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May 29, 2020

In the final installment of our Noita miniseries, Nolla Games' Petri Purho and Olli Harjola join us for a deep dive Q&A on the game! We discuss the influence of magic on its design, its origins and early iterations, how they empower different play styles, and where the boundaries of the game might actually be.

Some...


May 22, 2020

It's Andy's big 5-0 and we're celebrating by diving into our mailbag of thoughtful listener questions! We discuss working within a team, how academic practice intersects development, framing your work across a career, the role of aesthetics in games, and the materiality of engines. Phew!

Some things we discussed:

The...


May 15, 2020

In the fourth installment of our Noita miniseries, we discuss the intention of randomness, getting stuck in our play patterns, leaning into the game's weirdness, and some modifications we'd like to see.

Some things we discussed:

10,000 Bowls of Oatmeal Problem

Brogue

Teamfight Tactics

Balancing Multiplayer...


May 8, 2020

Spelunky creator Derek Yu returns for an expansive discussion on the membrane between players/devs, the connection between design/process, and the understated influence of arcade games on his work - all through the lens of what we've been playing and thinking about in quarantine.

Some things we discussed:

Derek Yu

UFO...


May 1, 2020

In the third installment of our miniseries, we discuss Noita's worldbuilding, secrets in game culture, games as toys, tutorialization (or lack thereof), and the conflicts of wandcrafting.

Some things we discussed:

Noita

Arcane Kids Manife$to

Magicians Trilogy

Rain World

Noita 101 - Tips for new players

Else...