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

About this episode

Tatiana Delgado shares her journey in indie game development and insights on balancing creativity with funding.

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 -- (00:00) - to Call of the Sea (00:32) - Tatiana Delgado (01:32) - Gaming Journey (02:15) - Career and Inspirations (10:29) - Out of the Blue Games (13:52) - Development Philosophy (19:16) - in VR Game Development (21:14) - on User Testing and Feedback (25:52) - and Ethical Considerations (26:50) - and Pricing Strategies (31:22) - Projects and Final…

People in this episode

Hosts: Nate Kadlac, Aaron Kardell, Joseph Rueter

Guest: Tatiana Delgado

Topics covered

• indie game development
• funding
• user testing
• artistic vision
• VR prototyping
• game design

Keywords

• indie games
• game design
• VR
• user testing
• funding
• emotional storytelling

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Out of the Blue Games

Books & works: Call of the Sea, Call of the Elder Gods, The Vigilante Diaries, Portal 2, Wonder Boy series, Myst, Riven, Aladdin VR, Warhammer

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