Best 50 Game Design Podcasts

Magic: The Gathering Head Designer Mark Rosewater shares stories, insights, and more while driving to work. Listen in and learn more about Magic! more

Welcome to Ludology, an analytical discussion of the how's and why's of the world of board games. Rather than news and reviews, Ludology explores a variety of topics about games from a wider lens and discusses game history, game design, and game players. more

The best & latest Pathfinder RPG News, Reviews, & Interviews. Ryan and Perram keep you informed twice monthly. more

The AIAS Game Maker's Notebook is a podcast featuring a series of in-depth, one-on-one conversations between game makers. Each episode is hosted by a fellow game maker and provides a thoughtful, intimate perspective on the business and craft of interactive entertainment that will explore the tenants of D.I.C.E.; Design, Innovate, Communicate, and Entertain. more

Join hosts and industry veterans Brett Douville and Tim Longo as they discuss older titles and the impact they had on the games industry, as well as any lessons that could be taken away even today. Play along! more

The Game Design Round Table is by game designers, for game designers. Since 2012, they have explored the art and craft of game design from the perspective of tabletop, digital, and role-playing games. Podcast provides a forum for conversation about critical issues to game design. more

Candid conversations with game creators that dive deep into the art, craft, and process of making games.

Join Jason Slingerland and his fellow game design friends as they discuss the ins and outs, and ups and downs of being tabletop game designers in a documentary style. The Building the Game Podcast is published every week. more

Coffee with Butterscotch is the hilarity-filled official podcast of award-winning video game studio Butterscotch Shenanigans, best known for its smash hit Crashlands. Grab a drink and tune in every week to learn how video games are made and sold, our take on building a small company from scratch, and how to be an unstoppable problem-solving machine. more

Our podcast breaks the mold of don't ask don't tell about the video game industry. We give everyone the real inside look at what its like to be a professional game developer, Every week we'll interview pro and indie developers, we'll talk jobs, studios, salaries and of course crunch horror stories. Tune in! Hosted by Brandon Pham more

A bi-weekly video game book club that takes a deep look at one game every episode. We discuss the literary elements, philosophical ideas, and game design decisions that make games great while keeping things funny and friendly. Tune in for some close readings of your favorite games! more

The podcast where nice game devs talk gaming and game development.

Decision Space is a board game podcast about the decisions in games.

We take a fresh look at board games as veteran publishers Ignacy Trzewiczek and Stephen Buonocore discuss the industry from the inside out.Intro Music: Happy Rock Bensound.com more

Do I like game design? Yes, indie'd! A podcast of bitesize interviews with indie tabletop roleplaying game creators about their work and game design theory & practice. Releases every two weeks. more

Game Dev London Podcast is all about bringing game design and game development to the game developers and fanatics across the games industry. Our hosts and guests bring their expertise and knowledge to each episode as we aim to help everyone, from those just starting out, to those looking to hone their skills! more

The Level Design Lobby breaks down game and level design techniques, showing how they are used within games, as well as how we can improve upon them. It also shares reading material to its audience, while providing interviews with industry professionals. more

The best panels and seminars about analog game design & publishing.

The Game Dev Field Guide is a podcast series focused on teaching you how to make and launch your own video games. This podcast is aimed at the beginner to intermediate level of game developer. Learn things like how to make crisp movement controls, making eye catching sprites, and marketing your game for it's big release. Stay awhile and listen! more

Love of the worlds created by video game designers and personalities drives Alex Smith & Jeffrey Daum (history, law, CS degrees) to provide a scholarly yet light-hearted discussion of how arcade, home console, and PC games merged into a Video Game Industry. Emphasis is on the combination of business and creative elements needed for financial success. Interviews of Atari, EA, Activision, & other execs with detailed source evaluations produce the insights you hear in these 140 hours! more

In Think Like a Game Designer, award-winning designer, and Stone Blade Entertainment CEO Justin Gary speaks with world-class game designers to deconstruct the step-by-step process for creating games and working in the gaming industry. In each episode, we distill the process of creativity into actionable advice that anyone can use all while giving listeners an opportunity to learn more about their favorite games and designers. more

30 year game industry veteran John 'JP' Podlasek interviews game designers, programmers, producers, artists, arcade owners, writers, CEOs and others about game development. Experienced or aspiring game developers alike will find useful, thought-provoking, and sometimes funny advice from others in the game industry. more

Welcome to Design Doc, a podcast documenting the process of analog game design. Game designers guide you through their process from concept to product. more

Knox Game Design is a monthly discussion by game creators in the Knoxville, Tennessee area. We share our ideas, show off projects, and discuss current topics related to video game development. Our group explores the many facets of the game design process, such as coding, graphics, modeling, animation, story, and promotion. more

Welcome to the ultimate podcast for mobile games - Join our host Jon Jordan and expert guests as they uncover the winning strategies and closely-guarded secrets behind game development, monetization and user acquisition.Brought to you by Liftoff, the leading growth acceleration platform, this podcast offers expert analysis and insights to elevate your mobile games! more

