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Candid conversations with game creators that dive deep into the art, craft, and process of making games.

into the depths: caves of qud finale

all systems brough - introduction

149: making a meal of it with jenny jiao hsia and ap thomson (consume me)

148: carving out some time with adam robinson-yu (ghost town pumpkin festival)

147: digging deep with the roottrees are dead

ep: a year of ufo 50 - epilogue: final developer interview

ep: a year of ufo 50 - finale eggstravaganza - live!

ep: a year of ufo 50 - [redacted]

ep: a year of ufo 50 - cyber owls

ep: a year of ufo 50 - campanella 3

ep: a year of ufo 50 - seaside drive

ep: a year of ufo 50 - quibble race

ep: a year of ufo 50 - combatants

eggplant tv plays de mol (2025 season) - interview with wouter verstichel

ep: a year of ufo 50 - mini & max

ep: a year of ufo 50 - pilot quest

ep: a year of ufo 50 - elfazar's hat

ep: a year of ufo 50 - night manor

into the depths: caves of qud (sidequests special)

ep: a year of ufo 50 - lords of diskonia

ep: a year of ufo 50 - grimstone

ep: a year of ufo 50 - star waspir

ep: a year of ufo 50 - rakshasa

ep: a year of ufo 50 - valbrace

ep: a year of ufo 50 - hyper contender

146: ascending the ranks with jeff dubbin (competitive lost cities)

ep: a year of ufo 50 - campanella 2

eggplant tv plays de mol (2025 season) - episode 9

ep: a year of ufo 50 - overbold

eggplant tv plays de mol (2025 season) - episode 8

ep: a year of ufo 50 - fist hell

eggplant tv plays de mol (2025 season) - episode 7

ep: a year of ufo 50 - mortol ii

eggplant tv plays de mol (2025 season) - episode 6

ep: a year of ufo 50 - pingolf

eggplant tv plays de mol (2025 season) - episode 5

into the depths: caves of qud (part 4)

ep: a year of ufo 50 - rock on! island

eggplant tv plays de mol (2025 season) - episode 4

ep: a year of ufo 50 - vainger

eggplant tv plays de mol (2025 season) - episode 3

ep: a year of ufo 50 - rail heist

eggplant tv plays de mol (2025 season) - episode 2

ep: a year of ufo 50 - divers

eggplant tv plays de mol (2025 season) - episode 1

ep: a year of ufo 50 - hot foot

announcing: eggplant plays de mol (2025 season)

ep: a year of ufo 50 - party house

ep: a year of ufo 50 - caramel caramel

ep: a year of ufo 50 - onion delivery

into the depths: caves of qud (part 3)

ep: a year of ufo 50 - porgy

ep: a year of ufo 50 - waldorf's journey

145: addressing memory with plunderludics

ep: a year of ufo 50 - warptank

ep: a year of ufo 50 - big bell race

ep: a year of ufo 50 - golfaria

144: keeping it queer with mo cohen and hagen deloss (queer quest)

ep: a year of ufo 50 - campanella

ep: a year of ufo 50 - camouflage

143: games of the year 2024

ep: a year of ufo 50 - block koala

ep: a year of ufo 50 - bushido ball

into the depths: caves of qud (part 2)

ep: a year of ufo 50 - mooncat

ep: a year of ufo 50 - special - developer interview

ep: a year of ufo 50 - avianos

ep: a year of ufo 50 - kick club

ep: a year of ufo 50 - devilition

ep: a year of ufo 50 - attactics

ep: a year of ufo 50 - planet zoldath

ep: a year of ufo 50 - velgress

ep: a year of ufo 50 - mortol

ep: a year of ufo 50 - magic garden

into the depths: caves of qud (part 1)

ep: a year of ufo 50 - paint chase

ep: a year of ufo 50 - ninpek

ep: a year of ufo 50 - bug hunter

ep: a year of ufo 50 - barbuta

ep: a year of ufo 50 - introduction

142: winning together with sarah elmaleh (sag-aftra video game strike)

into the depths: slice & dice - part 3

an otherworldly eggplant announcement!

