Episodes – torontoindieguys

Hosts: Arthur Marris, Max Brown That’s right, we’re back! Episode 29 of the Toronto Indie Guys Podcast includes special guest Ryan Roth, sound design and composer for IGF Nominated Starseed Pilgrim, The Yawhg, Pirattitude, and Electronic Super Joy. Max and I talked to Ryan about his background in sound design and his experiences working on video games in the […]

Hosts: Arthur Marris, Max Brown We’re doing something a bit different today folks! Unfortunately, Troy Morrissey couldn’t make a guest appearance on the show last night; therefore we decided to record a quick episode at our local A&W restaurant. This is EP1 of the ‘Quick Cast’ series, where Arthur and Max have Matthew Sugrim, and Tim Nguyen […]

Hosts: Arthur Marris Episode 28 of the Toronto Indie Guys includes special guest Chris Demelo, a games journalist for the website Bonus Level. Chris and I talk about his time at Bonus Level, and how he got involved within the Toronto game development community. We also discuss fermium, based on the upcoming IGDA Toronto event coming this […]

Hosts: Arthur Marris, Max Brown Episode 27 of the Toronto Indie Guys includes special guest Shawn McGrath from ][, and also the creator of ‘Dyad‘ – a tunnel racing puzzle shooting PSN game. It was released on July 17 2012, and we were luckily to ask some questions about it. In this EP we discuss the various aspects […]

Hosts: Arthur Marris, Max Brown Episode 26 has Alex Bethke (@MrAlexBethke) on the show to talk everything TOJam 2012, Toronto After Darkcade, and Golden Gear Games. Over the years, he’s had a huge influence on the Toronto game development community – learn how it all started with Golden Gear Games! Unfortunately we couldn’t have the other half of […]

Hosts: Arthur Marris, Max Brown Episode 25 of the Toronto Indie Guys Podcast is here! Co-hosts Arthur and Max talk  Toronto Skill Swap, and all the game development events happening in September, including the IGDA panel “Dr Gamelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Freemium” on the 25th. Also, a huge shout-out to […]

Hosts: Arthur Marris, Max Brown Date Recorded: 19/07/2012 After a 4 month absence, Arthur & Max are back in episode 24. Did you remember the IGF awards we predicted in February? They talk about the results, Gamercamp 2012 (LV4), the IGDA Comedy Night, experiences at TOJam 7, and Girls/Ladies Learning Code. Dyad was released recently, a game […]

Hosts: Arthur Marris, Max Brown Date Recorded: 02/08/2012 In episode 23, Arthur & Max bring Damian Sommer, Alexander Martin, & Chris De Carteret on the show to talk about the 2012 independent games festival finalists. We discuss nominations, predictions & the competition overall. For this episode, we have a short & a long version. The […]

Hosts: Arthur Marris, Max Brown Date Recorded: 02/03/2012 In this episode Arthur & Max interview Cale Bradbury & Zoë Quinn from ‘OMG Bee’s’, a new indie games studio located in Toronto. Learn how they got involved within the community, and how their new studio came to “bee“. They’re in the process of creating a really […]

Episode: 21 – Pt.1 Topic : Pt.1 of our special Gamercamp series. Mark Rabo (@markrabo) & Jaime Woo (@jaimewoo) answer our questions about the third installment of Gamercamp! Music:  @GeeAndJamma & @Danier_Electric

EP 20 of the Toronto Indie Guys Podcast! Arthur & Max talk about all the new events happening in the next month! Check them out below, and don’t forget to have cake!

Episode 19 of the Toronto Indie Guys Podcast! We’re changing it up a bit by adding two types of episodes; one being short & to the point, with the other more interactive and casual. In EP 19, we go through a whole list of events, both past & present.

Episode 18 of the Toronto Indie Guys podcast is here! In this episode Arthur, Max, and Tim talk about the upcoming events happening in October & November. Such events include Nuit Blanche, the Difference Engine Initiative, and the IGDA’s Polycount meet-up. We also give a mention to Digifest 2011, Gamercamp v3, and IndieCade.

The Toronto Indie Guys Podcast is finally back; hope you missed us! In this episode, both Max & Arthur talk about the most recent events that happened in the city, as well as some upcoming ones. Check out the new HES Social on October 3rd called “The Difference Engine Games”. We also discuss some newly released titles: […]

EPISODE 16 is finally here; the Toronto Indie Guys’ summer blockbuster! In this EP, both Max & I talk with 3 awesome game journalists in Toronto: Jaime Woo, writer for the Torontoist and co-founder of Gamer Camp. Mathew Kumar, writer/publisher of exp. magazine. David Gallant, freelance writer & newly established indie game developer ( Silver […]

Episode 15 of the Toronto Indie Guys podacst; Max and I wrap up the latest game dev events happening in the city, which including Abstract Athleticism.

