Colleen Wilson & Ajari Wilson: Indie Games, Red Cobra & Creative Collaboration

Colleen Wilson and Ajari Wilson are the husband-and-wife team behind Adversary Games, an independent studio creating their own place in the world of game development. Their work on Red Cobra reflects the challenges and rewards of building games as a small creative team.

Their journey explores the realities of indie development, from launching a Kickstarter campaign to balancing personal life with the demands of running a studio. Their approach shows how collaboration, persistence, and shared vision can shape a creative project.

In this episode:

  • Founding Adversary Games
  • Developing Red Cobra
  • The challenges of indie game creation
  • Balancing life and creative work
  • Building a future as an independent studio

Topics: game development, indie games, Red Cobra, kickstarter, creative collaboration

Roundabout: Creative Chaos is a podcast hosted by Tammy Coron exploring creativity, design, and technology. Listen at https://roundaboutcreativechaos.com and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Ajari Wilson

Ajari Wilson co-founded Adversary Games, a husband-and-wife indie studio currently rebuilding their game Red Cobra from scratch after a catastrophic Unreal Engine bug destroyed the original build.

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Colleen Wilson

Colleen is the co-founder and artist-programmer behind Adversary Games, the studio whose debut game Red Cobra — a shmup-Metroidvania hybrid — survived a failed 2014 Kickstarter to get Steam Greenlit by the community, and is now being rebuilt after a catastrophic Unreal Engine bug.

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