Episodes

  • Episode 252: Celeste Art Director Pedro Medeiros & How To Become A Professional Pixel Artist

    Episode 252: Celeste Art Director Pedro Medeiros & How To Become A Professional Pixel Artist
    Apr 17 2024
    This chat features Pedro Medeiros, a Pixel Artist, and indie video game Art Director known for such titles as Celeste, Towerfall, as well as the unreleased Earthblade, and Neverway. In their chat, Medeiros shares how he got into pixel art through video game development in Brazil (when there wasn’t any game industry there yet), as well as his process of developing a game’s art style from scratch. Tune in to Ibele and Medeiros to hear: *What to do to become a professional pixel artist *How much coding knowledge you actually need to become a video game art director *At what stage a video game starts to look for an art director Social Links: *Check out Medeiros’ website: https://saint11.org/ *Follow Medeiros on Twitter: https://twitter.com/saint11
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    55 mins
  • Episode 251: Video Game Art Director Ole Tillmann & Creating The Stop Mo Style For Harold Halibut

    Episode 251: Video Game Art Director Ole Tillmann & Creating The Stop Mo Style For Harold Halibut
    Apr 17 2024
    This chat features Ole Tillmann, a German indie video game Art Director at Slow Bros Studio. He worked on the game Harold Halibut, which has become known for its super unique style. Everything in the game - the characters, backgrounds, assets, etc. - were all meticulously hand-crafted in a stop motion style, then 3D scanned and composited and animated in CG. In their chat, Tillmann shares how he came up with and executed the style, as well as the video game’s ten-year development history. Tune in to Ibele and Tillmann to hear: *What Tillmann did that led to Harold Halibut to getting funded *How Tillmann kept motivation on a ten-year project (with no end in sight) *How big of a team is needed to develop an indie video game Social Links: *Check out Harold Halibut on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/924750/Harold_Halibut/ *Check out Tillman’s website: https://mousemou.se/ *Follow Tillmann on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mousemou.se/
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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • Episode 250: Rand Fishkin & How He's Funding Snackbar Indie Game Studio

    Episode 250: Rand Fishkin & How He's Funding Snackbar Indie Game Studio
    Apr 10 2024
    This chat features Rand Fishkin, Creative Director and CEO of Snackbar Studio, a new video game studio working on its first title. Fishkin, who is better known for founding the SEO software company Moz, and the consumer intelligence company SparkToro, shares why he made the jump from the world of business into video games. Fishkin also covers the extensive research he did to figure out exactly what type of game to make, and how he put together a winning team. Tune in to Ibele and Fishkin to hear: *How Fishkin is funding Snackbar studio (and for how much) *How Fishkin’s research led him to set the game in 1960’s Italy *What three criteria Fishkin thinks will lead to any video game’s success Social Links: *Check out Snackbar Studio’s website: https://snackbarstudio.com/ *Follow Rand on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@randderuiter *Follow Geraldine DeRuiter on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@theeverywhereist
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    50 mins
  • Episode 249: Ben Osroosh & Custom-Making Motion Control Rigs And Winders For Stop Motion

    Episode 249: Ben Osroosh & Custom-Making Motion Control Rigs And Winders For Stop Motion
    Apr 3 2024
    Support this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theAIP This podcast features Ben Osroosh, a stop motion artist originally from Iran, now living and working in LA. Osroosh has become known in recent years for his mastery and construction of stop motion rigging devices and now, after nearly 2 years of development, he has launched his own Motion Control Kit. His simple device brings many game-changing outcomes as it can be connected to any rig or winder and synced with Dragonframe software to automate different types of stop motion movements. Tune in to Ibele and Osroosh to hear: *Why Osroosh moved from Iran to the US *The unexpected way Osroosh stumbled into stop motion *The complete capabilities of his Motion Control Kit Social Links: *Follow Osroosh on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ben_osroosh/ *Subscribe to Osroosh on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mocotoolbox *Check out Osroosh’s website: https://www.benosroosh.com
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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Episode 248: Catino World & Animating Cat Memes As A Career

    Episode 248: Catino World & Animating Cat Memes As A Career
    Mar 27 2024
    Support this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theAIP This podcast features Alec, the creator of the bouncy, orange, meme cats featured in Catino World on social media. In the chat, Alec shares how he came up with the concept after being fired from his job during the 2021 pandemic lockdown. Since then, Catino World has grown to nearly 100 million views across all social platforms, enabling Alec to fully support himself as a full-time artist. Tune in to Ibele and Alec to hear: *The number one thing Alec sells that gives him a stable income. *What Alec does to make sure his posts always go viral *Which social media has been the most profitable for him Social Links: *Check out the Catino World website: https://catinoworld.com/ *Follow Catino World on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/catinoworld *Subscribe to Catino World on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@catinoworld
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Episode 247: How Emmy Robinson Gained 100K Followers By Making Stop Motion Animations In Her Bedroom

    Episode 247: How Emmy Robinson Gained 100K Followers By Making Stop Motion Animations In Her Bedroom
    Mar 20 2024
    This chat features budding stop motion animator Emmy Robinson, who gained over 100,000 Instagram followers for her bedroom-made stop motion animations in only eight short months. She shares how she played to Instagram’s algorithm to get attention for her work, and then how she capitalized on the niche she discovered. Tune in to Ibele and Robinson to hear: *How much money Robinson has made from her Instagram following *What made Robinson quit school to pursue social media full time *How her minimal-effort animation style led to big success Social Links: *Follow Robinson on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emenro.emmy/ *Check out Robinson’s website: https://emenro.com/
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Episode 246: How Indie Game Developers Will And James Made Thank Goodness You're Here!

    Episode 246: How Indie Game Developers Will And James Made Thank Goodness You're Here!
    Mar 12 2024
    Support this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theAIP This chat features indie game developers James Carbutt and Will Todd. The English duo are best known for their free-to-play 2019 title The Good Time Garden, but they’ve been hard at work at another game called Thank Goodness You’re Here - set to release this year. In their chat, Carbutt and Todd discuss quitting their jobs to pursue full-time development, pitching their project, getting funding, and what it takes to run a small studio with no experience. Tune into Ibele, Carbutt, and Todd to hear: *The turning point that led Carbutt and Todd to quit their jobs to pursue indie game dev *What to include in an indie game pitch to get picked up *Two unexpected challenges when developing your own game Social Links: *Wishlist on Thank Goodness You’re Here on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2366980/Thank_Goodness_Youre_Here/ *Follow Coal Supper on Twitter: https://twitter.com/coalsupper *Follow Carbutt on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james.carbutt/
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    58 mins
  • Episode 245: Exit 73 Studios Indie Game Dev Journey With #Blud

    Episode 245: Exit 73 Studios Indie Game Dev Journey With #Blud
    Mar 6 2024
    Support this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theAIP This chat features the co-founders of Exit 73 Studios - Chris Burns, and Bob Fox. Over the years they’ve done many projects for TV, commercials, websites, video games, and more, but currently their in-production game called #Blud, set to release this year. In their chat, Burns and Fox share how they began their indie game dev journey (without any prior gaming experience), found a producer, and their strategic decision to share all their work in process on social media. Tune in to Ibele, Burns, and Fox to hear: *How big a team is needed to produce something of #Blud’s caliber *How difficult it is to enter the gaming industry without any prior experience *Why #Blud looks like a TV show rather than a typical game (and what advantage that has) Social Links: *Follow Exit 73 Studios on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exit73studios/ *Check out Exit 73 Studios on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/exit73studios *Wishlist #Blud on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1921480/BLUD/
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    58 mins