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Honest Indies Podcast

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Interviewing indie devs about their history playing and making games, what led them to game dev and what they're working on.

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2/19/2026

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June 1, 2026

Honest Indies Podcast EP. 5 - Choosing Kindness With Jenny Windom - Wholesome Games Interview

<html>I am a tremendously big fan of who Jenny is as a person and the work that she does within the video game industry. She continues to uplift and platform so many folks plus has helped put fantastic indies into players' hands. There's a lot of links to share this time around. Despite the longer episode, there's still so much we didn't cover. We only briefly mentioned Jenny working at Soft Not Weak, who released Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To: <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1592170/Spirit_Swap_Lofi_Beats_to_Match3_To/" target="_blank">https://store.steampowered.com/app/1592170/Spirit_Swap_Lofi_Beats_to_Match3_To/</a> That's also a good reminder that folks should checkout Episode 3 with Sherveen as he was not only my instructor, but taught Alex from Soft Not Weak as well. Until recently Jenny was also working at Ivy Road; the studio behind Wanderstop: <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1299460/Wanderstop/" target="_blank">https://store.steampowered.com/app/1299460/Wanderstop/</a> Unfortunately the studio was unable to secure funding for its second project and closed in March of this year. Head here to watch the Wholesome Games direct or signup for their newsletter (it's a good one): <a href="https://wholesomegames.com/" target="_blank">https://wholesomegames.com/</a> Speaking of newsletters, I mentioned the one that Doot and Blibloop do and it's fantastic. The latest one also presents an opportunity to play test Milki Delivery before its upcoming Steam demo: <a href="https://subscribepage.io/DootTinyNewsletter" target="_blank">https://subscribepage.io/DootTinyNewsletter</a> For anyone who doesn't already follow Geeks & Grounds, Jenny has cultivated a wonderfully supportive bunch of gamers along with the podcast itself: <a href="https://www.geeksandgrounds.com/" target="_blank">https://www.geeksandgrounds.com/</a> Oh and I found the event post for that last show I worked: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B9usj7XD-pv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/p/B9usj7XD-pv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==</a> Follow along on Patreon where there are previews, listicles, written developer interviews, and more.: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/HonestIndies" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/cw/HonestIndies</a> Time codes: 0:00 – Intro and the early days of Wholesome Games. 10:0 – How years of teaching carries over into games and championing others. 17:00 – Growing up as player 2 and playing RPGs. 26:40 – Becoming a teacher, reconnecting with games, starting content creation for fun, and that content leading to working in games. 36:0 – Working at Rose City Games and how that lead to doing biz dev at Kepler Interactive. 45:15 – Diving deeper into Wholesome Games and how it is the culmination of everything else Jenny has worked on. 48:55 – Working too many jobs at the same time and somehow accidentally talking about lockdown and the early days of covid. 59:25 – How Animal: Crossing New Horizons got more people into games and boosted the audience for Wholesome Games. 1:03:30 – Wholesome Games Presents and getting into game publishing. 1:32:43 – Curating Wholesome Games Direct and how this year complicates that a little more. 1:44:32 – Geeks & Grounds deep dive and why games are important. xoxo Chris</html>

May 18, 2026

Honest Indies Podcast EP. 4 - Allie Wu's Queer Christmas Crisis - Monsoon Games Interview

<html>I had a wonderful time getting to talk to Allie face to face (sort of) rather than via emails and dm's. Just like during out written interview from January, she had such thoughtful responses. I find many characters in Merry Crisis rather endearing and am now even more excited for the final game. Wishlist the game on steam and checkout the current demo: <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3975250/Merry_Crisis/" target="_blank">https://store.steampowered.com/app/3975250/Merry_Crisis/</a> The studio website has info about both games in development and you can play the text-based versions of each: <a href="https://www.monsoon-games.com/" target="_blank">https://www.monsoon-games.com/</a> Allie's Tumblr also doubles as a dev log: <a href="https://www.tumblr.com/merrycrisis-if" target="_blank">https://www.tumblr.com/merrycrisis-if</a> And here is the Office Crush game that Allie mentioned: <a href="https://rienichii.itch.io/office-crush-ds" target="_blank">https://rienichii.itch.io/office-crush-ds</a> Follow along on Patreon where there are previews, listicles, written developer interviews, and more. You can also read the written interview Allie & I mentioned during the episode: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/HonestIndies" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/cw/HonestIndies</a> Time codes: 0:00 – Intro & telling y'all to read the written interview with Allie, too 2:14 – Pitch for Merry Crisis and accidentally giving Nat a theme song. 4:50 – Breaking down the dateable characters and what it's like to write them. 14:46 – Committing to characters having player-chosen genders. 21:50 – Talking about Allie's collaborators at Monsoon Games and working her first in-person gaming event. 35:55 – Writing characters and emotional beats that are based on real life experiences. Researching musicians. 42:45 – What life is like since revealing the game and making game dev more than a hobby. xoxo Chris</html>

April 30, 2026

Honest Indies Podcast EP. 0 - Me, Myself, and Indies

<html>This bonus episode sorts is the first and last episode of the show that won't have a guest. I thought it would be fun to have a test of my own medicine by answering my own questions and providing some more context of who I am to all of you. The May episode will feature Allie Wu of Monsoon Games (Merry Crisis), June will be welcoming Jenny Windom (Wholesome Games, Geeks & Grounds, Soft Not Week), and later this summer Tanat Boozayaangool (Building Relationships). Homework for the next ep = checkout the written interview with Allie before listening to the second interview with her :)Time codes: 0:00 – Intro & growing up gaming. 4:35 – Starting to read about games and think of making them. 7:25 – Giving up games and struggling through college. 13:00 – Code Coven and trying to break into the industry. 15:30 – Starting Honest Indies xoxo Chris</html>

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