The Thomas Brush Show

I chat with the co-creator of Into The Unwell, a rubber-host action packed roguelite. ► Check out State of Unreal ► Wishlist Into The Unwell ► Wishlist Twisted Tower

Thomas Brush

#79 · 52 min · 16 jun 2026

I chat with Cakez about his 4 year project, how he made a ton of money, and why the game was removed on Steam...► Play Tangy TD (is it back yet?) ► Get my 2D game kit, free ► Wishlist Twisted Tower

Thomas Brush

#78 · 60 min · 15 maj 2026

I chat with Sebastian Drew about how went from knowing nothing to selling 67,000 copies of his game.► Play Constance: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2313700/Constance/► Join my game dev program for 50% off for the Spring Sale: https://fulltimegamedev.mykajabi.com/full-time-game-dev-sale► Wishlist my game Twisted Tower: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1575990/Twisted_Tower/

Thomas Brush

#77 · 1 h 6 min · 27 mar 2026

I chat for the second time with the one and only Xalavier Nelson Jr. about making games in 2026...► Wanna make a game in 2026? Join my game dev program for 50% off for the Spring Sale. ► Play Baby Trading Sim► Learn how to make a game studio from your bedroom, free► Enroll in my 3D workshop, free!► Make your game instantly beautiful with my free workbook► Get my 2D game kit, free► Join my 2D character workshop, free► Wishlist Twisted Tower► Learn how to make money as a YouTuber

Thomas Brush

#76 · 1 h 1 min · 26 mar 2026

I chat with the legendary Thomas Mahler about one of the crazier weeks of his game dev career...► Play No Rest For The Wicked► Learn how to make a game studio from your bedroom, free► Enroll in my 3D workshop, free!

Thomas Brush

#75 · 1 h 9 min · 26 mar 2026

I chat with the legendary Jonathan Blow about how indies can make games in 2026.► Wishlist Order of the Sinking Star► Get 50% off Full Time Game Dev► Watch the reveal trailer

Thomas Brush

#74 · 1 h 39 min · 31 dec 2025

I chat with the brilliant Adam Younis about his 8 year game project... ► 1 day left to get 50% Full Time Game Dev► Wishlist Insignia

Thomas Brush

#73 · 57 min · 1 dec 2025

I chat with the legendary American McGee, the creator of the Alice franchise. ► Get 50% Full Time Game Dev for Black Friday► Checkout Plushie Dreadfuls: https://plushiedreadfuls.com/

Thomas Brush

#72 · 1 h 4 min · 26 nov 2025

Is working for years on a single project worth it? I actually just asked this question to Edmund McMillen and his dev partner Tyler Glaiel (who have spent 6 years on a cat-breading game) and their answer was... well.► Get 50% Full Time Game Dev for Black Friday► Wishlist Mewgenics

Thomas Brush

#71 · 1 h 28 min · 21 nov 2025

Chris Zukowski, an indie game marketing master, and I talk about why small games matter, why friend slop is a good thing, and so much more.► Get 50% Full Time Game Dev for Black Friday► Read Chris's article

Thomas Brush

#70 · 1 h 15 min · 20 nov 2025

I chat with the brilliant mind behind Cultic, a boomer shooter with a cult following.► Get 50% my game dev program for Black Friday!► Play Cultic Chapter 2

Thomas Brush·Jason Smith

#69 · 2 h 17 min · 17 nov 2025

What exactly is a "bad" game on Steam? ► Check out FAB► Publish on FAB► Wishlist Twisted Tower

Thomas Brush

#68 · 31 min · 24 okt 2025

So. After 4 years of polishing my indie game Twisted Tower... sometimes I wonder if it would make better sense to just drop the project. So, I did a beta test. Here are the results...► Learn how to make a game studio from your bedroom, free► Wishlist Twisted Tower

Thomas Brush

#67 · 40 min · 6 okt 2025

Here's why so many game devs want to make games, but never finish them.► Learn how to make a game studio from your bedroom, free

Thomas Brush

#66 · 19 min · 29 sep 2025

I chat with the creator of Spiritfarer, William Dube, about how he sold a million+ copies of his games.► GET 34% OFF Skywork with discount code ThomasBrush► Wishlist At Fate's End► Learn to make money with just a small demo

Thomas Brush

#65 · 1 h 4 min · 19 sep 2025

I chat with Mark, AKA the mega YouTuber Goodgis about why he's using Godot, how he's making games while working a desk job, and more. ► Check out Sentry► Dewdrop Dynasty

