Roguelike Radio is a podcast dedicated to roguelikes. We'll be discussing old favourites like NetHack, Angband, Dungeon Crawl and Adom as well as newer releases and less well known gems.
Andrew Doull, Darren Grey, Ido Yehieli etc.
We discuss the annual Roguelike Celebration event, with Noah Swartz, Em Lazer-Walker, Kawa and Darren Grey.Read more »
We discuss designing magic systems for roguelikes, with Owen (aka Scatha), co-developer of Sil, Alexei Pepers and Darren Grey.Read more »
We discuss the kitchen sink school of game design, with Kornel Kisielewicz and Darren Grey.Read more »
Discussion of the results of the 2019 Seven Day Roguelike Challenge, with Darren Grey, Tone, Andre Odendaal, Patrick Davison and Lachlan Kingsford (www.nerdygentleman.com).Read more »
We discuss the kitchen sink school of game design, with Alexei Pepers and Darren Grey.Read more »
Episode 151 of Roguelike Radio features Rob Parker and Eben Howard, with guests Hadley St. Clair and Kevin Cole, developers of Haque (steam and itch.io) This episode contains spoilers for story and gameplay elements in HaqueRead more »
We discuss Rot.js, a roguelike toolkit and display library using JavaScript, with Darren Grey and rot.js creator Ondrej Zara.Read more »
We discuss the interaction of chaos theory and procedural generation, with Alexei Pepers and Darren Grey.Read more »
We discuss the how roguelikes deal with the after death experience, with Kawa and Darren Grey.Read more »
We discuss the role of difficulty in roguelikes, with Mark Johnson, Darren Grey and Andrew Doull.Read more »
We're back with an episode dedicated to Michael Brough's latest roguelike Cinco Paus. Please note that this is a spoiler filled episode and you're strongly encouraged to play the game for at least a couple of hours first to get the full experience of learning the game. Read more »
A discussion of the outputs from the Seven Day Roguelike Challenge 2018, with Darren Grey, Steve Johnson (aka irskep), Rob Howard (aka AquaTsar) and Jeremiah Reid.Read more »
We discuss the role of AI in PCG games, with Mark Johnson, Brian Bucklew and Tommy Thompson.Read more »
We look back on the roguelike events of 2017, with Darren Grey, Mark Johnson, Rob Parker and Eben Howard.Read more »
A recording from the International Roguelike Development Conference 2017, held in Novi Sad Serbia.Read more »
Mark Johnson hosts a discussion panel about Multi-User Dungeons alongside original MUD creator Richard Bartle; MUME developer and manager Pier Donini; and Cat Rambo, developer of Armageddon and president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.Read more »
Episode 140 of Roguelike Radio, where we discuss Horror in Roguelikes, with Darren 'Gruesome' Grey, Rob 'Neoliberalism' Parker, Eben 'Phantom' Howard and Mark 'Medusa' Johnson.Read more »
Episode 139 of Roguelike Radio, where we discuss Unexplored with Rob Parker and Eben Howard interviewing the game's creator, Joris Dormans.Read more »
Episode 138 of Roguelike Radio, where we interview Jeremiah Reid, creator of the vampiric Golden Krone Hotel.Read more »
Episode 137 of Roguelike Radio, where talk about a new book on Procedural Generation in Game Design, with Darren Grey, Mark Johnson, Tarn Adams and Tanya X Short.Read more »
This is episode 136 of Roguelike Radio, where we interview Eniko, creator of possession-based roguelike MidBoss.Read more »
This is episode 135 of Roguelike Radio, talking about the results of the 2017 Seven Day Roguelike Challenge. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Ian Bowes (of ASCII Curious and the LaserBeards podcast) and Chris Haner (aka Rogueliker).Read more »
This is episode 134 of Roguelike Radio, where Darren Grey and Mark Johnson discuss the role of Randomness in roguelikes.Read more »
This is episode 133 of Roguelike Radio, where Darren Grey and Jeff Lait talk about how to make a traditional Seven Day RoguelikeRead more »
This is episode 132 of Roguelike Radio, where Darren and Mark talk about the End of 2016!Read more »
This is episode 131 of Roguelike Radio, where we report from the International Roguelike Developers Conference (Europe 2016).Read more »
