Culture Remembering Our Friend Abel Wang ToddMitchell, July 30, 2021July 11, 2024 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. Continue Reading
Culture Buildbox Leadership Answers Your Questions ToddMitchell, July 21, 2021July 11, 2024 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. Continue Reading
Culture Games For Change President, Susanna Pollack ToddMitchell, July 12, 2021July 11, 2024 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. Continue Reading
Culture Retro Space Ball Developer Rik Oclon ToddMitchell, July 9, 2021July 11, 2024 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… Continue Reading
Culture Triple-A Veteran Luis Alonso ToddMitchell, July 1, 2021July 11, 2024 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. Continue Reading
Author The Virtual Book Tour Continues ToddMitchell, June 24, 2021July 11, 2024 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. Continue Reading
Culture Adam Fligsten of Silen Audio ToddMitchell, June 10, 2021July 11, 2024 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. Continue Reading
Culture Jesse Attard of Tactic Studios ToddMitchell, June 2, 2021July 11, 2024 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… Continue Reading
Culture Christopher Arnold of Crowned Daemon Studios ToddMitchell, May 27, 2021July 11, 2024 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. Continue Reading
Game Development Our 5 Unanswered Questions for Buildbox ToddMitchell, May 23, 2021July 11, 2024 Game dev folks across social media expressed surprise this week as Buildbox announced an upcoming overhaul of its pricing tiers, including a new tier that will leave creators with just 30% of their game revenue. CodeWritePlay covered both the announcement and comments from Buildbox CEO, Jonathan Zweig, that seemed to… Continue Reading