Game Design Unboxed features interviews with tabletop game designers on specific games or series of games they have created. Listeners will learn where the initial idea for the game came from, how the game developed over time and where the game is now after being published. more

Welcome to the Gaming Blender Podcast, where hosts Matt and Scott combine random game genres and elements to create exciting hypothetical games. Join us on a creative journey as we blend puzzle-solving with action-adventure, strategy with role-playing, and more. Each episode takes you through our process, discussing gameplay mechanics, captivating storylines, and immersive worlds. Explore new narratives, intriguing characters, and engaging gameplay dynamics. The Gaming Blender Podcast challenges traditional gaming norms, delivering fresh ideas and thought-provoking concepts. more

Game development podcast brought to you by the GameDev.tv community. Insightful and important advice from 90 game industry experts. Listen to interviews with game designers, programmers, producers, artists, writers, sound designers, animators, music producers, video game composers, games journalists, CEOs and a host of others from the game development industry. more

Conversations with inspiring icons of pop culture.

A comedy game design podcast by two guys who know nothing about comedy nor game design.Join Trevor Scott and Ben Slinger as they take prompts from random word generators, movies, game titles and more and turn them into occasionally hilarious but always interesting game designs. more

At Bitewing Games, our mission is to create and share classy board games that bite. For hobbyist gamers, this podcast will help you to explore your own tastes in the hobby and perhaps discover your next favorite game that fits those tastes. For game designers, this podcast will offer you more tools to add to your utility belt and metrics to measure your projects by. Subscribe to our newsletter at BitewingGames.com, follow us on social media, and stay tuned for exciting things to come! more

Board game design is a deep and often challenging pursuit. We explore all aspects of game design and the fun problems (and solutions) that come with it. more

A brief podcast about hobby board games, recorded by English professor Brendan Riley on brief 15 minute walks around town. Join us for a stroll as we discuss mechanisms, gameplay, theory, and topics of the day.Find show notes at RattleboxGames.com more

Hosted by Sasquatch B Studios - We are a husband and wife indie dev team who quit our jobs and sold our house to fund starting our indie game studio. We talk about ALL things gamedev on this show, from personal struggles and triumphs, to industry tech. We also interview well-known dev-loggers and ask them burning dev questions! more

The Tabletop Games Blog is about all things board, card, dexterity and other modern games. Every week there is a new review and a topic discussion piece, all of which are also released in audio format on the podcast.Additionally, there is the Let me illustrate podcast series where board game artists answer a catalogue of 17 questions about themselves. more

Tom Gross and Dan Reem discuss Dungeons&Dragons 5e homebrew content from both player and DM perspectives, with additional episodes devoted to other topics related to D&D. We'd love to hear your feedback: teachersinthedungeon@gmail.com more

What's the point?! Join Adam and Tiana for some friendly, off-the-cuff discussion about their ideas on D&D, RPGs, or just games in general! more

Pixel Sift is an Australian Podcast Award winning fortnightly video games show that breaks down the complex topics so you can stay informed. Each episode explores the biggest news in gaming and features a game development industry guest from Australasia and the world. Learn what it takes to make video games. more

Welcome to Experience Points by University XP hosted by Dr. Dave Eng. On Experience Points we explore different ways we can learn from games. Find out more at www.universityxp.com I hope you find this show useful. If you'd like to learn more about games-based learning then a great place to start is my blog at universityxp.com/blog. University XP is also on Twitter @University_XP and on Facebook as University XP. Feel free to email me anytime at dave@universityxp.com Game on! more

The GameMakers podcast publishes current, entertaining, and in-depth discussions on F2P game development. Topics that we cover include the business of games, F2P monetization, liveops, game design, game development processes, team structure, and more. more

A podcast all about Unreal Engine. Hosts Alex and Jacob dive into topics from VR/AR/XR to games, architecture, technology and much more! more

Join me in the exploration of why we love table top games through long form interviews with game designers and industry influencers.Learn more at DiekuGames.com more

Lauryn and Nicholas discuss gaming, 'gamers,' and game design from practical and academic perspectives.

2 Hobbyist game dev dreamers discuss trials and tribulations concerning the game industry, and learn a little bit of something about life along the way. Sit back grab a cup of coffee and join us for the ride. more

A show about design in Magic: the Gathering. Each week we cover both official cards and custom cards made by the community. The weekly design challenge gives you the opportunity to make it on the show! Hosted by Tim, Juliet, Kayiu and Markus, with guests!Music used with permission: https://www.youtube.com/user/daleculp more

Two merrily aging gamers with over 75 years of combined GameMastering experiences talk about what's new and old in Table Top Role Playing Games. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thedicearescreaming/support more

Two sisters try to create an original board game idea in under one hour.

Wir reden über Spieleentwicklung und allgemein über die Branche aber gehen auch ins Detail wenn es um Software, Tipps und Fragen geht. more

Ein Podcast über Spielmechaniken und alles drum herum. Marcel-André Casasola Merkle und Andreas Suika entwickeln seit über 20 Jahren Spiele als Game Designer und reflektieren und diskutieren Spielmechaniken in PC- und Konsolenspielen. more