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Founder's Quest Podcast @gamefounders.org · 06/06/2025

Ep 13: M. Yichao, Jam & Tea Studios Yichao shares how he was convinced to join a founding journey he wasn't entirely planning on, and how moving from theater and narrative design into a startup founder has been different than what he expected. Listen:

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Ep 13: M Yichao, Jam & Tea Studios

As the last episode of the year, I sat down with my co-founder at Jam & Tea Studios to have him share his founding journey. Hearing his perspective of the journey that we've shared really emphasized…

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Founder's Quest Podcast @gamefounders.org · 05/06/2025

Ep 12: Irena Pereira, Unleashed Games Irena and I nerd out about our passion for social design and how more games could be built around that desire and need for humans to find belonging. And how that passion has shaped her founding journey. Listen: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-9xsqu...

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Founder's Quest Podcast @gamefounders.org · 04/06/2025

Ep 10: Ran Mo, Proxima Ran came up through consulting and worked for a stint at EA before jumping into his own startup. His journey was one that was pretty tough but ultimately he found stability and conviction, releasing Suck Up in 2023. Listen: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-iqtnh...

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Founder's Quest Podcast @gamefounders.org · 04/06/2025

Ep 11: Jeanne-Marie Owens, Critical Path Games Jeanne had a front-row seat to startup founder life from her time at Phoenix Labs and shares how that shaped her founding journey with Critical Path. Getting to take direct lessons and apply them. Listen: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-7k5km...

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Founder's Quest Podcast @gamefounders.org · 03/06/2025

Ep 9: Mickael Zerihoun, Caldera Interactive Mickael shares a journey of leveraging government grants, specifically the Canadian Media Fund, to help start a studio -- and what the transition from early volunteer team to funded startup looked like. Listen: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-zvtu9...

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Founder's Quest Podcast @gamefounders.org · 30/05/2025

Ep 8: Andy Mauro, Storycraft Andy shares how he went from an exit in tech to building in his lifelong passion of games, what carries over and what doesn't, and how learning how to coach (and be coached) has helped him along the way. Listen: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-kakky...

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Founder's Quest Podcast @gamefounders.org · 29/05/2025

Ep 7: Guy Costantini, Stealth Guy shares how he moved from marketing roles into founding a studio and trading his time at large studios including Riot and Skydance into a unique founding journey. Listen: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-xgx6u...

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Founder's Quest Podcast @gamefounders.org · 28/05/2025

Ep 6: Jenny Xu, Talofa Games As you'll hear, Jenny is incredibly driven and that has propelled her on a very different founding journey: from having family as cofounders, learning leadership/management on the fly, & using her passion for fitness to network. Listen: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-6scwt...

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Founder's Quest Podcast @gamefounders.org · 27/05/2025

Episode 5: Zabir Hoque of Torbie Games Zabir shares how he synthesized his student, startup, and big company experiences into founding Torbie. Torbie’s first game is coming soon, check it out on Steam here and wishlist! store.steampowered.com/app/1891280/... Listen: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-tj7pf...

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Founder's Quest Podcast @gamefounders.org · 15/05/2025

Ep 24: Oksana Kubushyna of Seeker Entertainment. I first met Oksana when she joined Riot. She was already an accomplished engineer and leader. She also went on a true co-founder dating experience, so we spoke about that difficult task. Episode Link: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-7vhcy...

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Founder's Quest Podcast @gamefounders.org · 01/05/2025

Episode 23: Jen MacLean of Dragon Snacks Games. Jen shares about getting started on her founder's journey in 2024 and the ups, downs, and lessons she's learned along the way. PodBean: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-k8vyw... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/56ST...

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Founder's Quest Podcast @gamefounders.org · 25/04/2025

Episode 3: @emilygreer.bsky.social of Double Loop Games, Kongregate We compare two founding journeys & how lessons from the first led to starting her second. She shared both what an acquisition and a studio closure were like, and the common thread of her journey. www.podbean.com/ew/pb-wimcq-...

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Founder's Quest Podcast @gamefounders.org · 24/04/2025

Ep 22: @steph.cam of @gardens.dev I loved talking with Stephen about applying both his love of poker and his narrative skills to pitching, taking the leap from indie size teams to a big swing, and newly taking on the CEO role at Gardens. www.podbean.com/eas/pb-ejmsu...

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Founder's Quest Podcast @gamefounders.org · 23/04/2025

Episode 3: Paul Sage, Ruckus Games Paul moved from AAA into startup life with a team of founders from his previous companies. We talked a lot about that transition - tackling the myths and cautionary tales involved. Paul had very grounded perspective and advice. www.podbean.com/ew/pb-hj2bs-...

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Founder's Quest Podcast @gamefounders.org · 22/04/2025

Episode 2: Jessica Murrey of Wicked Saints Studios. Jessica talks about how she moved from non-profits to games, her desire to change the world, and how her relentless optimism led to learnings along the way. Her studio recently released their game World Reborn! www.podbean.com/ew/pb-uxxuj-...

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Founder's Quest Podcast @gamefounders.org · 21/04/2025

Episode 1 of Founder's Quest: Derek Reese of Chronicler! Derek shares his long history of entrepreneurship, how each experience has shaped his current journey, and what he's learned along the way with a long history of entrepreneurship . foundersquest.podbean.com/e/derekreese/

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Founder's Quest Podcast @gamefounders.org · 18/04/2025

We'll be posting our older episodes here on BlueSky to catch up, as well as new episodes as we go! We generally post a new episode most Thursdays.

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Founder's Quest Podcast @gamefounders.org · 18/04/2025

Founder's Quest interviews individual founders in the game industry, trying to demythologize the experience and focus on how folks handle and learn from the experience. Would love to have you join us! Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0V5kp32...

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