Experimental Game Dev Podcast Show

Indie Game Dev Forums Now Open…

Hey folks,

The mission of this site is to inspire game developers to do interesting and innovative games. To help make that happen, forums are now available. Feel free to use it as a resource to post game dev ideas and to get feedback on your games.

The forum will be focused on discussing new platforms, design mechanics, and experimental games…with the goal of accelerating the development of new, compelling, and innovative games in the community.

Enjoy…
http://www.indiegamepod.com/forums/

Using Threatmetrix to Prevent Game Abuse

Alisdair, from Threat Metrix, talks about their service to help prevent abuse in your games

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

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Indie Game Dev Quote of the Year…

Hey folks,

Every year, we have an “Indie Game Dev Quote Of The Year”… that is a profound quote/phrase that applies to indie game developers…

I had the opportunity to interview one of the senior producers of EVE Online, Torfi Olafsson…and at the end, he has an inspiring comment…that wins the honor of “Indie Game Dev Quote of the Year”…

You can listen to it here…

The full interview will be posted in a few weeks 🙂

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.

Using the Free PlayFirst SDK to Make Casual Games

Tim from Play First discusses Using their Free Playground SDK to Develop Casual Games

You can download the podcast here…
http://www.indiegamepod.com/podcasts/cc-play-first-interview.mp3

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Peanut Labs Discusses Using Surveys To Monetize Your Games

Ali, from Peanut Labs, talks about monetizing games

You can download the podcast here…
http://www.indiegamepod.com/podcasts/cc-peanut-labs-interview.mp3

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Matthew Talks About Developing the Casual Game “Little Things”

Matthew, from Klick Tock, talks about developing the Little Things game…

You can download it here…
http://www.indiegamepod.com/podcasts/cc-klick-tock-games-interview.mp3

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Using Iovation to Prevent Game Abuse

Darren from Iovation discusses game fraud and abuse

You can download the podcast here…
http://www.indiegamepod.com/podcasts/cc-iovation-interview-final.mp3

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Working with I-Play to Develop Mobile Games

Scott I-Play Mobile, discusses publishing games from indie game developers

You can download the podcast here…
http://www.indiegamepod.com/podcasts/cc-i-play-interview.mp3

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Hal Talks About Writing For Games

Hal talks about designing and writing games

You can download the podcast here…
http://www.indiegamepod.com/podcasts/cc-hal-writer-interview.mp3

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