From Neopets to the Elite Four: Jenny Xu on building games, community, and Talofa Games

About this episode

Jenny Xu discusses her journey in game development and community building at Talofa Games.

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 Jenny Xu, CEO and founder of Talofa Games — a San Francisco-based studio making mobile...

People in this episode

Host: Ed Lin

Guest: Jenny Xu

Topics covered

• game development
• community building
• mobile games
• interview format
• video games

Keywords

• Neopets
• Elite Four
• Talofa Games
• mobile games
• GDC 2026
• Ed Lin
• Jenny Xu

Sponsors

Xsolla

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Talofa Games

Places: San Francisco

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