Game Dev Podcast | Coffee with Butterscotch

[Ep589] The One Skill Holding Back Indie Game Devs

In episode 589 of 'Coffee with Butterscotch,' the brothers make the case that understanding your own workflow might be the most underrated skill in game development. They

[Ep588] Can One Screenshot Boost Your Steam Sales by 25%?

In episode 588 of 'Coffee with Butterscotch,' the brothers get into the weeds on Steam store page optimization and what the data from How Many Dudes is suggesting. They b

[Ep587] Are we in an Indie Golden Age?

In episode 587 of 'Coffee with Butterscotch,' the brothers point out that right now might actually be the best time to be an indie developer. They dig into why smaller, f

[Ep586] How Should Indie Devs Think about Post-Launch Updates?

In episode 586 of 'Coffee with Butterscotch,' the brothers discuss the current state of game sales, post-launch support strategies, and how community engagement and criti

[Ep585] How Should Indie Devs React to Negative Steam Reviews?

In episode 585 of 'Coffee with Butterscotch,' the brothers dig into the post-launch data for How Many Dudes, unpacking what Steam review scores, wishlist ratios, playtime

[Ep584] 100,000 Steam Sales in 2 Days - Our Biggest Indie Game Launch Ever

In episode 584 of 'Coffee with Butterscotch,' the brothers are fresh off the biggest launch in Butterscotch history, and they're breaking down exactly what happened. They

[Ep583] The Day Before Launch: Scenario Planning for Indie Game Devs

In episode 583 of 'Coffee with Butterscotch,' the brothers are one day out from the How Many Dudes launch and walking through everything still in motion, from wishlist mo

[Ep582] How to Design a Game That Markets Itself

In episode 582 of 'Coffee with Butterscotch,' the brothers share what they've learned about designing games that are easy to talk about before they're even finished. With

[Ep581] 1 Year of Indie Game Dev in 1 Hour

In episode 581 of 'Coffee with Butterscotch,' the brothers recap the full year-long journey of How Many Dudes. From a GMTK game jam entry to a bean burrito short that hit

#[Ep580] Anatomy of a Steam Game Launch - Indie Devs Reveal Their Launch Strategy

In episode 580 of 'Coffee with Butterscotch,' the brothers pull back the curtain on exactly how they're launching How Many Dudes, covering everything from timing, influen

[Ep579] Xbox, PS5, Steam Machine, & GTA6 - are they charging too much?

In episode 579 of 'Coffee with Butterscotch,' the brothers dig into the pricing on Valve's new Steam Machine and how much of today's hardware costs comes down to componen

[Ep578] Has AI Ruined Steam Nextfest?

In episode 578 of 'Coffee with Butterscotch,' the brothers discuss whether Steam Next Fest is becoming a victim of its own success, as AI-generated slop and asset flips m

#[Ep577] Indie Devs React to Steam's New Personal Calendar

In episode 577 of 'Coffee with Butterscotch,' the brothers dig into Steam's new personalized calendar feature and what it means for how indie games get discovered, wishli

[Ep576] How Many Dudes Beta Begins, and AI Just Got Dumber

In episode 576 of 'Coffee with Butterscotch,' the brothers kick off the closed beta for How Many Dudes and dig into what they're actually trying to learn from it. Then th

#[Ep575] Indie Devs Yell At Cloud

In episode 575 of 'Coffee with Butterscotch,' the brothers are 60 days from launching How Many Dudes and find themselves juggling the final stretch of dev alongside the t

[Ep574] Game Devs Discuss Far Far West

In episode 574 of 'Coffee with Butterscotch,' the brothers check in on the new How Many Dudes box art with some real click-through numbers, then dive into Far Far West, a

[Ep573] How does promo art help sell your game?

In episode 573 of 'Coffee with Butterscotch,' the brothers walk through the evolution of the How Many Dudes box art and what YouTube thumbnails taught them about what act

[Ep572] Indie Devs Discuss Boss Fight Design

In episode 572 of 'Coffee with Butterscotch,' the brothers check in on their Steam tag experiments before diving into the tricky problem of designing boss fights. They ge

[Ep571] Is Steam propping up mobile?

In episode 571 of 'Coffee with Butterscotch,' the brothers dig into whether Steam has quietly become the discovery engine that keeps mobile gaming afloat and what that me

[Ep570] The Parallel Problems of a Game Launch

In episode 570 of 'Coffee with Butterscotch,' the brothers get into the messy final stretch of shipping How Many Dudes, where winding down development and winding up publ