Discussions with Devs: The Plan So Far

For a while now, I've been tossing around the idea of doing Skype interviews with Indie game developers.  I've mentioned it to a few people and they all seemed to like the concept.  If you're interested, here are some details about the project:

• The title of the project is called "Discussions with Devs"
• They segments would be 5-10 min video Skype interviews
• We would talk about the studios, what inspires them, how they got into it, and their latest game of course
• The objective is to have fans get to know the developers behind their favorite games, get the developers some free publicity, and offer insight into the Indie community and the future of gaming
• My girlfriend, Lauren McLaren, wrote the theme music

Here is the title intro for the upcoming segment:

  A few weeks ago, I discussed it with Richard Williams, a former coworker of mine from THQ, and he was nice enough to put me in contact with a guy named Chris Wright.  Chris, is starting up a business in Melbourne, Australia called Surprise Attack that does PR and marketing for Indie devs, so he seemed like the perfect person to talk to about my idea.  Yesterday, I chatted with him via Skype and got some very good pointers on working with Indie developers and where to start searching for good studios.  After my talk with Chris, I finally feel prepared to start sending out feelers to potential interviewees.  However, the whole gaming industry is on hold right now due to GDC, so even though I've already heard back from some people they won't have an answer till next week.  But that's OK, cause I still have some issues to iron out.

There are some websites that are doing similar work, including toucharcade.com.  That website follows all the different games and trends in the world of mobile developers.  They even do a weekly podcast that I've been listening to.

All-in-all I'm really excited for this project.  If you have any suggestions for my show, or ideas for potential interviews, post a comment below or email me at ryanjsuter@gmail.com. And thanks!