{"podcast":{"title":"Game Dev Podcast | Coffee with Butterscotch","slug":"game-dev-podcast-coffee-with-butterscotch-46606","podcast_index_feed_id":46606,"rss_url":"http://feeds.feedburner.com/CoffeeWithButterscotch","website_url":"https://podcast.bscotch.net","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ymWZ-ZtRayXg8kpyuTW6wgzLdRORcFccngLHmBv8ikc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMxMTcxLzE2NTM1/MDM3OTEtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"Butterscotch Shenanigans","episode_count":570,"summary":"Coffee with Butterscotch is the hilarity-filled weekly podcast of award-winning indie video game studio Butterscotch Shenanigans, best known for its smash hit Crashlands. Grab a drink and tune in every week to learn the ins and outs of game development, productivity and workflows, the business of selling video games, our takes on entrepreneurship and building a small company from scratch, and how to be an unstoppable problem-solving machine. Got a question you want answered on the podcast? Ask us at https://podcast.bscotch.net","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T02:31:43.791844+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/game-dev-podcast-coffee-with-butterscotch-46606"},"episode":{"title":"[Ep562] The Xbox Shakeup & Next Fest Wishlist Numbers","slug":"ep562-the-xbox-shakeup-next-fest-wishlist-numbers","published_at":"2026-03-04T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/game-dev-podcast-coffee-with-butterscotch-46606/ep562-the-xbox-shakeup-next-fest-wishlist-numbers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/game-dev-podcast-coffee-with-butterscotch-46606","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/d3723da5","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/d3723da5/e58a5863.mp3","summary":"In episode 562 of 'Coffee with Butterscotch,' the brothers talk through the leadership shakeup at Xbox and how shifting platform priorities ripple out to indie studios. From there, they share details from their own Steam Next Fest experience, breaking down the wishlist spikes, traffic patterns, and player engagement numbers they hit during the event. It’s a look at how timing, momentum, and community energy actually play out in practice when an indie team pushes a game into one of Steam’s Next Fest Events. Support How Many Dudes! Official Website: https://www.bscotch.net/games/how-many-dudes Trailer Teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgQM1SceEpI Steam Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3934270/How_Many_Dudes 00:00 Cold Open 00:34 Introduction and Welcome 01:13 Xbox update 05:36 Introducing Asha Sharma 11:36 The Gamer Identity and Leadership 24:30 The Impact of Cloud Gaming 34:18 Next Fest Insights and Expectations To stay up to date with all of our buttery goodness subscribe to the podcast on Apple podcasts (apple.co/1LxNEnk) or wherever you get your audio goodness. If you want to get more involved in the Butterscotch community, hop into our DISCORD server at discord.gg/bscotch and say hello! Submit questions at https://www.bscotch.net/podcast, disclose all of your secrets to podcast@bscotch.net, and send letters, gifts, and tasty treats to https://bit.ly/bscotchmailbox. Finally, if you’d like to support the show and buy some coffee FOR Butterscotch, head over to https://moneygrab.bscotch.net. ★ Support this podcast ★","meta_description":"In episode 562 of 'Coffee with Butterscotch,' the brothers talk through the leadership shakeup at Xbox and how shifting platform priorities ripple out to…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3147,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/game-dev-podcast-coffee-with-butterscotch-46606/episodes/ep562-the-xbox-shakeup-next-fest-wishlist-numbers/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/game-dev-podcast-coffee-with-butterscotch-46606/ep562-the-xbox-shakeup-next-fest-wishlist-numbers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}