From Gamezebo:

Interesting interview with a Montreal indie developer.

Erin Robinson was creating indie games like Spooks and Nanobots in her spare time and working in a lab by day until she crossed paths with Dave Gilbert of Wadjet Eye Games (The Shivah, Blackwell series, Emerald City Confidential).

Erin and Dave have teamed up on a new casual-friendly adventure game called Puzzle Bots, which was recently entered into the 2010 Independent Games Festival. Erin took time to chat with Gamezebo about the upcoming project and what life is like as a full-time indie developer.

Hi Erin, thanks for taking the time to speak with us. Please start by telling us a little bit more about yourself.

Hello Gamezebo! Thanks for taking the time to interview me. I guess I’ll start with the obvious things: I’m 22, I live in Montreal, and I can sort of speak French. As of last year I’m a full-time independent game developer. In my day-to-day life, this means that I sleep late, work late, and have the best job when I go to parties.

How did you break into the games industry?

To continue your analogy, I sort fell in while peeking through the skylight. I had been making games as a hobby since I was 18, but I never thought of it as something serious. I hung out in an online community for adventure game developers, and they were so supportive and fun that it made me want to keep creating.

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Read the rest of the interview at Gamezebo

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Tags: Dave Gilbert, erin robinson, indie, montreal, puzzle bots