Best Indiedev Podcasts (2026)

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Sunshine Positivity 56:33

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2M ago56:33

56:33

It's opposite day on this week's episode. Instead of our regular Room 404 we have gone all topsy turvy as we head into the uncharted realms of Room 040! That's right, we have gone positive as we discuss the little things in games that we absolutely love. Got an idea for a game you would like to pitch to us? Send it in to [email protected]…

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Open Table 1:02:14

2M ago1:02:14

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On this week's episode we have a pitch from Alex where he shares his idea for a DM type simulator game. Can we use our intelligence and charisma to figure this one out? You rolled a 1? Right, ok.... goblins eat your face. Do you have an idea for a game you would like to pitch to us? Drop us an email at [email protected] Drop us a comment …

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(Osie) Orbitag - Pickaxe Week 2025 Live Special 1:26:39

3M ago1:26:39

1:26:39

This week we have a bumper LIVE! episode recorded during Pickaxe Week 2025. We are joined by special guest Osie who shares her idea for an alien crop circle game AND we delve into the depths of Room 404! Check out Osie over on Twitch. Got an idea for a game? Send us an email at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit pod…

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A Liddle Bidda Saouse 1:03:24

4M ago1:03:24

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We are back with another Room 404. This week the gang each bring a gaming gripe they want to see banished to Room 404... forever! Who will be victorious? Did we vote for the wrong gripe? Let us know on Bluesky @pitchpleasepod. Do you have a gaming gripe or an idea for a game you would like to pitch to us? Drop us an email to pitchpleasepod@yogscast…

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LSL: Hellhole 58:11

4M ago58:11

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I think the heat got to us this episode as we discuss a Tom idea that we try to imagine as a reality. Please enjoy the bumper post ending sequence as a peak behind the curtain of this podcast. Do you have an idea for a game you would like to pitch to us? Or perhaps you have a gaming gripe you would like to banish to the depths of room 404? Drop us …

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Broker Poker 49:43

6M ago49:43

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Today's pitch comes from our lovely listener Oliver. You play as a professional card player turned information gatherer/guy-who-gets-things-done for the rebellion... discuss. Thank you to everyone for sending in your pitches. Do you have an idea for a game? Drop us an email at [email protected] Give us a follow over on Bluesky to stay up …

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64 Furlongs 50:17

7M ago50:17

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This week we see a grand return to Tom's pitch hole as he regales us with a new game idea all about hittin' sick rhythms and rhymes as you diss your opponents in flighting battles. Got an idea for a game? Or perhaps you have gaming gripes you want us to put straight into the Room 404 bin? Send us an email at [email protected]. Follow us o…

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Caesar's Revenge 1:04:18

8M ago1:04:18

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This week we have a special Room 404 as we pit listeners Zach and Jessie against our very own Chris in a battle of terrible things about games we want to see fight to the death! Are we mixing up our analogies here? Either way, something is going in the Room 404 bin forever! Do you have a gaming gripe you want to see banished to Room 404 forever? Or…

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Tour de Lance: Knight City 1:04:55

9M ago1:04:55

1:04:55

We are back for 2025 with a new listener pitch from J! We go on a bit of a journey with this one as we turn J's dreams of an actually good exercise game into a "reality". Do you have a game idea you would like to pitch to us? Hit us up with your text... or audio... pitches at [email protected]. We also now have a Bluesky - follow us @pitc…

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Pitch, Please - Pitch of the Year 2024 1:36:01

1y ago1:36:01

1:36:01

Another year, another set of pitches to trawl through and pick our favourites of the year... not just games but 404's too! Thank you to everyone that has sent us pitches and 404's. In this bumper EOY episode we also have a good chat about our games of 2024. Have a pitch you want to send to us? Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Tw…

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Pitch, Please - Room 404: Episode 4 1:14:35

1y ago1:14:35

1:14:35

This week we have a new round of Room 404 entries to be banished into the bin forever. Do you have gaming gripes that you would like to see banished into Room 404 for all time?! Send them to us at [email protected] or via our Twitter. Follow us: @ptchplspd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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Pitch, Please - Death or No Death 52:53

1y ago52:53

52:53

This week we have an "Evanly" pitch from listener Evan where we delve into some afterlife shenanigans. There is some death chat, and some rambling as usual. Thanks for the pitch Evan! Keep your pitches coming... email us at [email protected]. Follow us on X: @ptchplspd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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Pitch, Please - HSBooC 53:24

1y ago53:24

53:24

It's spooky season so we have a suitably ghostly themed pitch from listener Tom M. Thanks Tom! Do you have a pitch for a game you would like to possibly be featured on the podcast? Do you have gaming gripes that you would like to see banished forever into Room 404? Send us an email at: [email protected] Follow us on X: @ptchplspd Learn mo…

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#024 - Digging into Little Learning Machines 1:10:30

