A Podcast About Game Development

Cory & Connor
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A Podcast About Game Development is a show where we figure out what it takes to be a successful indie dev.

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    Steam Next Fest is now a Game Jam

    Chapters 0:00 Intro 2:14 Forecasting Launch Success and the First 72 Hours 6:30 Validating Games and Finding Early Playtesters 15:12 Designing for New Players and the Right Audience 29:54 Game Jams, Steam Next Fest, and Indie Discoverability 40:56 Building an Effective Playtesting Process 48:12 Interpreting Feedback and Reading Player Behaviors Follow Us Cory https://store.steampowered.com/developer/thornity Connor https://sundaybrunchstudios.com/blog Referenced Games A Game About Feeding a Black Hole https://store.steampowered.com/app/3694480/A_Game_About_Feeding_A_Black_Hole/ The Walking Trade https://store.steampowered.com/app/3398110/The_Walking_Trade/ Balatro https://store.steampowered.com/app/2379780/Balatro/ Just Keep Fishing https://store.steampowered.com/app/4601160/Just_Keep_Fishing/ Mining and Dwarves https://store.steampowered.com/app/3987230/Mining_and_Dwarves/ Orb Breaker https://store.steampowered.com/app/4261030/Orb_Breaker/ Referenced Books Nudge by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/690485/nudge-by-richard-h-thaler-and-cass-r-sunstein/ Additional References Min-Maxing Your Steam Launch — A Game Dev Podcast with Jonas Tyroller — https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/e/min-maxing-your-steam-launch/ How to Market a Game https://howtomarketagame.com/2025/11/04/the-optimistic-case-that-indie-games-are-in-a-golden-age-right-now/ Incremental Games Database — https://www.incrementaldb.com/ Steam Next Fest — https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest Godot Wild Jam — https://godotwildjam.com/ Ludum Dare — https://ldjam.com/ GMTK Game Jam — https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-game-jam Dream Dev Podcast — https://www.youtube.com/@DreamDevPodcast

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