This week, Aaron chats with Don Bellenger, founder of the indie game studio The Beauty Cult. We spoke about games as subversive art, Don's experience working at a high-flying company at the height of Facebook games, and the Oakland nonprofit Gameheads, which teaches game development to underserved youth.
00:00 Intro
01:26 Subverting Hard By Drinking Water
02:30 Games as Subversive Art
07:07 In Which We Talk About Horror Films
09:43 Working At Kixeye (At the height of Facebook games)
15:08 Volunteering and Mentoring at Gameheads
20:46 Advice On Breaking In
23:36 "Kids These Days"
Links:
The Beauty Cult: https://teambeautycult.com/
Black Future '88 (Don's other indie game): https://store.steampowered.com/app/751820/Black_Future_88/
Highsidin: https://gameheads.itch.io/highsidin
This game was mentioned in part of the interview that was cut for time but I wanted to link it anyway: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3255890/Relooted/
You can find the podcast at:
http://www.makegamesdrinkcoffee.com
Questions? Comments?