Full Time Game Dev
Discover how you can make independent games from the comfort of your own home. Listen to stories from Thomas Brush and his guests, all indies making a full time living making their own indie games. Please subscribe, leave a review, and check out our free game kit, courses, and more (links in the episode descriptions)!
Episodes
I chat with the Jake Birkett about how he survived as an indie for decades.
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► Check out Forbidden Solitaire: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/Forbidden_Solitaire/
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I talk with Stirling Rank about his game Ready or Not, and how he sold 9 million copies...
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I chat with Julian Ball about his 8 year project, and he reveals his final launch numbers...
► Play Len's Island
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► Wishlist Twisted Tower
I chat with the one of the oldest indie game devs, Jeff Vogel, about how to survive as a solo indie for decades.
I chat with the top game dev marketing guru, Chris Zukowski, about how to make your first game blow► Check out Sentry► Follow Chris Zukowksi
I chat with Pontypants for the second time on the podcast about making viral games, burnout, coming up with ideas, and finishing games!
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I chat with Jonas Tyroller about solo dev, project overload, optimization, and even open up Thronefall inside of Unity.
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In this episode of the Full Time Game Dev podcast, I chat with Daniel Mullins, the genius behind Pony Island and Inscryption.
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I talk with Jabrils about game dev in a future shadowed by AI technology.► Join the Bezi waitlist► Play Ultra Bouters
I chat with Adam Younis about his 8 year game project...
► Wishlist Insignia: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1127370/Insignia/
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The creator of Ori and The Blind Forest and I discuss how he sold over 15,000,000 copies of his game...
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► Play / Wishlist No Rest For The Wicked: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1371980/No_Rest_for_the_Wicked/
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I talk with indie legend of Dave Gilbert about how he sold millions of copies of his games!
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► Wishlist Old Skies:
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I chat with the developer of Pizza Possum and SUMMERHOUSE on how he sold one million copies of his games. ► Get a free trial of Blueberry AI: https://hubs.ly/Q036lKxz0 ► Play SUMMERHOUSE: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2533960/SUMMERHOUSE/
I chat with Greg Labanov, the creator of Wandersong, Chicoree, and Beastieball.
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I chat with Oliver Joyce, the creator of the Sword and Sandals franchise.
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► Wishlist Lair of the Leviathan: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2752020/Lair_Of_The_Leviathan/
► Wishlist Twisted Tower: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1575990/Twisted_Tower/
I chatted with Ken Levine about his next game and the game dev industry.
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► Wishlist Judas: https://store.steampowered.com/app/388860/Judas/
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► Narrative Lego video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58FWUkA8y2Q
I chatted with Xalavier Nelson Jr. (Strange Scaffold) about how he's sold hundreds of thousands of copies of his massive portfolio of indie titles. ► Strange Scaffold Games: https://www.strangescaffold.com/ ► Learn how to make money from your indie games (free webinar): https://www.fulltimegamedev.com/opt-in-how-to-make-six-figures
I chatted with @LostRelicGames about how he's been making his game completely alone for years...
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