Podcast Interview: Mike from BlitWise Productions Talks About Game Development

Mike, from Blitwise Productions talks about game development. He talks about some of the games he developed including Pocket Tanks.

You can download the podcast here...
http://www.indiegamepod.com/podcasts/blitwise-podcast.mp3

or listen to it here...


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Casual Golf MMO: PangYa

Hey folks,

Here's another casual MMO idea...a casual MMO golf game.

The one mentioned here is 3D...but consider doing something 2D in Flash.

Single-player indie golf games have sold well. Maybe a community around a casual golf MMO could work well too.

You can read more about PangYa here...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PangYa

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Browser Based Games...

Check out this list of browser based games mentioned on Wikipedia. It's not complete, but it's a good start.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_browser_games


There are some interesting casual games mentioned there including...
a game where you have to build your music career (Popomundo) ...
and a web-based Risk game.

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Casual Dance MMO: Audition...

Audition is an MMO out there focused on dancing. Players have to perform dance moves to earn points. To perform dance moves, they use their keyboard to press the arrow keys at the right time. They can compete with other folks...you can also create dance routines with other folks too.

The game is free and their business model is the "virtual items" model.

You can see videos of the game here...

Here is the wikipedia entry for the game...

Here is Raph Koster's good description of the Audition Game...

They started out in Asia and recently (about a month ago)..released in the USA.

There are other Dance MMOs popping up in Korea and other places. Acclaim recently released its entry into the market here...
http://dance.acclaim.com/index.htm

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Indie MMO Series...

Hey folks,

Inspired by the Game Developer's Conference sessions and the interview by the Acclaim CEO...and a lost interview with Joe Lieberman (he had some great marketing suggestions, but the interview didn't record properly). He mentioned that there is an untapped niche...the "casual MMO"...

This series will focus on developing an Indie MMO.

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Action

Moonpod Games Interview...

Nick, from Moonpod, talks about indie game development UK style. He talks about developing Mr. Robot and Starscape among other cool things :)

You can download the podcast here...
http://www.indiegamepod.com/podcasts/moonpod-podcast.mp3

or listen to it here...


Be sure to add your game dev info to our Indie Game Dev wiki...

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Indie Game Dev Wiki Released...

Hey Folks,

We've released a wiki for indie game developers. It's a place to list your games, your game studios, and your post-mortems (among other things).

Check it out here...
http://indiegamepod.com/indiegamewiki/index.php

Feel free to update it with your info.

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