Funding Dreams & Crafting Stories: Lessons From an Indie Game Visionary
Description
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
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- (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 Thoughts
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Check out our brainy games:
Sumplete - https://sumplete.com
Squeezy - https://imsqueezy.com/
Kakuro Conquest - https://kakuroconquest.com
Mathler - https://mathler.com
Crosswordle - https://crosswordle.com
Sudoku Conquest - https://sudokuconquest.com
Hitori Conquest - https://hitoriconquest.com
Wordga - https://wordga.com
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