Episodes
We discuss the annual Roguelike Celebration event, with Noah Swartz, Em Lazer-Walker, Kawa and Darren Grey. Read more »
Published 09/27/20
We discuss designing magic systems for roguelikes, with Owen (aka Scatha), co-developer of Sil, Alexei Pepers and Darren Grey. Read more »
Published 07/26/20
We discuss the kitchen sink school of game design, with Kornel Kisielewicz and Darren Grey. Read more »
Published 08/31/19
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 »
Published 04/12/19
We discuss the kitchen sink school of game design, with Alexei Pepers and Darren Grey. Read more »
Published 03/22/19
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 Haque Read more »
Published 02/23/19
We discuss Rot.js, a roguelike toolkit and display library using JavaScript, with Darren Grey and rot.js creator Ondrej Zara. Read more »
Published 01/27/19
We discuss the interaction of chaos theory and procedural generation, with Alexei Pepers and Darren Grey. Read more »
Published 12/02/18
We discuss the how roguelikes deal with the after death experience, with Kawa and Darren Grey. Read more »
Published 10/27/18
We discuss the role of difficulty in roguelikes, with Mark Johnson, Darren Grey and Andrew Doull. Read more »
Published 08/22/18
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 »
Published 06/19/18
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 »
Published 05/09/18
We discuss the role of AI in PCG games, with Mark Johnson, Brian Bucklew and Tommy Thompson. Read more »
Published 02/06/18
We look back on the roguelike events of 2017, with Darren Grey, Mark Johnson, Rob Parker and Eben Howard. Read more »
Published 01/04/18
A recording from the International Roguelike Development Conference 2017, held in Novi Sad Serbia. Read more »
Published 12/15/17
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 »
Published 11/21/17
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 »
Published 10/29/17
Episode 139 of Roguelike Radio, where we discuss Unexplored with Rob Parker and Eben Howard interviewing the game's creator, Joris Dormans. Read more »
Published 09/09/17
Episode 138 of Roguelike Radio, where we interview Jeremiah Reid, creator of the vampiric Golden Krone Hotel. Read more »
Published 08/08/17
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 »
Published 06/18/17
This is episode 136 of Roguelike Radio, where we interview Eniko, creator of possession-based roguelike MidBoss. Read more »
Published 06/05/17
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 »
Published 04/10/17
This is episode 134 of Roguelike Radio, where Darren Grey and Mark Johnson discuss the role of Randomness in roguelikes. Read more »
Published 03/24/17
This is episode 133 of Roguelike Radio, where Darren Grey and Jeff Lait talk about how to make a traditional Seven Day Roguelike Read more »
Published 02/27/17
This is episode 132 of Roguelike Radio, where Darren and Mark talk about the End of 2016! Read more »
Published 01/18/17