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So fun even Joe is enjoying his own voice. 🤣🤣🤣

Becoming a Director: Storytelling lessons from Games and Film Chris sits down with longtime friend, animator and filmmaker Joe Ksander, to trace his path from dorms of UCLA to EA’s Medal of Honor and from Hollywood VFX into making films. They talk about crunch…

Joe Ksander & I have been debating storytelling for 30+ years. From UCLA dorms to his days at Netflix & ILM, we talk perseverance and evoking audience / player emotion. So stoked we finally captured one of our chats!
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#gamedev #Storytelling #IndieGameDev #animation

The end of an era. We’re in uncharted waters now. Will have a podcast episode soon about this.

Emmy-nominated comedy writer, Author, and Comedian Mike Drucker (Nintendo, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, The Tonight Show) joins Brain Arcade to talk about punching up the comedy for everything… Comedy writing from Nintendo to the Tonight Show with Mike Drucker

What shaped your sense of funny?

We had an absolute blast talking to Mike Drucker Comedian, Emmy Nominated Comedy writer, and Author of Good Game, No Rematch. How do you write comedy without being corny? What's funny about Mortal Combat?

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#GameDev #ComedyWriting

Games made in New Zealand Steam Event has begun!!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3782840/...

We’re super stoked to have Neon Knives, Snug, and Mingle alongside so many other awesome games made in Aotearoa 🫶!

You can find our 3 games here ☺️
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#indiegame #indiedev

i love looking at art and having horrible moments of eldritch-esque fear considering the amount of decision paths an artist /didn't/ take. someone arrived at a choice when they had infinite options, continually narrowed by constraints and then finally, their own taste or discretion.

Gumshoe Detective Agency: The First Case on Steam A missing person case straight out of 1995. Search the early internet, dig through emails and dusty floppy discs, and uncover the secrets behind the disappearance of Victoria Mason.

My indie game comes out soon and I really want to hit 5,000 wishlists! Wishlist if you like point-and-click games!

Play the Demo & Wishlist: tinyurl.com/wishlistgda

#IndieGameDev #IndieGames #SummerGameFest #IndieDev #SteamNextFest #NextFest #GameInformer #PCGames #VideoGame #PointandClick

External development teams are often the key to shipping games, but how do we invest in these partnerships and empower them to do their best work?

🎙️Janyl Lambee Tanoy joins Brain Arcade to talk building trust, clarity, and synergy with external dev teams.

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Check out Joe on @coffeewithcross.bsky.social !

Thanks for coming on Joe! @terribleposture.bsky.social

What does it take to ship an indie game in 2025?

Joe Mirabello walks us through creating Battle Train and surviving 4 years of dev, funding, growing a company, and finding the right publisher to successfully make a 9/10 on Steam!

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#BrainArcade #GameDev #IndieDev #battletrain

Congrats!!!!

Our cozy semi-idle game Plantasia just officialy released on Steam! The Full Release includes several new features: decorate your bedroom, buy and shuffle seeds, have an overview of your seed database, and more!

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#cozygame #game #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev

Gumshoe Detective Agency: The First Case on Steam A missing person case straight out of 1995. Search the early internet, dig through emails and dusty floppy discs, and uncover the secrets behind the disappearance of Victoria Mason.

My indie game comes out soon and I really want to hit 5,000 wishlists! If you like mystery games, check it out!

Play the Demo & Wishlist: tinyurl.com/wishlistgda

#IndieGameDev #IndieGames #SummerGameFest #IndieDev #SteamNextFest #NextFest #GameInformer #PCGames #VideoGame

Dude! Thanks for coming on! We’re due for tacos!

Creativity vs. Business with Game Changers Producer Steve Hoffmann Podcast Episode · Brain Arcade · 08/28/2025 · 50m

My friend and video game developer @coffeewithcross.bsky.social has a great podcast called "BRAIN ARCADE," and on MY episode, we discuss Creativity vs. Business. Chris was an important interview subject for my 8 episode HBO series about video games called "Game Changers."

Give it a listen, please!!

The layoffs keep coming! We need to talk about what happens when spreadsheets and creativity meet. Steve Hoffmann joins me on Brain Arcade to talk game history and the business of creative industries.

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#Gamedev #Indiegamdev #Brainarcade #Gamepodcast

Rad! I'll start yours today while I'm working!

I’m following and subscribing to all your pod locations.

Yay! Thank you! Hope you like it.

Rad!

@plexicraft.bsky.social was this your question from a YT comment?

Answering your questions! Hidden Consequences vs. Explicit Feedback Today we answer your questions and we had a great question come from Plexicraft! Narrative expert, Martin Montgomery, returns to Brain Arcade to dig into how player choices shape narrative. From…

How do you design player choices? Show consequences like Telltale—or hide them like Chrono Trigger? 🎮 In this Brain Arcade ep, I chat with Martin Montgomery on agency, dissonance & what makes outcomes feel meaningful.

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#gamedev #indiedev #BrainArcade

Could have also just meant “pink taco neck”

That taco is a typo that happened to work out and be gross/funny.

🤣🤣🤣🌮

Hahahhah. Thanks?

I hire designers who make sound effects 🎶
Sounds ridiculous but sound design and game design truly go hand in hand. Jon Ontiveros talks how audio can shape a player’s heartbeat, heighten tension, and build terror.

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#GameDev #IndieDev #BrainArcade #Sounddesign

Can’t find the MMO you want to play? David Siddock couldn’t either, so he’s building one.
We talked nostalgia, what we're missing today, and what MMOs could be next.

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#indiegamedev #MMORPG #gamedev #BrainArcade

@sanityglitched.bsky.social we definitely need a new indie platform.