AAA mindset, indie budget: Adam Krause and TJ Consunji on discoverability and the art of getting found

About this episode

In this episode, Ed Lin interviews Adam Krause and TJ Consunji about discoverability in the gaming industry.

Welcome to Coffee.Press.Play., brought to you by The Business of Games Podcast, powered by Xsolla. Recorded live at GDC 2026 inside the Xsolla Clubhouse, this series puts a twist on the traditional interview format: guests play a round of a classic video game against our Xsolla host and the outcome determines whether they face an easy question or a hard one. In this episode, host Ed Lin sits down with Adam Krause and TJ Consunji, Managing Partners and Co-Founders of Miniboss Solutions —...

People in this episode

Host: Ed Lin

Guests: Adam Krause, TJ Consunji

Topics covered

• discoverability
• indie games
• AAA mindset
• game development
• GDC 2026

Keywords

• discoverability
• indie budget
• AAA mindset
• game industry
• GDC 2026

Sponsors

Xsolla

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Miniboss Solutions

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