Mark (@Neurotic / compoundtheory.com) is a Developer Advocate for Google Cloud Platform. We discuss why - barring exceptions like Flixel or opengameart - gamedev often doesn't seem as "open" as web/devops communities. Music by Danny Baranowsky

On September 25 Oasis pitched his first team project in Gamkedo Club: a haunted house adventure with a retro Zelda perspective, to release December 11. Here's what he learned leading his first team game. Music by Danny Baranowsky

Paul Tozour joins us as a Gamkedo Club speaker. He worked on the Metroid Prime 2 & 3, MechWarrior 4, and more. He's founder of Mothership Entertainment, creating Aven Colony. Music by Danny Baranowsky. Vote: https://simpleprogrammer.com/podcast-awards/

Liza Shulyayeva, a DICE tools programmer and Mirrors Edge build engineer, spoke with Gamkedo Club about her career path, snail simulation personal side project, and #1GAM (onegameamonth.com) experiences. Music by Danny Baranowsky

Christer "McFunkypants" Kaitila, creator of #1GAM (onegameamonth.com) and professional indiedev contractor returns to chat with Gamkedo Club 1-2 years after his earlier interview on this podcast :) Music by Danny Baranowsky

Ichiro Lambe is founder of Dejobaan Games, developers of Elegy for a Dead World, AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! A Reckless Disregard for Gravity, and many more. This is audio of his guest speaking for http://gamkedo.club Music by Danny Baranowsky

Ian Stocker - @MagicalTimeBean on Twitter - spoke recently with Gamkedo Club about game industry negotiation. He's done it a lot as a freelance game musician, but this extends to art, code, and other contracting. Intro/outro music by Danny Baranowsky

John Kane created Killing Time at Lightspeed (featured at IndieCade 2016) and Mallow Drops. John recommends a day job when making commercial indie games so you can contract help for music, art, etc. http://gritfish.net Music by Danny Baranowsky

In this episode Katie Chironis and I talk discuss game schools: what to look for or how to tell if it's a fit. She's a game designer at Oculus but also leads a KickStarted game team: https://elsinore-game.com She's @katiechironis on Twitter. Music by Danny Baranowsky

Ryan Dombrowski discusses making Suburban Scavengers, his earlier game Dess M-8, and his pathway into game development. As a solo developer he makes his own game art, music, and code. He also co-hosts the Doom Ninja Podcast. Music by Danny Baranowsky