This is episode 130 of Roguelike Radio, where we talk about Jupiter Hell, the successor to Doom the Roguelike. Talking are Kornel Kisielewicz, Darren Grey and Mark Johnson.Read more »
This is episode 129 of Roguelike Radio, where we talk about Michael Brough's Imbroglio with Rob Parker, Alex Cheng aka vivafringe, Apple and Andrew Doull.Read more »
This is episode 128 of Roguelike Radio, where a panel of experts discuss How to be Good at Roguelikes! Our group of roguelike seers include Darren Grey, Mark Johnson, Brandon (aka Demise), David (aka zxc) and Mikko Juola (aka Adeon).Read more »
This is episode 127 of Roguelike Radio, recorded at the New York International Roguelike Developers Conference held 6-7 August. Kawa hosts, and is joined by Mark Johnson, Jeremiah Reid, Brian Bucklew, Jason Grinblat, Patrick Kenney and Brett Gildersleeve.Read more »
This is episode 126 of Roguelike Radio, where we talk about IVAN, with Darren Grey, Mark Johnson, Zeno Rogue, Serin Delaunay and Ryan van Herel.Read more »
This is episode 125 of Roguelike Radio, where Andrew Doull is joined by Daniel Cook, Ste Curran and co-host Mark Johnson to talk about the roguelike puzzle game Road Not Taken (available on Windows, Mac, PS4 and just been released on iOS).Read more »
This is episode 124 of Roguelike Radio, where Mark Johnson is joined by James Whitehead, Ben Hendel-Doying and Chris Park to talk about roguelike elements in Shoot Em Ups ("Shmups").Read more »
This is episode 123 of Roguelike Radio, where Darren Grey, Mark Johnson, Paul Jeffries, Zeno and Marek/Fulgur14 talk about Geometry in Roguelikes.Read more »
This is episode 122 of Roguelike Radio, where Mark Johnson interviews the Nethack Tool-Assisted Speedrun Team.Read more »
This is episode 121 of Roguelike Radio, where Mark Johnson, Darren Grey, Tarn Adams and Sami Maaranen discuss Simulation in Roguelikes.Read more »
This is episode 120 of Roguelike Radio, where Mark Johnson and Nicolas Casalini (DarkGod) speak to Michał Brzozowski about KeeperRL.Read more »
This is episode 119 of Roguelike Radio, where Mark Johnson, Josh Ge (Kyzrati) and Nicolas Casalini (DarkGod) discuss Coding Practices.Read more »
This is episode 118 of Roguelike Radio, where we interview John Harris about his new book: @Play: Exploring Roguelike Dungeons.Read more »
This is episode 117 of Roguelike Radio, where Mark Johnson, Darren Grey, Rob Parker and Twinge discuss tactical and strategic gameplay in roguelikes.Read more »
This is episode 116 of Roguelike Radio, where Darren Grey, Jeff Lait, Diego Cathalifaud, Doug Cowley and Santiago Zapata talk about How to Design a Seven Day Roguelike.Read more »
This is episode 115 of Roguelike Radio, where Darren Grey and Mark Johnson speak to Johannes Kristmann and Riad Djemili, developers of The Curious Expedition.Read more »
This is episode 114 of Roguelike Radio, where Darren Grey, Mark Johnson, Jim Shepard and Brett Gildersleeve talk about fitting procedural generation techniques around the intended gameplay. Apologies for the low audio quality.Read more »
This is episode 113 of Roguelike Radio, where Darren Grey, Andrew Doull, Mark Johnson, Aaron Steed and Paul Jeffries. Apologies for the low audio quality.Read more »
This is episode 112 of Roguelike Radio, where Darren Grey interviews Kornel Kisielewicz, maker of Doom the Roguelike.Read more »
This is episode 111 of Roguelike Radio, where Darren Grey and Mark Johnson interview Jason Dreger and James Lantz, designers of Invisible Inc.Read more »
Bonus content! Following from last week's episode on Obsession, and in celebration of ADOM's release on Steam, here's a recording of Darren narrating his 440-line poem based on ADOM - The Red Rooster at Dawn.Read more »
This is episode 110 of Roguelike Radio, where Andrew Doull, Darren Grey and Mark Johnson talk about the depths of their Obsession.Read more »
This is episode 109 of Roguelike Radio, where Darren Grey and Mark Johnson interview Josh Ge (aka Kyzrati) about Cogmind.Read more »
This is episode 108 of Roguelike Radio, where Darren Grey and Mark Johnson chat about Information in roguelikes.Read more »
This is episode 107 of Roguelike Radio, where Darren Grey, Mark Johnson and Alan Charlesworth answer some listener questions.Read more »
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