How is "Mike Cook - Next Level: Making Games That Make Themselves (GDL ep09)" performing versus Indie Game Clinic's normal?

About 6.1x — it has 5K views versus the roughly 818 Indie Game Clinic typically draws at the same age, measured against the channel's own 90-day baseline.

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Mike Cook - Next Level: Making Games That Make Themselves (GDL ep09)

Name: Mike Cook - Next Level: Making Games That Make Themselves (GDL ep09)
Uploaded: 2026-08-15T11:31:41+00:00
Duration: 1 h 30 min 15 s
Channel: Indie Game Clinic
Description: Buy Books, Not From Bezos: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/indiegameclinic IGC Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/indiegameclinic Music: GDL Theme created by Joe Baxter-Webb especially for the show. No Generative AI was used. The music during the ad break was Backdrop Lady by John Runefelt, licensed via Epidemic Sound…

Mike Cook just dropped a deep dive into procedural game design that's resonating way harder than usual—this is the kind of technical breakdown that actually sticks with creators.

Key facts

•6.1x Indie Game Clinic's own 90-day median — this channel normally draws about 818 views at the same age.
•5K views so far, published 15 days ago.
•Category: Gaming · Language: en-GB · Quality: HD
•"Breakout" is measured against this exact channel's trailing 90-day median at matching video age — not a generic niche average.

Updated 2026-08-16 11:50 UTC

Video thumbnail: Mike Cook - Next Level: Making Games That Make Themselves (GDL ep09) — Watch on YouTube ↗ · Indie Game Clinic · 49.1K subscribers

View trajectory

Views this upload has gathered since it published, last measured about 168h in — from our own tracking.

Published Aug 15, 2026 · 15 days ago. How breakouts are measured →

From the creator

Buy Books, Not From Bezos: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/indiegameclinic IGC Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/indiegameclinic Music: GDL Theme created by Joe Baxter-Webb especially for the show. No Generative AI was used. The music during the ad break was Backdrop Lady by John Runefelt, licensed via Epidemic Sound…

Category: Gaming · Language: en-GB · Quality: HD

Topics: Puzzle video game · Role-playing video game · Strategy video game · Video game culture

Tags: indie games, game dev, game design, british humor, british humour, design theory, game production, how games are made, art direction, creative direction, ludology, ludonarratology

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