show links • Support https://girlswhocode.com/ in memoriam
Jul 17, 2025•32 min
Original Air Date: Jul. 21, 2021 - Buildbox CEO, Jonathan Zweig, and Design SVP, Doug Manson, call in to address questions about the company, its game development products and services, and concerns raised in the development community about recent revenue changes for developers.Show links • CodeWritePlay coverage - https://codewriteplay.com/2021/05/18/buildbox-to-claim-up-to-70-of-user-revenue-soon/ • CodeWritePlay coverage - https://codewriteplay.com/2021/05/23/our-5-unanswered-questions-for-bu...
Jul 17, 2025•46 min
Original Air Date: Jul. 12, 2021 - Susanna Pollack calls in as Games For Change kicks off its 18th annual festival exploring the impact of games on education, healthcare, research, civics, and social issues.Festival highlights • Nsé Ufot (New Georgia Project) - https://2021gamesforchangevirtualfestiva.sched.com/event/jyWn/the-grassroots-game-new-media-for-voter-engagement • Josh Shen (State Dept) - https://2021gamesforchangevirtualfestiva.sched.com/event/jySO/can-governments-help-grow-the-gaming...
Jul 17, 2025•27 min
Original Air Date: Jul. 9, 2021 - 3D Generalist Rik Oclon calls in to discuss his project Retro Space Ball, how he navigated a huge debacle with a major games publisher (and received no payment), and he gives us some great data about his player base as well as some insight into his marketing and community management research.Support our sponsorsThis show was sponsored by Appfigures! Appfigures is all about giving game makers the tools they need to reduce risk and get more downloads. To find out ...
Jul 17, 2025•1 hr 2 min
Original Air Date: Jul. 1, 2021 - Luis Alonso of Recombobulator Games calls in to walk us through his experiences contributing to series like Need For Speed and Mass Effect--or if you prefer, Hannah Montana and VeggieTales--before going indie with his wife (accomplished writer Michelle Franklin) to realize a creative vision that's stayed with him since childhood.Show links • https://store.steampowered.com/app/1534720/Space_Boat__Episode_1/ on Steam • https://recombobulator.ca/ • https://twitter....
Jul 17, 2025•59 min
Original Air Date: Jun. 24, 2021 - Todd promotes--and in one case, absolutely does not promote--his new book, Inside Video Game Creation, in three more chats with industry podcast hosts at Moonlight Game Devs, What Else Do You Do?, and GamerHeads.Show links • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09151NFSQ/ on Amazon • The https://moonlightgamedevs.com/ podcast • The https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-else-do-you-do/id1550625254 podcast • The https://www.gamerheadspodcast.com/ podcast...
Jul 17, 2025•51 min
Original Air Date: Jun. 17, 2021 - Sebastian Deken calls in to discuss his book, Final Fantasy VI from Boss Fight Books, and how his musical background led to his unique approach in covering the game. We go over the Final Fantasy series' history in the US and how the games have progressed over time. There is almost no gotcha journalism.If you're already a fan of the Boss Fight Books series, you know that each author tends to bring a unique approach to their installment. Some books revolve around...
Jul 17, 2025•56 min
Original Air Date: Jun. 10, 2021 - Adam Fligsten of Silen Audio calls in to discuss his process, his projects, and his path into music and audio composition for TV, film, and games. His credits include Marvel vs. Capcom, Saturday Night Live, NBC Olympics, and much, much more.I think that people put these tools on a pedestal and they shouldn't. It should be accessible to everybody...- Adam FligstenAdam Fligsten has been composing music for decades. After working in the music industry in both New ...
Jul 17, 2025•57 min
Original Air Date: Jun. 2, 2021 - Tactic Studios developer and CEO, Jesse Attard (BioShock, BioShock 2, Street Fighter II: Champion Edition (2006)), calls in for a podcast chat about the studio's new Portal-style puzzle adventure game, Claire de Lune. We discuss his transition from major AAA teams to heading up an indie studio, parenting at publish time, best pandemic home office purchases, and more.A "Fantastic" Transition to Indie DevelopmentIt's difficult to imagine a triple-A veteran more op...
Jul 17, 2025•55 min
Original Air Date: May 27, 2021 - Christopher Arnold of Crowned Daemon Studios calls in to talk about the studio's mental health-focused game, Syntherapy, the inspiration behind its development, and its reception in the community.Crowned Daemon Studios wants to guide you through an exploration of therapy and mental health issues unique from just about any other. Its visual novel adventure game, Syntherapy, places you (a therapist) in charge of the diagnosis and treatment of an artificial intelli...
Jul 17, 2025•56 min
Original Air Date: Apr. 26, 2021 - Jonathan Ovadia of AEXLAB calls in to discuss the progress and the story behind the studio's upcoming virtual reality multiplayer competitive shooter, VAIL. He shares insight into a relatively new funding model for games, his team's vision for a connected, persistent VR experience, and more.AEXLAB aims to bring competitive multiplayer tactical gunplay to VRJonathan Ovadia has been playing video games all of his life. What started as a love of Pokémon and other ...
