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Jul 1, 2025

Funding Dreams & Crafting Stories: Lessons From an Indie Game Visionary

Funding Dreams & Crafting Stories: Lessons From an Indie Game Visionary

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Show Notes

Indie-game luminary Tatiana Delgado joins Nate to trace her 20-year journey from drawing paper games as a kid to co-founding Madrid’s Out of the Blue Games. She explains how titles like Call of the Sea create emotional tension without combat, why early VR prototyping was both thrilling and nausea-inducing, and how small studios can balance artistic vision with funding realities.

Tatiana also teases two new projects—Lovecraft-flavored sequel Call of the Elder Gods and branching visual-novel series The Vigilante Diaries—while sharing hard-won advice on user testing, team culture, and pitching in today’s crowded market.

Check out Tatiana's Resources:
https://www.outbluegames.com
https://x.com/OutBlueGames
https://x.com/arilea

Games Mentioned:
Portal 2 - Tatiana's favorite game to play
Wonder Boy series
Myst
Riven
Aladdin VR
Warhammer

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© 2023-2025 Hey Good Game, Inc.