1+ y ago1:10:30

1:10:30

Tommy is joined by three of the developers behind ‘Little Learning Machines’: a puzzle game that entrusts players with teaching AI agents called Animos to solve puzzles in a variety of idyllic environments. With a huge content update coming on September 5th to Steam, Tommy sits down with art director Nick Counter, technical lead Dante Camarena and …

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Pitch, Please - Room 404: Episode 3 1:30:55

1+ y ago1:30:55

1:30:55

We are back with four new contenders for Room 404. Who will be triumphant and banish their gaming gripes into the depths of Room 404... never to be seen or played again! Do you have an idea for a game you would like to feature on the podcast? Do you have your own gaming gripes that you would like to see banished forever? Send us an email at pitchpl…

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#023 - The 2024 GDMC Competition 1:08:15

1+ y ago1:08:15

1:08:15

Tommy is joined by Dr Christoph Salge and Victoire Herve from the University of Hertfordshire to talk about the 7th annual Generative Design in Minecraft Competition - an event where participants write AI systems to build settlements in Minecraft. We discuss how the project has continued to grow and persist for this long, the community that has thr…

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#022 - We Made a Conference!?! 1:02:37

1+ y ago1:02:37

1:02:37

After a summer hiatus the Branching Factor podcast is back! Sorry, I don't think we mentioned we were going talking a break, but hey - here we are! Tommy fills you in on his travels, the work he's been up to, the stack of episodes we have coming up with some guests. But critically Tommy and George sit down to talk about an event they've put togethe…

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Pitch, Please - Cacophony of Crap 1:00:51

1+ y ago1:00:51

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In today's episode Alex pitches an idea for a seaside inspired shop experience like no other. Head on over to our X/Twitter to see Alex's photo inspiration. Do you have an idea for a game? Why not send us your pitch and we will try and get it on the show. Follow us: @ptchplspd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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Pitch, Please - Episode 100 1:14:24

1+ y ago1:14:24

1:14:24

Can you believe it? We certainly can't. It's only bloomin' episode 100! Thank you to everyone that has listened, everyone that has sent in pitches and to our marvelous guests. Keep those pitches coming... 5 more years, 5 more years! Oh, this week we have a casual chat about games things to celebrate this lil milestone. Send us your pitches: @ptchpl…

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Pitch, Please - Room 404 with Matthew Castle 1:18:42

1+ y ago1:18:42

1:18:42

This week we see a return of the CastleVerse master himself, Matthew Castle, as he offers up new gaming sacrifices to go into Room 404. What will get put straight in the bin this time? Do you have crimes against games that you want relegated forever into Room 404? Well, send them in along with your game pitches and we will get them on future episod…

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Pitch, Please - Room 404 1:15:59

1+ y ago1:15:59

1:15:59

We are trying something new this week. No game is perfect... right? We will each be pitching mechanics or genres that we want to go straight in the bin... and that bin is Room 404. Anything in games you wish was never there? Why not send it to us and we might do another Room 404 in the future. Also keep those game pitches coming! Follow us on TwXte…

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#021 - Goal State Announcement Q'n'A 1:17:46

1+ y ago1:17:46

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Last week Tommy announced his new project 'Goal State', a series of online courses designed to teach people about AI for video games. It's going live on Kickstarter later this year, Here's Tommy replaying the livestream QnA hosted last week that answered as many answers as he could on the subject at this time. Follow 'Goal State' on Kickstarter at:…

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Pitch, Please - Repacking 59:39

1+ y ago59:39

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Board games are great aren't they. All those pieces, cards and meeples... such joy. Well, this week we have a pitch from our Alex where we discussed the satisfaction of packing games away and putting the pieces in exactly the right spot. Also, do we sound better? You better believe it! The lovely Shure have gifted the podcast with some new SM7B and…

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#020 - Searching for Brilliant Indie Treasures with Quang and Jupiter Hadley 49:09

1+ y ago49:09

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Co-host Quang Nguyen returns to Branching Factor as Tommy welcomes long-time friend of the show Jupiter Hadley to come and chat with us. Quang and Jupiter are two of the organisers behind ‘Brilliant Indie Treasures’: a games event running this summer on July 10th during the Develop conference in the British seaside town of Brighton. You can find ou…

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Pitch, Please - Christopher Nolan: Goes Down 57:22

1+ y ago57:22

57:22

Dreams are great aren't they... until they aint! We have a pitch from listener Rune who takes us aboard their ship of fleshy spider nightmares. We inevitably discussed Inception, Nessy and the North Sea. They say don't eat cheese before bed otherwise you get nightmares... just sayin'. Follow us on TwitXr: @ptchplspd Learn more about your ad choices…

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#019 - On the Harvest Hunt with Mark Drew 1:16:44