Jul 17, 2025•56 min
Original Air Date: Apr. 24, 2021 - The Inside Video Game Creation virtual book tour continues with a segment for the always-entertaining Podcast vs Player podcast crew. We discuss the book, unusual interview experiences, balance and sacrifice in the industry, and more.Show Notes and Links • https://zerotoplay.com/ • https://twitter.com/PODCASTvPLAYER • https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09151NFSQ
Jul 17, 2025•15 min
Original Air Date: Apr. 21, 2021 - Todd appears on Carl Leducq's podcast, Zero to Play, to discuss his new book, Inside Video Game Creation, indie game development, trends in the game industry, and more.Show Notes and Links • https://zerotoplay.com/ • https://twitter.com/CarlsContent • https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09151NFSQFull Audio Showhttps://open.spotify.com/show/13V48s0adPvEQRHHKPUU13Full Video Showhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O89IVmOd7R0
Jul 17, 2025•15 min
Original Air Date: Apr. 7, 2021 - At long last, Todd's Q&A interview book is out!https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09151NFSQ at Amazon. Ratings and reviews are greatly appreciated!
Jul 17, 2025•8 min
Original Air Date: Mar. 20, 2021 - Accomplished writer Michelle Franklin of Recombobulator Games calls in to discuss cats, floods, and Space Boat, a shiny upcoming narrative adventure game being developed by a team of triple-A industry survivors with credits on Mass Effect 3, DeadSpace 2, Hannah Montana, and more.Michelle Franklin, Recombobulator Games, and Space Boat • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw3lYYQVoBo • https://twitter.com/RecombobulatorG on Twitter • https://recombobulator.ca/ • htt...
Jul 17, 2025•1 hr 8 min
Original Air Date: Mar. 16, 2021 - Welcome to GDC Showcase week! This is your first podcast check-in from the event. Hear about the sessions so far, including great chats with the legendary Warren Spector and Sucker Punch Productions co-founder Brian Fleming, then get tips for the event and what to keep an eye on for the rest of the week!If you enjoy GameDev Breakdown • Sign up for our https://codewriteplay.com/newsletter/! • https://codewriteplay.com/the-gamedev-breakdown-podcast/ to the podcas...
Jul 17, 2025•19 min
Original Air Date: Mar. 10, 2021 - It's difficult pitching yourself and what you have to offer, but it's important that you're able to do it when you need to. In this episode, hear about some of the most common mistakes that even the pros make when pitching, and what you can do to stand apart.Support our sponsorsThis show was brought to you in part by Silen Media! Silen Media knows game audio, and they’re ready to connect with you about your work-in-progress! You can book a free game audio strat...
Jul 17, 2025•51 min
Original Air Date: Feb. 24, 2021 - Twitch streamer and friend of the show Matt Hill returns to talk workplace antics and exit strategies.Support our sponsorsThis show was sponsored by Silen Media! Silen Media knows game audio, and they’re ready to connect with you about your work-in-progress! You can book a free game audio strategy session at http://silenmedia.com/booking.Show NotesMatt Hill streams a variety of great games on https://www.twitch.tv/ohcmrday. I drop in to chat and to play every t...
Jul 17, 2025•53 min
Original Air Date: Feb. 18, 2021 - Friend of the show Viktor from Blue Pin Studio calls in to discuss how different the Steam launch experience has become, how the pandemic allowed him to chase his dream with a friend, a glimpse into the world of watch repair, and Fable speed runs.Show NotesYou can check out Eggnog Incorporated by Blue Pin Studio in the https://store.steampowered.com/app/1461360/Eggnog_Incorporated/.Blue Pin Studio posts news and updates under https://twitter.com/bluepinstudio1 ...
Jul 17, 2025•35 min
Original Air Date: Feb. 13, 2021 - Joshua Johnson, CTO of TREE Industries and development lead on Ultimate Disc Golf, calls in to discuss the game's progress, Epic's impressive new cloud-based human model generator, Quest 2 development, working with your partner--it's almost Valentine's Day, after all--and more.Support our sponsorsThis show was brought to you in part by Silen Media! Silen Media knows game audio, and they’re ready to connect with you about your work-in-progress! You can book a fr...
Jul 17, 2025•38 min
Original Air Date: Feb. 10, 2021 - The team behind Terraria cancels its Stadia release over Google's lazy account bans, CD Projekt Red's servers are compromised in a targeted cyber attack, and CodeWritePlay goes viral!Show NotesTo learn more about Google losing Terraria for Stadia, you can read more https://codewriteplay.com/2021/02/08/reminder-terraria-devs-google-story-is-not-unusual-at-all/. You can also read up on the https://codewriteplay.com/2021/02/09/cd-projekt-red-has-been-hacked-but-wh...
Jul 17, 2025•34 min
Original Air Date: Feb. 6, 2021 - A new patent granted to Warner Bros. has many asking why patents are issued in the game industry at all. We’ll look at the Nemesis system controversy, the potential value of patents in games, and how to sidestep patent trouble in your own endeavors.Support our sponsorsSilen Media knows game audio, and they’re ready to connect with you about your work-in-progress! You can book a free game audio strategy session at http://SilenMedia.com/booking.Show NotesTo learn ...
Jul 17, 2025•33 min