141: challenging orthodoxy with sylvie

140: minding your manors with botany manor

into the depths: slice & dice - part 2

139: sticking to your systems with animal well

into the depths: slice & dice - part 1

138: getting goofy with listener letters

137: reflecting (and more) on gdc 2024

136: going in blind with balatro

135: harnessing the algorithm with eric chahi

134: striving for imperfection with jon ingold (a highland song)

133: celebrating our 5th anniversary!

132: welcoming rob!

131: using all of your tools with kevin poupard (jusant)

130: games of the year 2023

129: reinforcing worldbuilding through gameplay with spoils

128: "yes, and"-ing your design with albert birney and gabriel koenig (tux and fanny)

127: plotting a course with hannah nicklin and harry josephine giles (saltsea chronicles)

126: building your own platform with zach gage (puzzmo)

125: exploring your own landscape with mars first logistics

124: thinking inside the box with patrick traynor (patrick's parabox)

123: (rerun) maximizing minimalism with disc room

122: finding decency in reality with gilles de coster (de mol)

121: developing your taste with abhi (venba)

120: making a case for intuition with andrejs kļaviņš (the case of the golden idol)

119: collaborating in character with ashly burch and guerrilla games (horizon)

118: exploring your curiosity with rita orlov (postcurious)

117: answering your questions without a guest (june 2023 edition)

116: finding hope in loss with red hook studios (darkest dungeon ii)

115: doubling down on intuition with kenny sun (mr. sun's hatbox)

114: loving mondays with cosmo d (betrayal at club low)

113: on top of the fires of hell w/ daniel benmergui (storyteller)

112: playing in the moment with videogamo (dobotone)

111: finding your groove with john johanas (hi-fi rush)

110: making friends with madison karrh (birth)

109: answering your questions without a guest

108: designing for delight with vectorpark (windosill)

107: welcoming laura!

106: games of the year 2022

105: making history with josh sawyer (pentiment)

104: thanksgiving leftovers

103: day of the devs special

102: playing on your own terms with wayward strand

101: working in a vacuum with heavenly bodies

100: just one (hundred) with friends of eggplant

99: charting the future with sarah northway (i was a teenage exocolonist)

98: escaping your fate with coin crew games (escape academy)

97: hosting online reality games (orgs) w/ ash neleh

96: eavesdropping for inspiration with grace bruxner (frog detective)

95: (rerun) making generous games with terry cavanagh (dicey dungeons)

94: learning to unclench with ben esposito (neon white)

93: cheating depth with card shark

92: untangling language with knotwords

91: finding poetry in geometry with mahdi bahrami (tandis)

90: rethinking reality with tender claws (the under presents)

into the depths: super mario world - bonus episode!

into the depths: super mario world - part 5

into the depths: super mario world - part 4

into the depths: super mario world - part 3

89: elden ring roundtable with jake kazdal (17-bit)

into the depths: super mario world - part 2

into the depths: super mario world - part 1

88: welcoming sarah!

87: fighting words with everybody house games (babble royale)

86: games of the year 2021

85: thinking outside the box with witch beam (unpacking)

84: digging the rabbit hole with daniel mullins (inscryption)

83: getting feedback with derek yu

82: nurturing a spark with namatakahashi (elechead)

81: scaling and scoping with asher vollmer (beast breaker)

80: envisioning a future with jett: the far shore

79: shifting perspectives in storytelling with variable state (last stop)

78: making myths with worldwalker games (wildermyth)

77: learning to let go with goodbyeworld games (before your eyes)

76: seeing for yourself with tali faulkner (umurangi generation)

75: finding our intersecting tastes (75th episode special!)

