The Indie Diarist

In this last episode of the Women-Led Games mini-series, I spent some time with Stumbling Cat creative director Renee Gittins, a passionate advocate and connector for devs in the indie games community! Renee is developing her own game about overcoming challenges with her studio, and her background was incredibly interesting to discover. Enjoy! -------- Support Renee: Wishlist Potions: https://store.steampowered.com/app/378690/Potions_A_Curious_Tale/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/rikukat?lang=en Insta: https://www.instagram.com/rikukat/?hl=en LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reneegittins/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/GinRyuChan -------- Support the show 🎒💛 Join the community: https://discord.com/invite/J84aPfSSvj Become a Patron: ⁠https://patreon.com/theindiediarist⁠ Leave a donation: https://ko-fi.com/theindiediarist⁠ Follow on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/theindiediarist⁠ Follow on Threads: https://threads.net/@theindiediarist

Finding a publisher is as much about you finding them as them finding you – and in this episode, I discussed this and more with Mark Drew and Valentina Chrysostomou from Villainous Games, a wonderful indie studio making "unusual" horror games. From Amnesia to Resident Evil, the namedropping of great horror examples was real for this one. Enjoy! 🎒💛 ------ Support Mark & Valentina: - Wishlist Harvest Hunt: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2009620/Harvest_Hunt/ - Mark: https://twitter.com/markdrew - Val: https://twitter.com/valentinaChrys - Villainous Games: https://twitter.com/wearevillainous

In this last episode of my collaboration with the Indieverse community, I spent some time with Isa Hellström, a game developer based in Sweden who's currently working on a cosy/magical farming sim called Magical Harvest. Together we explored the meaning of chasing your dreams, moving from a decade-old career into games, soulmates, and why game development is so powerful. Enjoy! 🎒💛 ----- Wishlist Magical Harvest: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1906970/Magical_Harvest/ Find Isa online: - Game Twitter: https://twitter.com/MagicalHarvest - Personal Twitter: https://twitter.com/IsaVII_Games - Game Discord: https://discord.com/invite/8tXMkrMDyy

Trying to market your games for a Korean audience? Or are you simply curious about the Korean gaming market? In this episode, I spent some time with George Jeong from Korea-based game management platform Minimap, to discuss the Big Three Ns and a lot of other incredibly interesting topics on gaming in the region – including the rise of new and talented indie studios! 🎒💛 ------- Find George / Minimap online: - Minimap website: https://minimap.net/ - Minimap Discord: https://discord.com/invite/cbNQMya8sG

In this episode I spent some time with Dorian "Doot", one half of a couple of developers who created the beautiful cosy masterpiece Minami Lane, where you manage a single town's street. As expected, this chat was incredibly cosy through and through, and we covered anything from the beauty of developing for the cosy niche, to creating games with your partner. Enjoy! ---- Wishlist Minami Lane: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2678990/Minami_Lane/ Doot's Links: https://linktr.ee/dodoot

In this second episode of the mini-series in collaboration with Indieverse, I spent some time with writer, game dev, trailer editor (and more) Lilliana Kendra, an amazing and restless member of the indie game dev community with a passion for... having countless passions! As a tireless multipotential myself, I could really relate with her struggles. We discussed anything from the wonders of time management to being a queer developer in a still much old-fashioned industry. Enjoy! ------------ Find Lilliana online: - https://twitter.com/lillianakendra - https://www.twitch.tv/lillianakendra - https://www.youtube.com/@lillianakendratrailers (Trailers channel) - https://www.youtube.com/@lillikendra (Gaming channel) - https://lilliana-kendra.itch.io/

In this episode, I spent some time with Mycelium Heaven developer Lorena Cáceres Arias, a game development and math student with a burning passion for developing engaging puzzle games that people will love to play. Lorena started playing all the way back in the Flash era, and her passion hasn't gone out since then. This is also a slightly shorter episode than usual, which will be a breath of fresh air to some! Enjoy! ------ Find Lorena online: - https://twitter.com/3DGoblinDev - https://3dgoblindev.itch.io/ Wishlist Mycelium Heaven: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2656520/Mycelium_Heaven/

In this first episode of a mini-series in collaboration with Indieverse, I spent some time with Falinere, a game dev / content creator who's developing interactive RPGs in a very specific niche: live-streaming chat games. We discussed the beauty of finding your own path, among other things. Enjoy! ------------ Find Falinere online: - https://www.falinere.com/ - https://www.youtube.com/falinere - https://www.twitch.tv/falinere - https://twitter.com/Falinere - https://discord.com/invite/6y9UJJ3 - https://ko-fi.com/falinere

It's International Women's Day week, and for this bonus Footnote, I wanted to get together with a very special guest from the indie game development community: Charmaine Duff, founder of Women-Led Games! In this episode, Char and I discussed the core challenges to diversity and inclusion in the industry, explored the ways in which we can all do better, and fortunately, named a few female developers! Hope you enjoy! ----------- NOTE: The name of the episode is inspired by (and a tribute to) a splendid Kotaku article by Senior Editor Alyssa Mercante, written shortly after PC Gamer's 30th anniversary controversy. You can read the full article here: https://kotaku.com/pc-gamer-30th-anniversary-women-games-1851021562 ------------ Find Women-Led Games online: - Website: https://www.womenledgames.com/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/womenledgames - Discord: https://discord.com/invite/ffGubbcPVd - Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/womenledgames

In this episode, I spent some time with Tanja Lind Tankred, co-founder of Other Tales Interactive and currently working on a beautiful narrative-led game anthology called Miniatures! Tanja tuned in all the way from Denmark, and together we discussed anything from the value of creativity to the power of meaningful game experiences. Enjoy! ----------- Find Other Tales Interactive online: Twitter: https://twitter.com/OtherTales Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/othertales/ Discord: https://discord.com/invite/othertales