Roguelike Radio podcast

Roguelike Radio

Welcome to Roguelike Radio, a podcast about roguelikes.

Welcome to Roguelike Radio, a podcast about roguelikes.

 

#150

Roguelike Radio episode 168: Jank

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

05 Dec 2025

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05 Dec 2025


#149

Roguelike Radio ep 167: Designing for Mastery, with Josh Ge

Darren with [Josh Ge] (https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@Kyzrati/) (aka Kyzrati) about Desig... more

22 Aug 2025

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22 Aug 2025


#148

Roguelike Radio ep 166: Jupiter Hell Classic, with Kornel Kisielewicz

Darren interviews [Kornel Kisielewicz] (https://bsky.app/profile/epyoncf.bsky.social)  abo... more

26 Jul 2025

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26 Jul 2025


#147

Episode 165: Tabletop RPGs

We discuss table top roleplaying games and how they have moved on from the inspiration for... more

11 Jun 2025

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11 Jun 2025


#146

Episode 164: Roguelikes for classic home computers

We discuss modern development for older home computers such as the Commodore-64, with [Mar... more

16 Apr 2025

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16 Apr 2025


#145

Episode 163: Interview with Tanya X Short

[Darren Grey] (https://bsky.app/profile/dgrey.bsky.social) interviews [Tanya X Short] (htt... more

26 Mar 2025

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26 Mar 2025


#144

Episode 162: Balatro

We discussed the kinda poker-themed and vaguely roguelike-ish game Balatro, with [Darren G... more

25 Feb 2025

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25 Feb 2025


#143

Episode 161: Caves of Qud 1.0

[Andrew Doull] (https://bsky.app/profile/andrewdoull.bsky.social) and Rob Parker interview... more

17 Feb 2025

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17 Feb 2025


#142

Episode 160: Science Fiction

We discuss the how science fiction intersects with the roguelike genre, with [Darren Grey]... more

04 Feb 2025

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04 Feb 2025


#141

Episode 159: Shiren 6

We discuss the recently released Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil (... more

26 Jan 2025

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26 Jan 2025


#140

Episode 158: 10 Years of Dungeonmans

We discuss the 10th "Mansiversary" of Dungeonmans, with [Darren Grey] (https://bsky.app/pr... more

09 Jan 2025

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09 Jan 2025


#139

Episode 157: 868-BACK

We discuss the new development of [868-BACK] (https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/michael... more

09 Dec 2024

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09 Dec 2024


#138

Episode 156: Roguelike Celebration event

We discuss the annual [Roguelike Celebration event] (https://roguelike.club/) , with [Noah... more

27 Sep 2020

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27 Sep 2020


#137

Episode 155: Magic Systems

We discuss designing magic systems for roguelikes, with Owen (aka Scatha), co-developer of... more

26 Jul 2020

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26 Jul 2020


#136

Episode 154: Jupiter Hell - Early Access

We discuss the kitchen sink school of game design, with [Kornel Kisielewicz] (https://twit... more

31 Aug 2019

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31 Aug 2019


#135

Episode 153: 7DRLs 2019

Discussion of the results of the 2019 Seven Day Roguelike Challenge, with [Darren Grey] (h... more

12 Apr 2019

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12 Apr 2019


#134

Episode 152: The Kitchen Sink

We discuss the kitchen sink school of game design, with  [Alexei Pepers] (https://twitter.... more

22 Mar 2019

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22 Mar 2019


#133

Episode 151: Haque

Episode 151 of Roguelike Radio features [Rob Parker] (https://twitter.com/RobotParking) an... more

23 Feb 2019

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23 Feb 2019


#132

Episode 150: Rot.js with Ondrej Zara

We discuss [Rot.js] (http://ondras.github.io/rot.js/hp/) , a roguelike toolkit and display... more

27 Jan 2019

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27 Jan 2019


#131

Episode 149: Chaos Theory

We discuss the interaction of chaos theory and procedural generation, with [Alexei Pepers]... more

02 Dec 2018

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02 Dec 2018


#130

Episode 148: The Morgue Experience

We discuss the how roguelikes deal with the after death experience, with [Kawa] (https://t... more

27 Oct 2018

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27 Oct 2018


#129

Episode 147: Difficulty

We discuss the role of difficulty in roguelikes, with [Mark Johnson] (https://twitter.com/... more

22 Aug 2018

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22 Aug 2018


#128

Episode 146: Cinco Paus

We're back with an episode dedicated to Michael Brough's latest roguelike Cinco Pa... more

19 Jun 2018

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19 Jun 2018


#127

Episode 145: 7DRLs 2018

A discussion of the outputs from the [Seven Day Roguelike Challenge 2018] (https://itch.io... more

09 May 2018

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09 May 2018


#126

Episode 144: AI

We discuss the role of AI in PCG games, with [Mark Johnson] (https://twitter.com/mrj_games... more

06 Feb 2018

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06 Feb 2018


#125

Episode 143: End of 2017

We look back on the roguelike events of 2017, with [Darren Grey] (https://twitter.com/dgre... more

04 Jan 2018

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04 Jan 2018


#124

Episode 142: Roguelike Development Conference 2017

A recording from the [International Roguelike Development Conference 2017] (http://www.rog... more

15 Dec 2017

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15 Dec 2017


#123

Episode 141: MUDs

[Mark Johnson] (https://twitter.com/UltimaRegum) hosts a discussion panel about Multi-User... more

21 Nov 2017

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21 Nov 2017


#122

Episode 140: Horror

Episode 140 of Roguelike Radio, where we discuss Horror in Roguelikes, with [Darren 'G... more

29 Oct 2017

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29 Oct 2017


#121

Episode 139: Unexplored

Episode 139 of Roguelike Radio, where we discuss [Unexplored] (http://store.steampowered.c... more

09 Sep 2017

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09 Sep 2017