1+ y ago1:16:44

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In this episode Tommy sits down with Mark Drew, the director of Villainous Game studios. Their next title, Harvest Hunt, launches on Steam on May 22nd. We get into our shared history, my accent, making sure you survive your first indie game, the lessons learned from shipping anything to Steam, building a scalable game with a small team, and the ben…

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Pitch, Please - Tomblands: Hard Bastards 1:04:29

1+ y ago1:04:29

1:04:29

It's another audio pitch but this time it's from listener Joe! I cannot stress how much we loved Joe's pitch... and not just because he has an amazing voice! We discuss "If many loot where other adventurers?" and dive deep into Joe's roguelike dungeons. Follow us: @ptchplspd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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#018 Musings on Games Leadership with Melissa Phillips 1:17:50

1+ y ago1:17:50

1:17:50

In this episode Tommy is joined by longtime friend Melissa Phillips, who is now the director of the Games Leadership Network: a a non-profit organisation that aims to promote and improve leadership skills in the games industry. We dig into what it means to build leadership skills in games, why training is so vital and reflect on the projects we wor…

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Pitch, Please - Tales From Your Loop 58:42

1+ y ago58:42

58:42

This week it's another cracking pitch from Alex. Imagine the beautiful works by artist Simon Stålenhag combined with mysteries to solve. Follow us: @ptchplspd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Pickaxe

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#017 - Tommy & George @GDC2024 31:58

2y ago31:58

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Tommy and George are back for this episode of Branching Factor, recorded on the final day of the 2024 Game Developers Conference (GDC). The team reflect on the week that has passed, and just how valuable a solid nights sleep can be when caught up in all this madness. -- The Branching Factor podcast is sponsored by modl.ai: unleash an army of AI and…

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Pitch, Please - ASTEROHIOD 1:00:58

1+ y ago1:00:58

1:00:58

We're back for 2024 with a fresh audio pitch from listener Tom. Thanks Tom! (no not you Tom, other Tom). Tom, Tom, Tom. We discussed NPCs, the Truman Show and colonising an asteroid in the name of... Ohio?? Follow us: @ptchplspd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Pickaxe

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#016 - Legendary Chat with Will Overgard 1:32:22

2y ago1:32:22

1:32:22

Will Overgard, aka the Viking Blonde joins Tommy for a chat about his career as a Twitch streamer supporting game developers, and the current state of the industry going into GDC 2024. The conversation covers everything from good indie games to monetisation models, surviving as a game developer, being a content creator, generative AI, crypto and We…

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#015: Screaming Match with Ben Ridge 1:48:46

2y ago1:48:46

1:48:46

For this weeks episode, Ben Ridge of Unfathomable Audio (the guy who does our music) joins us to talk about working in game audio, plus Helldivers II, Elden Ring, Bloodborne, gaming news and more! As mentioned in the news: the early bird registration for the Summer School for AI and Games closes on March 1st. Find out more at: https://school.gameai…

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Houdini in Action - 80 Level Podcast 26:23

2y ago26:23

26:23

Send us a text Ian Smith, CG Supervisor at SideFX walks us through Project Pegasus (learning tech demo showcasing Houdini workflows with Unreal Engine 5). Explore non-destructive, procedural content generation in gamedev and how different tools can be used to create detailed open-world environments. Ian talks about software strengths and emphasizes…

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#014 - Sunset Crack Squad 1:13:34

2y ago1:13:34

1:13:34

Tommy's riding solo in this episode, and so he decided to focus on games he's playing, projects he's involved in and the big stories in the news that are going down. -- As mentioned, Tommy will be at the AI and Games Summer School for this year. It's running from June 17th-21st in Valletta in Malta, and early bird registration closes on March 1st. …

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Cooking Food in 3D - 80 Level Podcast 28:23

2y ago28:23

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Send us a text Designated digital chef Patrick Foley (PATRICK_4D) takes us to his kitchen. He shares interesting facts about a unique niche in digital art - photorealistic food renders, and delves into the importance of lighting, texture, and why choosing a specialty can supercharge your career. Patrick also discusses how he builds his brand with s…

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#013 - George and Tommy Predict 2024 in Gaming 1:29:39

2y ago1:29:39

1:29:39

Branching Factor is back for 2024. We kickstart the year with George and Tommy sitting down to discuss the current state of the games industry, and where we see things going over the next 12 months. - Use our promo code with NordVPN for an exclusive discount, complete with a 30-day money-back guarantee! http://www.nordvpn.com/aiandgames -- AI and G…

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Pitch, Please - GOTY 2023 2:12:55

2y ago2:12:55

2:12:55

We recorded this (obviously!) back at the end of 2023, which was an odd year and probably the busiest for all of us in a long time. The reason we managed to keep recording was because YOU guys kept the fires stoked with excellent pitches - thank you to everyone who sent in their ideas. Here's to more of them in '24 <3 Learn more about your ad choic…