A Game Dev Podcast With Jonas Tyroller
Episodes
0$ Marketing, Steam Demos & Custom Game Engine
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a conversation with the Australian game developer Tommy, co-creator of the tower defense game Gnomes. Thy made it in a custom Rust Engine with...
Industry Veteran About Coding for Games
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a conversation with Ricard Pillosu, an industry veteran with over 20 years in both AAA and indie teams, currently working as Co-Founder at Epi...
You (Probably) Can’t Trust Game Dev Formulas
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a conversation with my game dev friend and former collegue Friedemann Allmenröder. We created ISLANDERS together, he then went on to make man...
How to Make Brilliant Games With 0 Combat
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a conversation with Danny Weinbaum from @EastshadeStudios, the creators of one of my favorite roleplaying games, Eastshade, currently working ...
This Young Solo Dev Built a Steam Hit in 4 Months
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a conversation with @zoroarts8930, a young solo dev who managed to land an indie hit with his co-op game Paddle Paddle Paddle. We talk about t...
Grow Your Game Dev Success Gradually
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a conversation with Stephen Huang from @isto_inc. They made games such as "Get to Work" and "Atrio: The Dark Wild", each game more successful ...
Their Second Game Did Worse, Now What?
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a conversation with Julian Colbus from DigiTales Interactive, the creators of Lacuna and Between Horizons. We talk about regrets from their la...
Making a Cozy Game Hit in 5 Months
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a conversation with Kathrin Radtke from Spellgarden Games, the tiny development team behind Sticky Business and Ritual of Raven. We talk about...
Tiny Team, Huge Sales (Dorfromantik & Star Birds)
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a conversation with Timo Falcke and Zwi Zausch, two of the devs at Toukana Interactive, the developers of Dorfromantik and Star Birds. This is...
Min-Maxing Your Steam Launch
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Cory Darby, a indie games strategist / profissional min-maxer and the co-creator of Click & Conquer, a ga...
Build an Online Game In a Simple Database
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Tyler F. Cloutier, co-founder and head of Clockwork Labs, who are building their MMO, Bitcraft Online, entir...
Marketing Indie Games as a Developer vs. Publisher
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Phiomena Schwab, co-founder/CEO of Stray Fawn Studio, the creators of The Wandering Village, Dungeon Clawler,...
The 3 Layers Every Online Multiplayer Game Runs On
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Erick Passos from Photon Engine (Exit Games Inc.), a company that provides networking solutions and server ar...
Making a Competitive Strategy Game Survive
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Youge Wen, aka. "Bearlike", the lead developer of my favorite strategy game Mechabellum, published by Dreamha...
How A Text-Only Game Became A Steam Hit
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Huw Millward the creator of Warsim: The Realm of Aslona, an entirely text based asci kingdom simulation game...
TikTok and Shorts Are Insane for Indie Devs
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Johan Grönvall who managed to succeed with his debut game Bopl Battle in some part due to his TikTok and You...
Test Your Game’s Potential in Just 3 Days
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest René Habermann who is behind games such as Domekeeper and PVKK (Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant), run...
Make An Online Game That Lasts 30 Years
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a Game Dev Podcast, today with my guest Benjamin Zuckerer from Cip Soft, the creators of Tibia, an MMO that has been under continuous operatio...
Make Your Indie Game Go Viral
20 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Gavin Eisenbeisz (Two Star) and your host Jonas Tyroller. In this episode I want to learn how to make wildly ...