Indie Game International – Details, episodes & analysis

Benjamin Hauer is the developer of Hero's Hour (2022).

ThingOnItsOwn's contact info: https://thingonitsown.itch.io

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Ross Klettke is the founder of Whatnotory, developers of Bomb Sworders.

Ross was called out by my past guest Ben Burrington, developer of Righteous Mojo (episode 184).

Whatnotory's contact info: https://www.whatnotory.com

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Isaac and Virgilio Cortez are the co-founders of Hyper Three Studio, developer of The Shape of Things (2023). 

Isaac and Virgilio have been featured on IGI three times in the past (episodes 04, 05, and 34) for their previous game, Tiny lands (2021).

Hyper Three Studio's contact info: https://www.hyperthreestudio.com

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Rodrigue Duperron is the Marketing and Communications Director at Thunder Lotus Games. Méd Bélair is the Community Manager at Thunder Lotus Games. Thunder Lotus is the developer of Sundered (2017) and Spiritfarer (2020), in addition to Jotun (2015), which I have not played. I have played both Sundered and Spiritfarer and these are exceptional games. I highly recommend both!

In today's episode we will disucss QA testing, working in AAA, community management, marketing, art and animation, level design, and a whole lot more.

Thunder Lotus on the web: www.thunderlotusgames.com

Thunder Lotus on Twitter: @ThunderLotus

Get Sundered here

Get Spiritfarer here

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Nickolas Jaques is the composer, sound designer, and associate producer on Aspire: Ina's Tale (2021), developed by Wondernaut Studio and published by Untold Tales. Aspire: Ina's Tale is a non-combate, 2D, narrative-driven, puzzle platformer with sci-fi and fantasy elements in its setting, characters, and lore. I absolutely loved the game. I bought and completed it on both PC and Switch.

In today's episode we will dicsuss narrative, non-combat game design, finding an audience, sound design, save systems, the benefits of experimentation, and much more.

Aspire: Ina's Tale on Steam

Aspire: Ina's Tale on Switch

Aspire: Ina's Tale on Xbox

Wondernaut Studio on Twitter: @Wondernaut_

Wondernaut Studio on the web: www.wondernautstudio.com

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Troisnyx is a game score composer. She has worked on many games, including Ley Lines, Revita, Mythic Meetup, and others. We will mostly be discussing Ley Lines because that's the game that I have played with Troisnyx's work. She is also a graphic designer for album covers. Ley Lines is free on Steam!

In this episode we will discuss creating album art for fellow composers, the tech behind music composition, being an organist, mixing and mastering, looking for composing work, the importance of vetting your collaborators, emotional literacy, and much more.

Troisnyx on Twitter: @Troisnyx

Troisnyx on the web: https://www.troisnyx.co.uk

Ley Lines on Steam

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Sam Houghton is the Audio Director at Awe Interactive, developer of BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE. Sam also composed the score for 2016's The Turing Test, developed by Bulkhead. BPM is a rhythm-based FPS game and The Turing Test is a sci-fi first person puzzle game. Both games are excellent and available on all major platforms. 

In this episode we will discuss the game The Turing Test, the science fiction genre, composing impactful yet non-distracting music for puzzle games, the creative process, creating music for a music and rhythm game, and more.

Sam Houghton on Twitter: @Sam_Houghton

Awe Interactive on the web: https://www.aweinteractive.com

Get BPM: https://www.bulletsperminute.com

Awe Interactive on Twitter: @AweInteractive

Bulkhead on the web: https://www.bulkhead.com

Bulkhead on Twitter: @bulkhead

The Turing Test on Twitter: @TuringTestGame

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Adrian Reidman is the developer of City Limits, a casual strategy/puzzle game released in August of 2022. Adrian was previously featured on IGI for his game Cavity Busters. City Limits is one of my biggest surprises of 2022. The visuals, puzzle mechanics, and music are all exceptional. 

In this episode we will discuss game jams, tutorials, UI and UX, menu creation, solo development, and much more.

City Limits on Steam

City Limits on itch.io: @spacemyfriend

Space My Friend on Twitter: @spacemyfriend

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Bradley Lovell is the Founder of Subcreation Studio, developer of The Looker. The Looker is a hilarious parody of The Witness (2016). It is a comedic first person puzzle game. The game is free on Steam and has been reviewed by over 8,000 users. The game is very, very fun and has clever puzzle mechanics. I would recommend this game whether you have played The Witness of not.

In this episode we will discuss humor in video games, releasing a free game, the appeal of creating internally consistent worlds, level design, solo dev, scope control, voice acting, compulsion loops, and much more.

The Looker on Steam

Bradley's work on the web: bradleylovell.com

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Zi Li is the Founder of Ammil, developer of Relumine. Relumine is a 3D logic-based puzle game. It was released on mobile in 2021 and on PC in August, 2022. I played the Steam version and I really enjoyed this game. The puzzles, art, music, and story were all excellent. Zi also works in AAA game developement. 

In this episode we will discuss logic-based puzzle mechanics, working in AAA, game design school, art design, puzzle design, play testing and player feedback, balancing difficulty, prototyping with Legos, narrative in puzzle games, and much more.

Relumine on Steam

Relumine on iOS

Relumine on Google Play

Relumine on Twitter: @RelumineGame

Relumine on the web: playrelumine.com

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