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The Indie Diarist

Anthony L. Wolf
Indie Game Development
Katanaut
Hermit and Pig
Hollow Knight
Silksong
Luminas Parasite Rain
Failbetter Games
Mandrake
Warsim
Ritualist
Titanium Court
Paper Trail
Indie Diarist
Call Of the Golden Valley
Pieced Together
Game Development
Lovecraft
Social Anxiety
Turn-Based RPG
Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity

Video games are made by people – and those people deserve credit. 🎒💛 The Indie Diarist is a podcast on the human stories behind indie game development! Each week, host Anthony L. Wolf welcomes some of the most passionate unsung heroes from the industry to cover game development, creativity, diversity, storytelling and more, in a positive and laid back show. Support the show on Patreon: p... more

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AP Thompson
Independent game developer based in Brooklyn, NY; creator of Titanium Court and Consume Me
Independent
Episode: AP Thomson: How To Keep Going When Scope Gets Too Big - Indie Diary #93
Fred Hoffman
Art director and co-founder of Newfangled Games, Paper Trail
Newfangled Games
Episode: Fred Hoffman: Behind the Art of Paper Trail - Indie Diary #92
Kate Killick
Co-founder and Lead Designer at Glowfrog Games
Glowfrog Games
Episode: Kate Killick: The Making of Pieced Together, From F2P to Indie - Indie Diary #90
Huw Millward
Developer of Warsim and creator of Slumbox
World Viper
Episode: Huw Millward: From ASCII Games to The Biggest Indie Game Ever - Indie Diary #89
Madeleine Clute
Founder and creative director of O'Saurus Studios
O'Saurus Studios
Episode: Madeleine Clute: From Google to Game Dev, A Love Letter to Australia - Indie Diary #88
Chris Gardiner
Narrative Director at Failbetter Games
Failbetter Games
Episode: Chris Gardiner: How Failbetter Games Masters Meaningful Player Choices - Indie Diary #87
Timbo Johnson
Indie game developer based in South Wales, UK
Independent / Timbo Johnson
Episode: Timbo Johnson: The Fun of Making Small Games - Indie Diary #86
George Apostolou
Game developer from Greece working on Luminas Parasite Rain
Sleed / Soto Game Studio
Episode: Giorgos Apostolou: Should You Make Your Dream Game First? - Indie Diary #84
Sebastian Riedi
Lead developer and designer of Sanatorium
Zeitglas
Episode: Zeitglas: Crafting a Mental Asylum Simulator - Indie Diary #83

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Anthony L. Wolf
Host of The Indie Diarist

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#231
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#23
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#67
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#246
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Huw Millward: From ASCII Games to The Biggest Indie Game Ever - Indie Diary #89
Q: Why are you a game developer? What drives you forward?
Huw shares that game development is a passion linked to love for music and art, a desire to create, and the blessing of being able to live off making games, highlighting personal fulfillment and financial independence as core motivation.
Huw Millward: From ASCII Games to The Biggest Indie Game Ever - Indie Diary #89
Q: What is one thing about developing ASCII games that people don't usually talk about?
He highlights how content can be added quickly in a text-based environment, enabling rapid expansions and dozens of features in a short timeframe, thanks to minimal asset overhead and straightforward town-building workflows.
Huw Millward: From ASCII Games to The Biggest Indie Game Ever - Indie Diary #89
Q: What made you think to do an ASCII game, a rich text-based sim?
Huw explains that the ASCII approach evolved from a self-taught start, choosing to rewrite everything from scratch in C++ and discovering that the community would fund and support such an unusual project, which reinforced the viability of the idea.
Huw Millward: From ASCII Games to The Biggest Indie Game Ever - Indie Diary #89
Q: If you could play only one game for the rest of your life, which one would it be?
He jokes about Minecraft or Terraria as open-ended options, reflecting on replayability and the joy of sandbox freedom that keeps a player engaged over the long term.
Huw Millward: From ASCII Games to The Biggest Indie Game Ever - Indie Diary #89
Q: What's the first game you ever fell in love with?
Huw recalls childhood Flash games and a mix of Game Boy Advance titles, emphasizing that early experiences shaped his creative impulse and love for games, even if they didn't predict a career at the time.

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A podcast focusing on the human side of indie game development, featuring in-depth conversations with founders, designers, artists, and developers about the creative process, project management, and the realities of bringing indie games to life. Episodes commonly cover scope and pacing, prototyping, marketing realities, collaboration, art and narrative design, and the personal journeys behind studio projects. A standout pattern is the blend of practical development advice with personal stories, org culture, and reflections on sustainability in small teams, making it valuable for aspiring creators, studio leads, and marketers seeking authentic indie voices.

Noteworthy aspects include a consistent emphasis on hands-on workflows (from scope m... more

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4. Huw Millward
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