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Dev Dream Pod with Blake Gocey

Blake Gocey
Youtube
Steam
Indie Game Development
Godot
Early Access
Next Fest
Flawed Tactics
Game Dev
Game Development
Healed To Death
Dice With Death
Vault Of the Vanquished
Indie Games
All Hail the Orb
A Game About Feeding a Black Hole
Alchemortus
Skies Of Aevium
Thronefall
Puppy Park
World Of Warcraft

The Dev Dream Pod is a podcast about the real journey of making video games. Each episode features interviews with indie game developers, creators, and builders chasing the dream of game development. We talk about starting from nothing, launching games, surviving the industry, and what it really takes to become a game developer. If you love indie games, game dev stories, and the grind of building ... more

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Jordan Grant Hall
Indie game developer, All Hail the Orb creator
Independent developer (All Hail the Orb)
Episode: Broke, Discouraged, and Terrified - He Hit Publish
Cai Wangwilt
Founder/CEO of Ironclad (former) and indie game developer behind Overtrick
Overtrick (publisher/indie project)
Episode: The Truth About A.I. in Game Development
Thomas Stewart
indie game developer with YouTube presence and experience porting to multiple consoles
Independent game developer
Episode: Thomas Stewart
Chris Zukowski
Indie game developer and marketing educator
Episode: You're Missing The Best Time Ever To Make A Video Game
Edmund McMillen
Indie game developer, creator of Binding of Isaac and Mewgenics
Episode: How Edmund McMillan Broke The Tactics Genre
Jonas Tyroller
Prominent game developer, creator of Thronefall and Islanders
Grizzly Games / Islanders team
Episode: If Jonas Tyroller Had To Start Over...
Jackson Nexip
Ex-chemist, Harvard competitor, extreme sports athlete, creator of Slightly Esoteric Games on YouTube
Slightly Esoteric Games
Episode: ABANDON Your 9-5 To Do Game Dev
Jeremy (JerBob)
Indie game developer and former YouTube storytime animator turned game dev vlogger
Self-employed / indie creator
Episode: He ABANDONED YouTube and GameDev and then EXPLODED
Tim Ruswick
Content creator and game developer
Episode: The UNBELIEVABLE Journey of Tim Ruswick

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Blake Gocey
Host of the show; leads conversations with indie developers, focuses on the real journey of game creation and marketing.

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Apple Podcasts
#21
Sweden/Leisure/Video Games
Apple Podcasts
#139
Sweden/Leisure
Apple Podcasts
#194
Poland/Leisure/Video Games

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The Truth About A.I. in Game Development
Q: What was the elevator pitch for Overtrick?
Overtrick is a trick-taking roguelike that blends elements from Bridge and Euchre with high-tyle modifiers and strategic depth, designed to deliver a fast-paced yet brainy card-game experience on a video game platform.
The Truth About A.I. in Game Development
Q: Why did you decide not to use AI in Overtrick, at least for now?
To avoid the vitriol in the gamer community, to protect the learning process, and to keep artistic control while ensuring the game could be learned and iterated with hands-on skill.
The Truth About A.I. in Game Development
Q: Where do you think AI is going for game development in the next five years?
AI will become a tool that multiplies designers' and developers' abilities, enabling better experiences when used to augment craft rather than replace it; studios embracing AI thoughtfully will likely produce more compelling games.
Broke, Discouraged, and Terrified - He Hit Publish
Q: What is the elevator pitch of All Hail the Orb?
It's an incremental game focused on cultists, ducks, and an orb, designed to be chill and accessible rather than deeply strategic, with a playful aesthetic that emphasizes fun and light engagement over heavy optimization.
This Game Determines His Future
Q: What is your game dev dream this season?
To finish Alchemortis, release it with strong quality, and sustain the ability to keep making games into the future, using the experience and momentum built so far.

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A candid look at the real-world journey of making and marketing indie games, with a strong emphasis on practical lessons from small teams and solo developers. Episodes frequently center on building in public: prototyping fast, leveraging short-form content, guiding discoverability on Steam, and balancing creative ambition with market realities. Guests range from solo developers to small studio teams who share hands-on tactics for demos, playtests, influencer outreach, and community-building. The show often highlights nontraditional career paths, porting to multiple platforms, and the evolving indie ecosystem, including festival strategies and publisher relationships. It's particularly valuable for those seeking actionable steps to ship, mar... more

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4. Chris Zukowski
5. Edmund McMillen
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