How a professional voice actor built a hit indie game studio

From The Business of Content with Simon Owens by Simon Owens

March 31, 2026 · 55 min

About this episode

Robbie Daymond discusses his transition from voice acting to co-founding an indie game studio and the evolving landscape of creative careers.

My newsletter: https://simonowens.substack.com/ Robbie Daymond is best known as a prolific voice actor, the kind of performer whose work spans anime, video games, and animation without ever putting his face front and center. After slowly breaking into the industry in the late 2000s and early 2010s, he built a rare, multi-disciplinary voiceover career—one that includes everything from audiobooks to major gaming franchises. He also spends up to 30 weekends a year attending fan conventions where he engages directly with audiences in what has quietly become one of the most lucrative and meaningful parts of his business. That creator-first ethos has increasingly shaped his ambitions beyond acting. In recent years, Daymond co-founded Sassy Chap Games, an independent studio that turned a quirky concept into one of the fastest-selling dating sims ever, fueled largely by viral user-generated content rather than traditional marketing. The project offers a window into how modern creative careers are evolving by blending IP ownership with direct-to-consumer distribution models. In a recent interview, Robbie explained how fan conventions have quietly become a major revenue engine for…

People in this episode

Host: Simon Owens

Guest: Robbie Daymond

Topics covered

voice acting
indie game development
fan conventions
creative careers
revenue models

Keywords

voice actor
indie games
dating sims
fan conventions
creative distribution

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sassy Chap Games