The Two Vague Podcast
The Two Vague Podcast
Ben Cheknis
Episode 110 - An Interview with Andrea Alvarez from Joystick Ventures!
48 minutes Posted May 28, 2024 at 5:14 am.
Rituals, runes, pools, Pacific Drive, weeping angels, and Andrea’s introduction00:06:18 - A startup background, changes in the games Andrea plays, and still a console girl00:10:27 - How Joystick Ventures chooses, team diversity, and the “open world” game00:13:38 - Development, production, and what a project manager at Joystick Ventures does00:16:48 - Facilitating development, fostering relationships, and balancing a number of projects00:20:51 - Hungarian game noir, challenges in working globally, and Discord communication00:25:00 - Summer showcases, Andrea says hello to Norah, and PAX versus other trade shows00:28:52 - Ben talks about attending PAX as press, networking for the show, and playing games00:31:34 - Public relations, marketing, activating the pillars, and demographic strategy changes 00:37:05 - Segmenting based on interest instead of demographics, and audience clusters00:39:26 - New monster, determining appropriate platforms, and Steam infrastructure flexibility00:42:32 - The growth of Steam, the FTC’s noncompete announcement, and speculation 00:46:15 - Movement toward independent games, and closing the show
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Show notes
This week Ben is excited to talk to Andrea about her role as a project manager at Joystick Ventures for the games “Star★Vaders,” “Big Boy Boxing,” and “Chicken Police: Into the Hive!”  But first, Andrea and Ben have each been playing games with an abundance of atmospheric tension, suspense, and dare we say… creepiness.  After sharing these experiences with each other, they dive right in and have a very interesting conversation about the funding, developing, promoting, and marketing of independently made video games!
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References, Links, and Tags
Joystick Ventures - https://www.joystickventures.com/
Star★Vaders - https://star-vaders.com/Wishlist Star★Vaders on Steam - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2097570/StarVaders/Check out the 2VP episode we did with Star★Vaders lead designer Eddie - https://www.twovaguepodcast.com/e/episode-94-nature/ 
Big Boy Boxing from Soupmasters -  https://soupmasters.com/Wishlist Big Boy Boxing on Steam - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1680780/Big_Boy_Boxing/Check out the 2VP episode we did with Big Boy Boxing lead designer Martin - https://www.twovaguepodcast.com/e/episode-95-animate/
Chicken Police: Into the Hive (the sequel to Chicken Police: Paint hit Red) by The Wild Gentlemen - https://thewildgentlemen.com/Wishlist CP:ItH on Steam - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2362090/Chicken_Police_Into_the_HIVE/
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