This is part two of my interview with Lauryn Ash, a San Francisco-based game designer, writer, explorer of cities, texture enthusiast, and player who jumps on things that probably weren’t meant to be jumped on. With 13 years development experience, she’s worked on indie titles like Dungeon Defenders 2 and Star Child and AAA titles…

In this episode, I spoke with Lauryn Ash, a San Francisco-based game designer, writer, explorer of cities, texture enthusiast, and player who jumps on things that probably weren’t meant to be jumped on. With 13 years development experience, she’s worked on indie titles like Dungeon Defenders 2 and Star Child and AAA titles such as…

In this episode, I spoke with Lindsay Barnett, founder/CEO of Playground Productions, and James Deighan, founder/CEO of Mega Cat Studios. This is part 2 of a two-part series; In part 1, we spoke about reviving the Backyard Sports franchise. In this episode, we’ll go on some tangents, covering conventions (and recruiting), how E-readers affect education,…

In this episode, I spoke with Lindsay Barnett, founder/CEO of Playground Productions, and James Deighan, founder/CEO of Mega Cat Studios, about the return of the Backyard Sports franchise of games. We discussed running a “Blue Collar” studio with 90% employee retention, reviving a dead IP, and how to design accessible games for all ages. This…

In this episode, I spoke with nine game developers at GDC Festival of Gaming (previously known as the Game Developers Conference). I asked each of them the same four questions: What are you scared about right now in the game industry? What are you angry about right now in the game industry? What are you…

This week, Aaron chats with Des Gayle in the second of a two-part interview. Des is a Senior Partner Relations Manager at Unity (day job), Studio head at Altered Gene (his company), and does “production stuff” for a couple of indies. He describes himself as having “Produced one game that won a BAFTA (Life Is…

This week, Aaron chats with Des Gayle in the first of a two-part interview. Des is a Senior Partner Relations Manager at Unity (day job), Studio head at Altered Gene (his company), and does “production stuff” for a couple of indies. He describes himself as having “Produced one game that won a BAFTA (Life Is…

This week, Aaron chats with Monica Fan in the second of a two-part interview. Monica is a game designer currently working at Pipeworks on an unannounced AAA game, but they consider themselves an eccentric creative at heart, having worked in entertainment media including newspaper, radio, theater, and film.   In this second half of our two-part…

This week, Aaron chats with Monica Fan in the first of a two-part interview. Monica is a game designer currently working at Pipeworks on an unannounced AAA game, but they consider themselves an eccentric creative at heart, having worked in entertainment media including newspaper, radio, theater, and film.   In this first half of our two-part…

In this short bonus episode, instead of interviewing a guest for 30 minutes, I talk politics, unions, GDC, and Doom: The Dark Ages… for about six minutes. Why no guest? You’ll just have to listen to find out! Links: You can find the podcast at: http://www.makegamesdrinkcoffee.com  Questions? Comments? makegamesdrinkcoffee@gmail.com