Indie Game Guildhall

This week we were Joined by the founder of the Work With Indies job board and community, Nate Bosia. Nate is a conscious entrepreneur with roots in business development and a strong knowledge base in positive company culture. We talked about how to be an effective employee, how to get promoted and how to inspire wonderful culture at your company or indie studio. Check out Work With Indies: https://www.workwithindies.com/Learn more about Nate: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanbosia/Learn more about us: https://indiegameacademy.com/Come to the next IGA Lunch Hour live every Wednesday at 12pm EST on our Discord channel to be a part of the fun and to be recorded in the next episode: https://discord.gg/gFGAG54WK7

We spend a lot of time talking with people who have already been in games for a long time, but you can learn a lot from people who have just broken into the industry too. Surya talked to us about how he broke into the industry, as well as how to work on a small, lightweight indie team and the wonders of delegation.Check our Surya's game: https://www.roach-interactive.com/gamesLearn more about Surya: https://www.linkedin.com/in/surya-narendran-5977471a2/Learn more about us: https://indiegameacademy.com/Come to the next IGA Lunch Hour live every Wednesday at 12pm EST on our Discord channel to be a part of the fun and to be recorded in the next episode: https://discord.gg/gFGAG54WK7

Visual Design is a staple of video game development. How a game looks makes such a huge difference in whether or not players are interested. To teach us all some visual design, we welcome Viktor Blanke to our show! Viktor is an Art Director at Mojang, the studio that built freaking Minecraft! He has worked on MANY games, including Star Wars: Battlefront 2.Learn more about Viktor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blanke/Learn more about us: https://indiegameacademy.com/Come to the next IGA Lunch Hour live every Wednesday at 12pm EST on our Discord channel to be a part of the fun and to be recorded in the next episode: https://discord.gg/gFGAG54WK7

At the Indie Game Academy we serve two primary types of people. Those who want to break into the game industry, and those who dream of running their own indie game studio. Dennis and Willem, two members of leadership at IGA, recently went through the hiring process and got jobs that they love. In this episode of the IGA Lunch Hour, Dennis and Willem reveal what that process was like and give some tips on breaking in.Learn more about Dennis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennis-gilham2892/Learn more about Willem: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ifyouwillem/Learn more about us: https://indiegameacademy.com/Come to the next IGA Lunch Hour live every Wednesday at 12pm EST on our Discord channel to be a part of the fun and to be recorded in the next episode: https://discord.gg/gFGAG54WK7

Ever wonder what the game industry will be like in 10 years? Ever dream of what you hope it will be like? Well so do we! In this community focussed episode of the IGA Lunch Hour we discuss what the game industry will be like in the future, and where we hope to lead it. Come to the next IGA Lunch Hour live every Wednesday at 12pm EST on our Discord channel to be a part of the fun and to be recorded in the next episode: https://discord.gg/gFGAG54WK7Learn more about us: https://indiegameacademy.com/

Have you ever felt like your tribe is out there, but you just haven't been able to find them? Don't worry! In this episode of the IGA Lunch Hour we talk with Jim Munroe. Jim is a community organizer and narrative designer in the game industry. He talked to us about how to start game development communities IRL, and so much more!Learn more about Jim: https://www.linkedin.com/in/munroejim/Games Arts International: https://gameartsinternational.network/Come to the next IGA Lunch Hour live every Wednesday at 12pm EST on our Discord channel to be a part of the fun and to be recorded in the next episode: https://discord.gg/gFGAG54WK7Learn more about us: https://indiegameacademy.com/

Different indie game studios do different things well! Not all companies make all games types the same. So how do you pick the specialization of your indie game studio?This week we were joined by Oswald Weber, the founder of Secret Item Games and a successful game developer. He gave us perspective on what it's like to run a game studio, how to port games, and more. Learn more about Oswald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oswald-weber-887623a4/Get your game ported: https://www.secret-item-games.com/Come to the next IGA Lunch Hour live every Wednesday at 12pm EST on our Discord channel to be a part of the fun and to be recorded in the next episode: https://discord.gg/gFGAG54WK7Learn more about us: https://indiegameacademy.com/

What does a Narrative Designer do? How does somebody get a Narrative Design job? These and so many more questions get answered this week by our own Geoffrey Golden. An experienced Narrative Designer and Games Writer with many interesting projects under his belt, Geoffrey is totally a hoot to chat with! Listen to Adventure Snack: https://adventuresnack.substack.com/More about Geoffrey: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoffreygolden/Come to the next IGA Lunch Hour live every Wednesday at 12pm EST on our Discord channel to be a part of the fun and to be recorded in the next episode: https://discord.gg/gFGAG54WK7Learn more about us: https://indiegameacademy.com/

Indie Games are incredible at delivering emotional impact on their users. Our own childhood games often shape us into who we are. But crafting that emotional deliverable can be hard! In this episode of the IGA Lunch Hour, we talk with Chris Bourassa, Creative Director on Darkest Dungeon, about creating an emotional theme for your games.About Chris: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-bourassa-2a422126/Darkest Dungeon 2: https://www.darkestdungeon.com/darkest-dungeon-2/Come to the next IGA Lunch Hour live every Wednesday at 12pm EST on our Discord channel to be a part of the fun and to be recorded in the next episode: https://discord.gg/gFGAG54WK7Learn more about us: https://indiegameacademy.com/

What job title is right for you? What do you do to prepare for the interview? How do you build up your portfolio? How do you write a solid resume? These questions and more get answered on this episode of the IGA Lunch Hour. Our guest this week is Eli Delventhal, an Engineering Manager at Facebook where he works on the future of games. More about Eli: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elidelventhal/Come to the next IGA Lunch Hour live every Wednesday at 12pm EST on our Discord channel to be a part of the fun and to be recorded in the next episode: https://discord.gg/gFGAG54WK7Learn more about us: https://indiegameacademy.com/