Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In Episode 6, Susan talks with Terry Redfield, a veteran game developer, creative director, and three‑time founder with more than 25 years in console, PC, mobile, and live ops experience. From building worlds at Double Fine on Psychonauts, to leading live ops and skins teams on League of Legends, Terry’s career is a jungle gym of studios, startups, and platforms that she has navigated while parenting, caregiving, and insisting that games make room for grown‑up players with full, complicated lives.
Terry discusses developing Rise of Elements over a decade as a competitive match-three hybrid described as “Puzzle Quest meets League of Legends,” her early love of games from LED football to Atari and arcades, and breaking into the industry at 3DO before joining Double Fine to help ship Psychonauts, where internal jams helped the game in development. She recounts bootstrapping startups, fundraising challenges for women founders, raising millions, and pausing a launch to prioritize her family. Terry reflects on leading large Live Ops and skins teams at Riot, the stress and health impacts that led her to resign, learning to set boundaries, prioritize, and use her voice, and focusing her future work on building platforms and opportunities for others, particularly in her home: Hawaii.
🎮 Guest Bio: Terry Redfield is a passionate and creative leader with a career that has spanned 3 decades. Her focus is on creating fantastic, innovative and engaging collaborations with talented people.
Related Links:
Wicked Fox Games: wickedfoxgames.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/terryredfield
Discord: WickedLilith
Join our Substack: tinyurl.com/GGJPodcastSubstack
In Episode 6, Susan talks with Terry Redfield, a veteran game developer, creative director, and three‑time founder with more than 25 years in console, PC, mobile, and live ops experience. From building worlds at Double Fine on Psychonauts, to leading live ops and skins teams on League of Legends, Terry’s career is a jungle gym of studios, startups, and platforms that she has navigated while parenting, caregiving, and insisting that games make room for grown‑up players with full, complicated lives.
Terry discusses developing Rise of Elements over a decade as a competitive match-three hybrid described as “Puzzle Quest meets League of Legends,” her early love of games from LED football to Atari and arcades, and breaking into the industry at 3DO before joining Double Fine to help ship Psychonauts, where internal jams helped the game in development. She recounts bootstrapping startups, fundraising challenges for women founders, raising millions, and pausing a launch to prioritize her family. Terry reflects on leading large Live Ops and skins teams at Riot, the stress and health impacts that led her to resign, learning to set boundaries, prioritize, and use her voice, and focusing her future work on building platforms and opportunities for others, particularly in her home: Hawaii.
🎮 Guest Bio: Terry Redfield is a passionate and creative leader with a career that has spanned 3 decades. Her focus is on creating fantastic, innovative and engaging collaborations with talented people.
Related Links:
Wicked Fox Games: wickedfoxgames.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/terryredfield
Discord: WickedLilith
Join our Substack: tinyurl.com/GGJPodcastSubstack