74: taking our time with durational games (airplane mode special #2)

73: constructing your dreams with holovista

72: expanding your universe with jakub wasilewski (slipways)

71: surviving the big bang with feral cat den (genesis noir)

70: embracing your scars with hannah nicklin (mutazione)

69: building a better bridge with ben wilson

into the depths: kentucky route zero - part 6

68: bravely replacing randomness with gloam collective (bravery network online)

into the depths: kentucky route zero - part 5

67: finding the right words with dyala kattan-wright (signs of the sojourner)

into the depths: kentucky route zero - part 4

66: in-flight entertainment with hosni auji (airplane mode)

into the depths: kentucky route zero - part 3

65: making history with summoning salt

into the depths: kentucky route zero - part 2

64: giving games a voice with sarah elmaleh

into the depths: kentucky route zero - part 1

63: finding your own path with daniel helbig (lonely mountains: downhill)

62: rethinking difficulty with maddy thorson

61: the joy of shipping with xalavier nelson jr.

into the depths: the music of mutazione - part 4

60: games of the year 2020 with laura e. hall

into the depths: the music of mutazione - part 3

59: making magic with chevy ray johnston (ikenfell)

into the depths: the music of mutazione - part 2

58: easing into hades with supergiant games

into the depths: the music of mutazione - part 1

57: small games with stuffed wombat

into the depths: spelunky 2 - part 5

56: sourcing locally with ngoc vu (necrobarista)

into the depths: spelunky 2 - part 4

55: maximizing minimalism with disc room

into the depths: spelunky 2 - part 3

54: trusting your gut with tj hughes (nour: play with your food)

into the depths: spelunky 2 - part 2

53: keeping it short with adam robinson-yu (a short hike)

into the depths: spelunky 2 - part 1

52: barking up the right tree with lucy morris (best friend forever)

51: good sudoku with zach gage

50: spelunky 2 with derek yu and eirik suhrke

49: fun with hexes with ricky haggett, jonathan whiting, and tim schafer (loot rascals)

48: making it personal with shawn alexander allen (treachery in beatdown city)

47: indie dev as engine building with theresa duringer

46: reconsidering civilization with soren johnson (old world)

into the depths: noita - part 5

45: andy's sprawling birthday spectacular

into the depths: noita - part 4

44: quarantine arcade with derek yu

into the depths: noita - part 3

43: a window into narrative systems with tom francis

into the depths: noita - part 2

42: the secrets of simplicity with martin jonasson (holedown)

into the depths: noita - part 1

41: producing more than you consume with tyriq plummer (catacomb kids)

40: the physics of uncertainly with andrea roberts (roundguard)

39: the tricks of the toolkit with mark brown (game maker's toolkit)

38: the rhythms and layers of ryan clark

37: designing around language with zach gage

36: game feel as procrastination with jan willem nijman

35: games of the year 2019 with laura e. hall

34: getting over spelunky with bennett foddy

33: making generous games with terry cavanagh (dicey dungeons)

32: (rerun) into the breach with jay ma

31: good times with bad robots with frank lantz (hey robot)

30: making games is hard

29: card of darkness with zach gage

28: surviving overland with adam saltsman

27: teamfight tactics with greg borenstein

26: the nick and andy show

25: slay the spire with anthony giovannetti

24: going rogue with glenn wichman (rogue)

23: reinventing basketball (and spelunky) with andy hull (dunk lords)

22: making the post-post-apocalypse rad with double fine's lee petty

21: keeping spelunky alive with mossranking

20: going into the void (bastards) with cara ellison and farbs

19: the organized chaos of edmund mcmillen

18: exploring brogue with brian walker

17: climbing gloves in the jungle

16: the spelunky book club

15: gdc special - derek yu and slay the spire

14: diversifying play with greg johnson (toejam & earl: back in the groove)

13: procedural storytelling with tanya x short

12: into the breach with jay ma

11: taking back roguelikes with raigan burns

10: keyforge with richard garfield

09: games of the year 2018

08: designing tharsis with zach gage

07: death in roguelikes with kawa

06: making spelunky 2 with derek yu

05: the design of spelunky

04: making the spelunky 2 trailer with derek lieu

03: breaking world records with kinnijup and ix

02: the spelunky beginner's guide

01: first spelunky 2 impressions!