The Indie Train Jam is a 52-hour game jam held each year aboard an Amtrak train between Chicago and San Francisco. Working in small teams, indie devs improvise a working game over just a few days. Train Jam is made all the more special by its limitations. It's also a beautiful trip, carrying...

Polygon Backstory is a podcast that celebrates conversations about the games we play. This week my guest is Bethany Hockenberry, story writer for Night In The Woods. It's the story of a cat named Mae who fails out of college and comes back to live in her home town. The game is set in a crumbling,...

Polygon Backstory is a podcast that celebrates conversations about the games we play. This week, my guest is Laila Shabir, the founder of Girls Make Games. How did an immigrant from the United Arab Emirates come to create such a program? Listen to her explain it in her own words. ### BECOME A...