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Ask HN: What are your favorite podcasts about indie game design/development?

20 points by supremekurt ↗ HN
With Ludum Dare coming up this weekend, I decided to get into game development again after a 3 year break. So I'm looking for good podcasts to listen to to get back into the field. Cheers!

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tapeloop
I loved 'Humans Who Make Games' - there haven't been any new ones in quite some time but the old ones have interviews with Edmund McMillen, Derek Yu, Alex Preston and Kim Swift amongst others
supremekurt
Nice, thanks! I'm gonna give that one a listen. It's unfortunate that it wasn't continued after season 2 because it sounds like exactly what I'm looking for.
hlship
I'm also a fan, and also lamenting that it hasn't continued. The conversations are really long, and often funny, and interesting.
opyate
The below are not necessarily indie/solo focused, but interesting nonetheless.

- Sausage Factory by Cane & Rinse: https://caneandrinse.com/category/sausage-factory/

- Industry & analysis: https://twitter.com/unboxingpod

- Simon Carless from GameDiscoverCo experimented with a podcast (Tales From GameDiscoveryLand), and I really want him to continue: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tales-from-gamediscove...

- Designer Notes: https://www.designer-notes.com/category/podcast/ (I'm currently working my way through the series)

There are a whole bunch of others which I listen to on and off (see screenshot below), but the above stand out for me.

https://imgur.com/a/UaLxOVM

wanderingmoose
I'd second Designer Notes and suggest the Louis Castle episode. It is a tale of small/indie company growing and getting bought by EA. It is really interesting in terms of indie culture joining a corporate environment.

Years after the sale of Louis Castle's Westwood Studios to EA and after Westwood merged with DreamWorks Interactive to become EA Los Angeles -- and long after Mr Castle was involved w/ production -- that RTS team was one of the teams heavily involved with the "EA Spouse" situation. I'm not pointing fingers. Louis Castle wasn't involved. But having lived through the EA Spouse days at EALA, it felt like that this podcast episode was the start of the story of that RTS team, and EA Spouse was one of the major events towards the end.

Also, this may not seem like an inspiration story...but I think it is. Castle is a really good speaker and his passion, tech ability, and business sense really comes across. And it also highlights how brutal the games industry was even back in the 90's.

opyate
Thanks, I'll listen to that one next :)
ganashaw
I really enjoy the Eggplant podcast. Early episodes are Spelunky/roguelike focused, but they've branched out a ton since then. https://eggplant.show/