Episode 170: Critical Play

Darren Grey, Andrew Doull and Rob Parker discuss design analysis of games during play. Read more »

Darren Grey and Mark Johnson discuss design of innovative mechanics in roguelikes. Read more »

Darren Grey, Andrew Doull and Rob Parker discuss the role of "jank" in games. Read more »

Darren with Josh Ge (aka Kyzrati) about Designing for Mastery and the latest in Cogmind development. Read more »

Darren interviews Kornel Kisielewicz about his upcoming game Jupiter Hell Classic. Read more »

We discuss table top roleplaying games and how they have moved on from the inspiration for the original Rogue, with Marc Majcher, Sam Dunnewold and Andrew Doull. Read more »

We discuss modern development for older home computers such as the Commodore-64, with Mark Johnson, Andrew Doull and Ricki Sickenger of Badgerpunch Games. Read more »

Darren Grey interviews Tanya X Short, head of Kitfox Games. Read more »

We discussed the kinda poker-themed and vaguely roguelike-ish game Balatro, with Darren Grey and Mark Johnson. Read more »

Andrew Doull and Rob Parker interview Jason Grinblat and Brian Bucklew, creators of Caves of Qud, about the milestone 1.0 release of their game. Read more »