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Aug 11, 2026 46 min

EP 46 | Working On Your First Video Game

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Musician and sound designer Ryako joins Marina Ryan to talk about the music and sound for The Spirit Lift, a ghostpunk, roguelike game. They dig into Ryako’s journey into game development, how her experience as a music producer has helped her with sound design, and what it’s like working on your first game. Grab a coffee, and join us for a chat!* * * * * * * TIMESTAMPS:(00:00:00) Intro(00:03:03) How Ryako got into game development (00:05:40) The music of The Spirit Lift(00:08:30) Sound designing the characters & implementation(00:12:05) Mixing and mastering the music (00:13:07) Ryako’s music composition process (00:16:45) What it feels like working on your first game (& being a first-time sound designer)(00:19:20) What it’s like working on a fully-remote team (00:29:30) Where Ryako draws inspiration from (00:39:15) What advice would Ryako give her younger self? (00:44:30) Outro* * * * * * * FOLLOW USRyako’s website: https://www.ryakomusic.com/ The Spirit Lift Soundtrack: https://ryako.bandcamp.com/album/the-spirit-lift-original-game-soundtrack Marina’s socials: ⁠https://linktr.ee/marinaryan⁠ Live Show on Twitch: ⁠https://twitch.tv/marinahascoffeeQuest Markers: ⁠https://linktr.ee/questmarkers⁠Music by Marina Ryan#gamedevelopment #gamedev #gamedeveloper #gamedevpodcast #videogames #videogamesoundtrack #indiegames #indiegamedev #indiegame #roguelike #roguelikedeckbuilder #deckbuilder #sounddesign

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