The Convergence Podcast en Pickaxe A new podcast which brings together two creators from the world of indie games for a candid conversation about how they work, and the work that inspires them. Hosted by Dan Maher, and brought to you by the Convergence team. https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/72c3ba30-7397-11f0-b499-932951d6df8f/image/c3d8784beed266ba71605cd53ca009f0.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress The Convergence Podcast no episodic Pickaxe A new podcast which brings together two creators from the world of indie games for a candid conversation about how they work, and the work that inspires them. Hosted by Dan Maher, and brought to you by the Convergence team. A new podcast which brings together two creators from the world of indie games for a candid conversation about how they work, and the work that inspires them. Hosted by Dan Maher, and brought to you by the Convergence team.

]]> Pickaxe Pickaxe@yogscast.com Building community, with Victoria Tran and Andrew Smith With Steam saturated and media of all stripes increasingly hard to reach, your own community can give you an enduring basis for success. Dan Maher is joined by Victoria Tran of Innersloth, Outersloth and the Community Dev Newsletter and Andrew Smith, head of Spilt Milk Studios and lead dev of the award-winning hit Trash Goblin, to discuss how to build, maintain and grow a community - while not being lead astray by it. Links! Victoria's book: Mastering Community Management The Community Dev newsletter Trash Goblin on Steam Spilt Milk Studios on Discord Innersloth on Discord Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Thu, 04 Sep 2025 18:01:00 -0000 full Pickaxe With Steam saturated and media of all stripes increasingly hard to reach, your own community can give you an enduring basis for success. Dan Maher is joined by Victoria Tran of Innersloth, Outersloth and the Community Dev Newsletter and Andrew Smith, head of Spilt Milk Studios and lead dev of the award-winning hit Trash Goblin, to discuss how to build, maintain and grow a community - while not being lead astray by it. Links! Victoria's book: Mastering Community Management The Community Dev newsletter Trash Goblin on Steam Spilt Milk Studios on Discord Innersloth on Discord Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices With Steam saturated and media of all stripes increasingly hard to reach, your own community can give you an enduring basis for success. Dan Maher is joined by Victoria Tran of Innersloth, Outersloth and the Community Dev Newsletter and Andrew Smith, head of Spilt Milk Studios and lead dev of the award-winning hit Trash Goblin, to discuss how to build, maintain and grow a community - while not being lead astray by it.


Links!

Victoria's book: Mastering Community Management

The Community Dev newsletter

Trash Goblin on Steam

Spilt Milk Studios on Discord

Innersloth on Discord

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]]> 3310 Solo game dev, with Alice Jarratt and Alastair Janse van Rensburg Our latest episode is about going it alone: how to ship a game when you're a staff of one, handling everything from code to art to playtesting. Our host Dan Maher is joined by Alastair Janse van Rensburg of It's happening, creator of the smash hit PlateUp, and Alice Jarratt of SlugGlove, creator of future smash hit Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times, for a wide-ranging discussion covering ideas, motivation and relying on your community. Links! Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times PlateUp SlugGlove on X/Twitter and BlueSky Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Thu, 21 Aug 2025 20:07:00 -0000 full Pickaxe How to go it alone as a one-person dev team Our latest episode is about going it alone: how to ship a game when you're a staff of one, handling everything from code to art to playtesting. Our host Dan Maher is joined by Alastair Janse van Rensburg of It's happening, creator of the smash hit PlateUp, and Alice Jarratt of SlugGlove, creator of future smash hit Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times, for a wide-ranging discussion covering ideas, motivation and relying on your community. Links! Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times PlateUp SlugGlove on X/Twitter and BlueSky Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Our latest episode is about going it alone: how to ship a game when you're a staff of one, handling everything from code to art to playtesting. Our host Dan Maher is joined by Alastair Janse van Rensburg of It's happening, creator of the smash hit PlateUp, and Alice Jarratt of SlugGlove, creator of future smash hit Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times, for a wide-ranging discussion covering ideas, motivation and relying on your community.


Links!

Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times

PlateUp

SlugGlove on X/Twitter and BlueSky

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]]> 4008 Gaming Narrative, with Alex Hutchinson and Chris Gardiner http://sites.libsyn.com/589120/gaming-narrative-with-alex-hutchinson-and-chris-gardiner Our debut episode is all about gaming narrative: telling compelling stories that hook the player and support the game rather than distract from it. Our guests are narrative heavyweights Alex Hutchinson, Creative Director and Co-Founder at Raccoon Logic (Return to the Savage Planet), and Chris Gardiner, Narrative Director at Failbetter Games (Fallen London, Sunless Skies, Mandrake). Join them and host Dan Maher for a wide-ranging chat about environmental storytelling, the problems with lore, their journey through the industry and their current game recommendations. LINKS! Convergence Showcase Mandrake Revenge of the Savage Planet Failbetter Games on Bluesky and TikTok Savage Planet TikTok The Addams Family - Amiga Longplay   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Wed, 06 Aug 2025 15:36:00 -0000 Gaming Narrative, with Alex Hutchinson and Chris Gardiner full 1 1 Pickaxe Our debut episode is all about gaming narrative: telling compelling stories that hook the player and support the game rather than distract from it. Our guests are narrative heavyweights Alex Hutchinson, Creative Director and Co-Founder at Raccoon... Our debut episode is all about gaming narrative: telling compelling stories that hook the player and support the game rather than distract from it. Our guests are narrative heavyweights Alex Hutchinson, Creative Director and Co-Founder at Raccoon Logic (Return to the Savage Planet), and Chris Gardiner, Narrative Director at Failbetter Games (Fallen London, Sunless Skies, Mandrake). Join them and host Dan Maher for a wide-ranging chat about environmental storytelling, the problems with lore, their journey through the industry and their current game recommendations. LINKS! Convergence Showcase Mandrake Revenge of the Savage Planet Failbetter Games on Bluesky and TikTok Savage Planet TikTok The Addams Family - Amiga Longplay   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Our debut episode is all about gaming narrative: telling compelling stories that hook the player and support the game rather than distract from it. Our guests are narrative heavyweights Alex Hutchinson, Creative Director and Co-Founder at Raccoon Logic (Return to the Savage Planet), and Chris Gardiner, Narrative Director at Failbetter Games (Fallen London, Sunless Skies, Mandrake).

Join them and host Dan Maher for a wide-ranging chat about environmental storytelling, the problems with lore, their journey through the industry and their current game recommendations.


LINKS!

Convergence Showcase

Mandrake

Revenge of the Savage Planet

Failbetter Games on Bluesky and TikTok

Savage Planet TikTok

The Addams Family - Amiga Longplay

 

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