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Episode 36: My 8-year indie dream, with Peter Toft Knudsen, solo developer of Godstone.

Peter talks about his 8-year dream and journey of creating the game Godstone. In addition to talking about the game itself, we also talk about the challenges of being a solo developer, about finding motivation, and about the work ethic it requires. Godstone is a rogue-like side-scrolling 2D pixel art dungeon crawler and platformer. It will soon release on Steam in early access.

Episode 35: Making a successful F2P mobile game, with Daniel Johnsen, CCO at RapidFire Games.

Daniel Johnson talks about how to make a F2P mobile game and be succesful in a crowded market with a small team. Daniel is the Chief Creative Officer at RapidFire Games, where they’ve developed the F2P mobile game Backpack Brawl. In the episode we learn about Daniel's long career working with mobile games, what he learned along the way, and he gives advice and examples of what you should do to increase your chances of succeeding with a new F2P mobile game.

Episode 34: Publisher Contracts, with Robert Jønsson, Interactive entertainment lawyer at DAHL.

A co-production episode, where I talk about publisher contracts with lawyer Robert Jønsson from DAHL law. We look into some key components of publishing contracts and talk about how publishing contracts have changed over time to adapt to the evolving industry landscape.Robert Jønsson also runs his own podcast called “Game Law & Business”, and we agreed to record this episode and publish it on both our channels.

Episode 33: What does a game producer do?, with Anders Vang Pedersen, Head of the Game Producer program

I talk to Anders Vang Pedersen about his research into the work of game producers. Anders has leveraged his network in the Danish Games Industry to conduct extensive interviews with 21 active game producers. Based on the collected data, Anders provides insights into what game producers actually do.

Episode 32: A journey into games with Constantin Lervig, Creative Director at Lunch Money Games

I talk to Constantin Lervig about his journey into working with games. We discuss how the initial creative drive for art and cartoons, led Constantin to pursue the more interactive medium of games. We also talk about the challenges of maintaining the motivation for yourself and the team, and about how the ambition to create a large game might take longer than you think.