Thomas Brush

#64 · 1 h 25 min · 12 sep 2025

I talk with the Minions director Kyle Balda about why he is now making indie games.► Get 25% off my 2D course (and get my 3D course free)► Follow Kyle► Wishlist my game, Twisted Tower

Thomas Brush·Kyle Balda

#63 · 1 h 12 min · 9 sep 2025

I chat with a 10 year games veteran, Tom Francis, about his career as an indie game dev, and how you can possibly replicate it!► Check Out Bezi► Play Tom's Game► Watch me use Bezi

Thomas Brush·Tom Francis

#62 · 1 h 23 min · 29 aug 2025

I chat with the Jake Birkett about how he survived as an indie for decades.► Check out Viverse: https://viverse.com/BRUSH► Check out Forbidden Solitaire: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/Forbidden_Solitaire/► Learn how to make a game studio from your bedroom, free: https://www.fulltimegamedev.com/opt-in-how-to-make-six-figures

Thomas Brush·Jake Birkett

#61 · 1 h 25 min · 25 jul 2025

I talk with Stirling Rank about his game Ready or Not, and how he sold 9 million copies...► Check out Bezi► Play Ready or Not► Get 50% off Full Time Game Dev for the next several days

Thomas Brush·Stirling Rank

#60 · 1 h 6 min · 18 jul 2025

I chat with Julian Ball about his 8 year project, and he reveals his final launch numbers...► Play ⁠Len's Island⁠► Get 50% off Full Time Game Dev► Wishlist Twisted Tower

Thomas Brush·Julian Ball

#59 · 1 h 6 min · 8 jul 2025

I chat with Fredrik Präntare about how he sold millions of copies of his game. ► Check out Bezi► Follow Fredrik

Thomas Brush·Fredrik Präntare

#58 · 1 h 10 min · 4 jul 2025

I chat with the popular game dev YouTuber DevDuck about his 5 year project, working completely alone in Godot.► Check out Xsolla► Follow DevDuck

Thomas Brush

#57 · 1 h 18 min · 27 jun 2025

I chat with the one of the oldest indie game devs, Jeff Vogel, about how to survive as a solo indie for decades.► Check out Bezi► Follow Jeff Vogel

Thomas Brush·Jeff Vogel

#56 · 1 h 34 min · 20 jun 2025

I chat with the top game dev marketing guru, Chris Zukowski, about how to make your first game blow► Check out Sentry► Follow Chris Zukowksi

Thomas Brush·Chris Zukowski

#55 · 1 h 26 min · 6 jun 2025

I chat with Pontypants for the second time on the podcast about making viral games, burnout, coming up with ideas, and finishing games! ► Learn how to make a game studio from your bedroom, free: https://www.fulltimegamedev.com/opt-in-how-to-make-six-figures► Follow Ponty: https://x.com/pontypants?lang=en► Enroll in my 3D workshop, free!: https://www.fulltimegamedev.com/opt-in-15-minute-3D-game► Make your game instantly beautiful with my free workbook: https://www.fulltimegamedev.com/opt-in-instant-beauty-color-workbook► Get my 2D game kit, free: https://www.fulltimegamedev.com/opt-in-2D-game-kit► Join my 2D character workshop, free: https://www.fulltimegamedev.com/opt-in-2d-character-art-workshop► Wishlist Twisted Tower: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1575990/Twisted_Tower/► Learn how to make money as a YouTuber: https://www.fulltimegamedev.com/opt-in-indie-game-income-workshop

Thomas Brush

#54 · 1 h 33 min · 23 maj 2025

I chat with ⁠ Jonas Tyroller⁠ about solo dev, project overload, optimization, and even open up Thronefall inside of Unity.► ⁠Get access to Bezi⁠► Follow ⁠ @Jonas Tyroller ⁠

Thomas Brush·Jonas Tyroller

#53 · 1 h 13 min · 16 maj 2025

In this episode of the Full Time Game Dev podcast, I chat with Daniel Mullins, the genius behind Pony Island and Inscryption.► Enroll in the free webinar on how to make money with just a demo► Wishlist Pony Island 2

Thomas Brush

#52 · 1 h 34 min · 6 maj 2025

I talk with ⁨Jabrils⁩ about game dev in a future shadowed by AI technology.► Join the Bezi waitlist► Play Ultra Bouters

