EP 38 | Grammy-Nominated Cody Matthew Johnson on Life, Creativity, & Getting Into Video Game Music
Cody Matthew Johnson is back! He joins Marina Ryan to talk about his path into video game music, his recent Grammy nomination, his plans for 2026, and advice he has for new video game composers. They ...
27 Tammi 56min
EP 37 | From Resident Evil to Star Wars: How Cody Matthew Johnson approaches music making
Cody Matthew Johnson joins Marina Ryan to talk about his creative process in making video game music. Cody has worked on everything from Resident Evil to Bayonetta, to most recently Star Wars: Outlaws...
13 Joulu 20251h 7min
EP 36 | How indie game Shroom and Gloom drove 125k+ wishlists
Ben Lazerbeam joins Marina Ryan to talk about the development of Team Lazerbeam’s upcoming roguelike double deckbuilder, Shroom and Gloom. They delve into the game’s design and balancing, art and impl...
18 Marras 20251h 3min
EP 35 | How do indie horror games get made?
Vincent Adinolfi joins Marina Ryan to talk about the development of his survival horror game Heartworm. They delve into the inspiration behind the game, Vincent’s development journey, the game’s OST, ...
23 Loka 202556min
EP 34 | How do indie studios get funded?
Rachel Heleva (Akupara Games, Spiral Up Games, Strange Scaffold) joins Marina to talk about her games publishing and development journey.They delve into how game publishers work, what it means to be a...
27 Syys 202543min
EP 33 | Video Game Writing, Narrative Design, and Feeling our Emotions - A Game Dev Chat with Kate Gray (Hello Kitty Island Adventure, Moonstone Island)
Kate Gray (Hello Kitty Island Adventure, Moonstone Island, Dimensional Double Shift) joins Marina Ryan to talk about her game development journey.They delve into what it’s like being a games writer an...
23 Syys 20251h 4min
EP 32 | Video Game Writing, Narrative Design, & Resident Evil - A Game Dev Chat with Anna C. Webster
Anna C. Webster joins Marina Ryan to talk about her game development journey.They delve into what it’s really like being a games writer, how narrative design roles vary from studio to studio, their lo...
20 Elo 20251h 2min
EP 31 | Creative Direction & Curiosity - A Game Dev Chat with David Kazi (Hollow Knight, Exo One, Ember League)
David Kazi (Hollow Knight, ExoOne, Ember League) joins Marina Ryan to talk about his game development journey.They delve into what it was like working on Hollow Knight, the challenges that came with w...
28 Heinä 20251h 13min
