Season 1, Episode 182 · Play, Watch, Listen
182. Surviving in Freelance Game Dev
24 Apr 2026 · 1 hr 0 min
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Mike and Alanah chat about the pit-falls of working for yourself, and how to manage your time as a freelance (or self-funded indie) game developer.
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Join Alanah Pearce (game writer), Mike Bithell (game director), and Austin Wintory (game composer) as they talk about all the games, movies, TV and 'whatever else' that took their interest that week, from three unique perspectives in the games industry.
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