Thomas Brush

#51 · 56 min · 11 apr 2025

I chat with Adam Younis about his 8 year game project... ► Wishlist Insignia: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1127370/Insignia/ ► Get 40% off Full Time Game Dev: https://fulltimegamedev.mykajabi.com/ftgd ► Make your game instantly beautiful with my free workbook: https://www.fulltimegamedev.com/opt-in-instant-beauty-color-workbook

Thomas Brush

#50 · 1 h 1 min · 5 apr 2025

The creator of Ori and The Blind Forest and I discuss how he sold over 15,000,000 copies of his game...► Get the Ovani sound bundle: https://ovanisound.com/ftgd► Play / Wishlist No Rest For The Wicked: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1371980/No_Rest_for_the_Wicked/► Learn to make games from your bedroom: https://www.fulltimegamedev.com/opt-in-how-to-make-six-figures

Thomas Brush

#49 · 1 h 24 min · 28 mar 2025

I talk with indie legend of Dave Gilbert about how he sold millions of copies of his games! ► Get 40% off Full Time Game Dev for the Spring sale: https://fulltimegamedev.mykajabi.com/ftgd ► Wishlist Old Skies: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1346360/Old_Skies/ ► Learn to build a game studio in your bedroom: https://www.fulltimegamedev.com/opt-in-how-to-make-six-figures

Thomas Brush

#48 · 1 h 9 min · 25 mar 2025

I chat with the developer of Pizza Possum and SUMMERHOUSE on how he sold one million copies of his games. ► Get a free trial of Blueberry AI: https://hubs.ly/Q036lKxz0 ► Play SUMMERHOUSE: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2533960/SUMMERHOUSE/

Thomas Brush

#47 · 1 h 29 min · 24 feb 2025

I chat with Greg Labanov, the creator of Wandersong, Chicoree, and Beastieball. ► Play Beastieball: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1864950/Beastieball/ ► Learn how to make indie games as a job (free): https://www.fulltimegamedev.com/opt-in-how-to-make-six-figures

Thomas Brush

#46 · 1 h 12 min · 22 feb 2025

I chat with Oliver Joyce, the creator of the Sword and Sandals franchise. ► Learn how to make a game studio from your bedroom, free: https://www.fulltimegamedev.com/opt-in-how-to-make-six-figures ► Wishlist Lair of the Leviathan: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2752020/Lair_Of_The_Leviathan/ ► Wishlist Twisted Tower: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1575990/Twisted_Tower/

Thomas Brush

#45 · 49 min · 21 feb 2025

I chatted with Ken Levine about his next game and the game dev industry. ► Get Ovani Sound's bundle: https://ovanisound.com/fulltimegamedev ► Wishlist Judas: https://store.steampowered.com/app/388860/Judas/ ► Learn how to make indie games as a job (free): https://www.fulltimegamedev.com/opt-in-how-to-make-six-figures ► Narrative Lego video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58FWUkA8y2Q

Thomas Brush

#44 · 1 h 24 min · 23 jan 2025

I chatted with Xalavier Nelson Jr. (Strange Scaffold) about how he's sold hundreds of thousands of copies of his massive portfolio of indie titles. ► Strange Scaffold Games: https://www.strangescaffold.com/ ► Learn how to make money from your indie games (free webinar): https://www.fulltimegamedev.com/opt-in-how-to-make-six-figures

Thomas Brush

#43 · 1 h 6 min · 22 jan 2025

I chatted with @LostRelicGames about how he's been making his game completely alone for years... ► Wishlist Blood and Mead: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1081830/Blood_And_Mead/ ► Get 50% off Full Time Game Dev for New Year's: https://fulltimegamedev.mykajabi.com/ftgd

Thomas Brush

#42 · 1 h 44 min · 11 jan 2025

I talk with Bryan Blackford about how his game blew up in 2 wild months... ► Check out Drafty Car: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/draftycar/id6470429316 ► Get 50% off Full Time Game Dev for New Year's: https://fulltimegamedev.mykajabi.com/ftgd Couple notes here: 1. Bryan made enough to go full time indie, but is still working his day job. 2. I made a mistake in saying I didn't have a following with BOTH of my games. I was building an audience with Neversong! But with my first game Pinstripe (which is more successful honestly) I didn't have an audience.