For the TOIG’s 14th episode, we have TOjam team “Not Chris’ Blood” on the show to talk about their latest game collaboration “Shiv City“, an Endless Five Finger Fillet. Hopefully you aren’t afraid of a little blood and give this EP a listen! Jono Hunt also built a controller just for their game.

Have you heard of (and bought) Flew the Coop yet, a new iOS game? Well, you should if you haven’t! We have the developers behind the barn, Jason Kaplan, and Damian Sommer. Jason is the founder of Game Prototype Challenge, and Damian is an indie extraordinaire. Releasing their first collaborated iOS game together, we go in-depth on […]

TOIG EP12 is finally here! In this episode, Arthur & Max talk about the next best thing : Misson Impossible 4. They also mention a bit about E3, the latest IGDA event, CSI : Toronto, RHOKTO, Anime North, and the latest Facebook groups, geared towards supporting the Toronto indie game development scene. Have a listen, leave […]

Episode 11 is finally live, make sure to re-tweet it with the hastag #ponycorns and tell your friends! In this episode, Max and I talk about Sissy’s Magical Ponycorn Adventure, Game Tree TV’s Developers Competition, the latest Hand Eye Society social, and the upcoming IGDA event.

Welcome to the 10th anniversary of the TOIG, in which we talk about all things Royal Wedding… Actually both Max and Arthur talk about TCAF, the IGDA Gala, and the Trans Gaming’s – Game Tree Launch Party! Reminder that TOjam is happening this weekend; the TOIG will be recording a 3 part TOjam special (1 episode per night). Also Digifest’s […]

Episode 9 of the TOIG is live and ready for your enjoyment! We talk about the IGDA Gala Social, Digifest, TCAF, TOjam, and the GPC (Woah, a lot of acronyms there)! At the time of recording this podcast, the TOjam registration page wasn’t open yet, but now it is, so register here if you want to take part […]

In episode 8 of the newly acronymed TOIG, Max and I were joined by fellow colleagues Tim Nguyen and Alexander Zammit to talk about new information regarding TOjam 6. We also discuss our thoughts on the IGDA Open Mic Night, and the IGDA Gala. At the time of recording, the tickets for the Gala weren’t for sale. If you would like […]

In episode 7 of the TIG, both Max and I dive deep into the world of sex, censorship and morality in video games. We also give the low-down on some cool upcoming events, like TOjam 6, Level Up, and the IGDA’s Open Mic Night! We discuss our experiences with CASO’s event with Doug Sutton, and our visit to Trans […]

In the 6th episode of the TIG, Max and I have special guests, Tim Nguyen and Jonathan Burton (fellow students at George Brown College) to talk about some of the upcoming events here in Toronto! We go into a more in-depth discussion about Sword & Sworcery, and we cover the latest IGDA “GDC Round Up” […]

In the 5th episode of the TIG, Max and I talk about our experiences with both “Game Set Match”, an IGDA event, and the latest Hand Eye Society(HES) social. Furthermore, we go into a more in-depth discussion about the genre of  party games, featuring “The Night Ballonists”, “B.U.T.T.O.N”, and “Rock Band”. Shout-outs go to Brad Gulka […]

In this special episode of the TIG, we interview Tim Miller, Kevin Feraday, and Kris Johnson from “Rocket 5 Studios”, a small indie company in Toronto. We had them on the show to talk about their new game, “XS Force”, a few of their other projects, and marketing games in the AppStore. Tim also talks to us about […]

This is the third episode of our indie podcast, and this time we have our first guest speaker! Damian Sommers will be talking about his first commercial game with Jason Kaplan called “Flew the Coop”, his upcoming “Griddle” jam, and his previous teaching session at George Brown College (At the time of this recording it was before […]

This is the second episode of the “Toronto Indie Guys” podcast. In this session we talk about the IGDA “Game, Set, Match” event, 2011 IGF nomination, the Game Prototype Challenge Meetup, and our personal experiences with TOjam.

This is the first episode of the “Toronto Indie Guys” podcast. In this session we talk abit about ourselves, the purpose of this podcast, and some of the top developers/events in Toronto.