Matt: First Time Incremental Dev, Successful Games, Motivation | Scope Creepers a Game Dev Podcast

Aarimous ​and Payne sit down and chat about some of the games they are studying, why slower games might be the next wave, and how they are thinking about marketing their games.Leave a question in the comment and we will answer it in the next episode!Join my Discord: https://discord.gg/qSs4QAsmf9Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ScopeCreepersPayne and I bundled our games: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/64489Checkout Payne's new Game Medium Rare: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4909780/Medium_Rare/Checkout Payne's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PeeblyCheckout my main channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Aarimous

Aarimous ​and Payne debate if the Steam Next Fest is still worth it given that there 8k games in the Oct 2026 Next Fest. We also answer a few community question!Leave a question in the comment and we will answer it in the next episode!Join my Discord: https://discord.gg/qSs4QAsmf9Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ScopeCreepersPayne and I bundled our games: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/64489Checkout Payne's new Game Medium Rare: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4909780/Medium_Rare/Checkout Payne's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PeeblyCheckout my main channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Aarimous

Aarimous ​and Thomas sit down for the 9th time and talk the launch of Just Keep Fishing, our next game Reign of Arrows, and we answer community questions.Join my Discord: https://discord.gg/qSs4QAsmf9Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ScopeCreepersCheckout Thomas's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ThomasStewartDevCheckout my main channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Aarimous

Aarimous ​and Payne kick of what I'm calling Season 3 of Scope Creepers. We chat about his new game Medium Rare, game dev YouTube, and the challenges of making games in this season of life. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ScopeCreepersPayne and I bundled our games: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/64489Checkout Payne's new Game Medium Rare: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4909780/Medium_Rare/Checkout Payne's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PeeblyCheckout my main channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Aarimous

Aarimous and Matteo Palmer sit down to talk about composing music for indie game and his current work on the long awaited squeal Melvor Idle 2.#podcast #gamedev #indiedev Matteo Palmer Music:https://www.matteopalmermusic.com/https://www.instagram.com/matteopalmermusic/Local MN Game Dev Meetup: https://igdatc.org/Discord: https://discord.gg/qSs4QAsmf9Checkout Aarimous's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AarimousWatch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ScopeCreepers

Aarimous and Thomas sit down for the 8th time and talk all about working together on Thomas's next game "Just Keep Fishing". #podcast #gamedev #indiedev Wishlist our Game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4601160/Just_Keep_Fishing/Play the Itch Demo: https://thomas-stewart.itch.io/just-keep-fishingDiscord: https://discord.gg/qSs4QAsmf9Checkout Aarimous's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AarimousWatch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ScopeCreepers

​Aarimous and Matt from Seafront Games sit down to chat about diving into making an incremental game after making a game with over 1000 reviews. We also chat deeply about motivations and Matt asks me about the future prospects of incremental games as an "easy" genre to make games in.Checkout Matt's Work:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1494840/Scoot/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4436560/We_Need_More_Humans/Discord: https://discord.gg/qSs4QAsmf9Checkout Aarimous's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AarimousWatch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ScopeCreepers

​Aarimous and American Mcgee sit down and talk about coming out of retirement, starting an incredibly successful plushie business, learning to embracing change, and the challenges of making his next game.Checkout his Plushies: https://plushiedreadfuls.com/My Discord: https://discord.gg/qSs4QAsmf9Checkout Aarimous's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AarimousWatch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ScopeCreepers

Aarimous and Jordan from O & Co Games sit down to chat about showing games at conventions (PAX and GDC) as well as picking a release date, game dev burnout, and the value of working with others to makes games.Affiliate Link to Chris Zukowski Inside Conference:https://www.progamemarketing.com/p/inside-conference-2026/?affcode=822864_csbdoe1j&coupon_code=EARLYBIRDInside Conference isn’t a traditional conference. Every session is a focused one-on-one conversation between me and a developer who’s done something impressive fast. We go deep on the specifics — not vague advice. More Info: https://howtomarketagame.com/inside/Checkout Jodan's Work:YouTube Channel: ⁠⁠ @OandCoGames ⁠⁠ TetherGeist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2474430/TetherGeist/Discord: https://discord.gg/qSs4QAsmf9Checkout Aarimous's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AarimousWatch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ScopeCreepers

Aarimous sits down with a cup of coffee and answers all your questions. If you enjoy this episode please leave more questions in the comments or in Discord. Discord: https://discord.gg/qSs4QAsmf9Checkout Aarimous's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AarimousWatch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ScopeCreepers