In this episode, game developers Chris Bourassa and Tyler Sigman talk about expanding Red Hook Studios after finding success, the challenge of following up the original Darkest Dungeon, and why they chose to reinvent the series with the more run-based, road trip structure of Darkest Dungeon II.

#5 | Making a Sequel That Divided Fans — Chris Bourassa and Tyler Sigman on Darkest Dungeon II

In this episode, game developer Alec Faulkner talks about creating the original concept for Mina the Hollower, his work on gameplay and level design, and what it was like helping shape Yacht Club Games’ first major new original universe after Shovel Knight.

#4 | How Mina the Hollower Grew From a Solo Prototype Into Yacht Club’s Next Big Game

In this episode game developer Valentin Wirth talks about his first commercial indie game Become and why he left AAA game productions to pursue an indie dev career.

#3 | Why This Developer Left AAA to Make a Game About Sperm

In this episode game developer Zach Northrop talks about his first commercial indie game Worming From Home and how it went from a joke to 25K wishlists on Steam.

#2 | How This Developer Got 25K Wishlists on His First Indie Game

In this episode game developer Thomas van den Berg talks about creating the Kingdom franchise, selling the IP and starting over.

#1 | Creating the Kingdom franchise, selling the IP and starting over

Welcome to Game Dev 1-On-1, the podcast where I, ThatGuyGlen, sit down with game developers to talk about how they got into the industry, the projects they’ve worked on, the struggles they faced, and everything they learned along the way.

Glen Callaert

Shows