The Development of an Online Wizard-Themed MMO Game + Win a Free MMO Account

James, from Wizard101, discusses their online wizard MMO.

You can download the podcast here…
http://www.indiegamepod.com/podcasts/agdc-wizard101-interview-podcast.mp3

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Using the Versant Database To Scale Your MMO

David, from Versant, talks about scaling your MMO

You can download the podcast here…
http://www.indiegamepod.com/podcasts/agdc-versant-interview.mp3

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Designing and Running an Online Board Game

Jimmi discusses his game, Quadradius

You can download the podcast here…
http://www.indiegamepod.com/podcasts/agdc-quadradius-interview.mp3

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Developing an Indie Casual Puzzle Game

Michael, from Ludoko, talks about Paranormal Puzzle Society

You can download the podcast here…
http://www.indiegamepod.com/podcasts/agdc-paranormal-puzzle-society-interview-podcast.mp3

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Developing EVE Online + Win Some Free EVE Game Goodies

EVE Online was nice enough to give us some freebies to give out to some listeners…the first few folks with constructive comments/feedback on the recent interviews (like what other questions to ask, things to improve, etc.) get the prizes 🙂 … add the feedback to the comments section below.

Now…the interview…

Torfi of EVE Online talks about their space fighting game.

You can download the podcast here…
http://www.indiegamepod.com/podcasts/agdc-eve-online-podcast.mp3

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Free Open Source Flash Space-Shooter Mini Game…

Hey folks,

As part of the commitment to help indie game developers, the show releases freebies as often as possible 🙂 Today, you can now download free code for a simple space shooter game in Flash.

Feel free to use this code as a mini-game in your own RPG game, MMO game, or even simple space shooter game 🙂

If you have suggestions for future code you’d like to see, post it in the comments 🙂

Thx 🙂

http://www.indiegamepod.com/space-shooter-code.zip

Indie Version of Unity Now Free…

Hey folks,

The indie version of Unity is now FREE…you can check it out here…
http://unity3d.com/unity/download/

Hey Indies…Are You This Motivated…

Hey,

I got an e-mail from the HeyZap team about their latest new viral game.

You may recall that they made a huge viral hit before called Swinefighter…you can check out the interview here…
http://www.indiegamepod.com/?p=1220

Last week, there was this whole issue with a 6 year old that was potentially on a hot air balloon alone. It all turned out to be a miscommunication, but a lot of press covered the event.

Later that day, the HeyZap folks made a simple viral game about the event…check it out here…
www.balloonboygame.com

They finished the game in a night.

I think it’s a reminder to all indies that we’re in an era where successful games can be created in a day. I see indies spending days and months deciding on a game idea. We are in a day and age where prototyping can happen in a few hours.

While most folks take weeks to decide on a game, HeyZap made a hit in less than a day.

For the indies out there, I think this is a good post to remind us how fast you can go…what you can do…and what’s possible…when you’re motivated.

New Independent Games Summit at Austin GDC in September

Hey folks,

The Austin GDC is happening September 15th – September 18th, 2009. The conference mainly covers online games and other emerging platforms. This year, they have announced the new Independent Games Summit and iPhone Games summit

Register by August 13th and get 25% off…

You can sign up here…
http://www.gdcaustin.net

If you’re there and want to show off an indie game in an interview, let me know.

Here’s more formal information:
The 2009 Game Developers Conference Austin (GDC Austin) will be hosting
the Independent Games Summit and the
all-new iPhone Games Summit. The Independent Games Summit will also be
making a GDC Austin debut this year. The Independent Games Summit will
feature lectures and postmortems from the developers of some of the most
innovative and creative indie games. The iPhone Games Summit will bring
together top game developers from around the world to share ideas and
best practices for development on the bourgeoning iPhone and iPod touch
mobile platform. The event will also host summits focused on writing
for games and game audio. GDC Austin takes place at the AustinConvention
Center in Austin, Texas September 15-18, 2009.

For more information on the summits, lectures, or the esteemed panel of
experts on the advisory boards, please check out the full press release
below, as well as the official GDC Austin website at GDCAustin.com.

Disclosure:
I will be doing press coverage at Austin GDC

Podcast Interview: The Benefits of Unity for Online and IPhone Game Development

Tom talks about the benefits of Unity for Online and IPhone Game development

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http://www.indiegamepod.com/podcasts/unity-podcast.mp3

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