Thomas Brush

#41 · 1 h 20 min · 10 jan 2025

I chat with the creator of Kingdom (Thomas Vanderberg) about how he sold over 1,000,000 copies of his indie game. ► Wishlist Garbage Country: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2530870/GARBAGE_COUNTRY/ ► Get 50% off Full Time Game Dev for New Year's: https://fulltimegamedev.mykajabi.com/ftgd

Thomas Brush

#40 · 59 min · 9 jan 2025

Me and my hero Edmund McMillen discuss the games industry, leaning into your "weirdness" in 2025, and so much more!

Thomas Brush

#39 · 1 h 22 min · 17 dec 2024

I chat with Pontypants about how he sold over 200,000 copies of his game. ► Play Climbing Game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2497920/A_Difficult_Game_About_Climbing/ ► Play Puncha Bunch: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1512590/Punch_A_Bunch/ ► Enroll in my 3D workshop, free!: https://www.fulltimegamedev.com/opt-in-15-minute-3D-game ► Make your game instantly beautiful with my free workbook: https://www.fulltimegamedev.com/opt-in-instant-beauty-color-workbook ► Get my 2D game kit, free: https://www.fulltimegamedev.com/opt-in-2D-game-kit ► Join my 2D character workshop, free: https://www.fulltimegamedev.com/opt-in-2d-character-art-workshop ► Learn how to make money as a YouTuber: https://www.fulltimegamedev.com/opt-in-indie-game-income-workshop

Thomas Brush

#38 · 1 h 22 min · 10 dec 2024

I chat with Jonas Tyroller about how he sold over 960,000 copies of his game. ► Play Thronefall: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ► Learn how to make money from your indie games (free webinar): https://www.fulltimegamedev.com/opt-in-how-to-make-six-figures

Thomas Brush

#37 · 1 h 16 min · 5 dec 2024

I chat with Mark Brown (Game Maker's Toolkit) and we discuss how he made his game with no experience! ► Play Mind Over Magnet: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2685900/Mind_Over_Magnet/ ► Learn how to make money from your indie games (free webinar): https://www.fulltimegamedev.com/opt-in-how-to-make-six-figures

Thomas Brush

#36 · 1 h 12 min · 4 dec 2024

I chat with legendary game marketer Chris Zukowski about how indies can sell their games in 2025. ► Get Chris awesome newsletter (for real it's incredible): https://howtomarketagame.com/free/ ► Learn how to make money from your indie games (free webinar): https://www.fulltimegamedev.com/opt-in-how-to-make-six-figures

Thomas Brush

#35 · 1 h 36 min · 3 dec 2024

I chat with the legendary Jonathan Blow about how indies can make games in 2025. ► Learn how to make money from your indie games (free webinar): https://www.fulltimegamedev.com/opt-in-how-to-make-six-figures ► Follow Jonathan's new game on Twitter: https://x.com/Jonathan_Blow/status/1854276627305283874

Thomas Brush

#34 · 1 h 38 min · 2 dec 2024

Does indie game marketing matter in 2025? Me and my buddy Jason Smith chat about this, and his latest game's launch on Steam. Btw, you can get 50% off Full Time Game Dev for Black Friday: https://www.fulltimegamedev.com/full-time-game-black-friday

Thomas Brush

#33 · 1 h 32 min · 20 nov 2024

In this podcast episode, I chat with Tomas Sala about the state of the games industry, especially for solo devs! ► Play Bulwark Evolution: https://store.steampowered.com/app/290100/Bulwark_Evolution_Falconeer_Chronicles/ ► Learn how to become a full time game dev, free: https://www.fulltimegamedev.com/opt-in-how-to-make-six-figures ► Enroll in my 3D workshop, free!: https://www.fulltimegamedev.com/opt-in-15-minute-3D-game

Thomas Brush

#32 · 50 min · 14 nov 2024

In this podcast episode, I chat with Julian Ball, creator of Len's Island about how he made 3 million bucks before evening finishing his game... ► Learn how to become a full time game dev, free: https://www.clkmg.com/fulltimegamedev/webinar ► Play Len's Island: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1335830/Lens_Island/

Thomas Brush

#31 · 1 h 11 min · 4 nov 2024

In this podcast episode, I chat with David Wehle about his next game, and how he took a massive gamble on a dream project. ► Support David and enroll in his course: https://courses.gamedevunlocked.com/p/game-dev-unlocked?coupon_code=WHSTHOMAS80&product_id=3035771 ► Play the demo: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1559720/We_Harvest_Shadows/ ► Learn how to become a full time game dev, free: https://www.clkmg.com/fulltimegamedev/webinar

Thomas Brush

#30 · 1 h 35 min · 25 okt 2024