It’s the holiday season (backup singers: the holiday season) and the GROGPOD is coming ‘round for a special winter break episode! We’ve been asked by listeners for a while to do a developer interview so who better to bring on the program than amazing solo dev Huw Milward of previous episode Warsim: The Realm of Aslona! We kick off the first hour of the program with Huw, Will, and I chatting by the fireplace with our ‘nog (grog?) in hand about topics like inspiration, marketing strategy, and of course ChatGPT. Join us after the interview for some listener letters too! Find Warsim on Steam here Custom RSS Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify 2:20 - Interview with Huw Millward, solo dev of Warsim: The Realm of Aslona 6:25 - Warsim dev history and future 10:45 - How to stay inspired and creative? 13:00 - How to build an indie game community? 16:39 - Windows CMD design and spaghetti code 18:18 - Kitfox remasters of Dwarf Fortress and Caves of Qud 21:00 - Ascii art aesthetics, SanctuaryRPG, WORD GAME 26:39 - Randomness vs proc gen 34:24 - Gamedev feature strategy 37:48 - Steam reviews and marketing strategy 49:13 - ChatGPT 55:40 - Gamedev persistence and community engagement 58:30 - Favorite games and gamedev pen pals 1:05:43 - Emails: How long to evaluate a roguelike game? 1:18:31 - Emails: Mystery Dungeon games Next episode: Season 2 starts with Rogue Tower! Contact us at [email protected]! https://grogpod.zone Intro music: Huw Warren - Porto Alegre Outro music: Warsim 8bit main theme