Be Indie Now 20:Bullet Boy by Pomelo GamesDuring the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, I met Alvaro, Felipe, Juan Pedro, and Sebastian from Pomelo Games. They are making a game called…

Be Indie Now 19:Popcorn Panic with team Panik RoomEthan, Alex, and Taylor are three UCSC students that got together in their computer science class to create a game called "Popcorn Panic"…

Be Indie Now 18:Interview with Joe BenkualJoe Benkual is an indie game developer whose been working on a real time collectible card game called JollyGrim. Joe tells us his story of how he got…

Rachael Reisdorf is a friend of mine and an expert at conferences, both as an attendee and as an exhibitor. She has ran multiple booths at conferences like Siggraph, PAX, and of course the Game…

David Markowitz is making a game called Evil Master Overlord. A Unity based game that merges Tetris with Dungeon Keeper. The game is now getting close to release, and David tells us the story of its…

Hannah McGill is a UI designer I met at February's Indie Game Dev Night. Her experience is from the print design world, and we talked about the difference between designing for the screen vs.…

Working from home can be tough. I did it for years, and I ended up learning some ways to "trick" my brain into being more effective. From changing my work environment, to separation of work…

A few weeks ago I sat down with my friend Amelia Davis. She is an incredible artist, one of the best I know. She told me her story of how she became an artist, how she juggles 3+ projects at once,…

A little bit ago I had the pleasure of meeting Irakli Kokrashvili has he toured Microsoft. Irakli founded Storm Bringer Studios, the first game development company in Georgia. Irakli tells us the…

George Hultgren, a bay area indie developer, has been working for years on a space simulator. His prototype is ready, and now he is launching a Kickstarter campaign to make his dream game a reality.…

I love storytelling in games. A lot of my favorite games have a strong, well written story to them, or use ways unique to the medium to convey the story. My guest this week, Laura Michet, is a writer…

Despite the fact he had an unexpected power outage in his apartment right before the show, I was able to speak with Felix Rieseberg. Felix makes Awesome Zombie Sniper, a first person shooter for…

I liked the audio only format of the show. It allows me to get guests more easily, and removes the need for having somebody present behind the scenes to run the show. So, I did it again for episode 8.…

In continuing with experimenting for new formats for the show, this week Katherine Harris and I tried testing out a new "portable" recording set up. That way, we can record episodes more…

We've decided to try a new format for Be Indie Now, a one on one discussion between myself and an independent game developer. We were lucky enough to get Terry Welsh to come on and talk to us about…

Today we talk about College Indies. I had on not one, not two, but three student independent game developers on the show. They each had different backgrounds, and different paths that brought them to…

Today on Be Indie Now Episode 4 I had my good friends Stepan Shurygin on the show to talk about UI/UX. Stepan is a UI/UX designer and SoundHound, and Brody is a game designer at WayForward. We talked…

This week is a special episode of Be Indie Now. Each panelist (Myself, and my two co hosts Aaron Weingarten and Ash Monif) is a past president of the "Game Development Club" at Cogswell…

It's time for Be Indie Now, episode 2! Be Indie Now is a podcast about independent game development with me, Tobiah Marks, as your host along with various guests co-hosts. This week we talked about…

This is the first episode of my brand new podcast, Be Indie Now! In the show I will discuss topics of independent game development with various guests hosts. For the first episode, I invited my…