Roguelike Radio

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 Haque Read 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 Roguelike Read 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 »

This is episode 106 of Roguelike Radio, where we discuss the 30 Minutes of UMoria video series by Ben Horst. Read more »

This is episode 105 of Roguelike Radio, where we discuss Dungeon Hacks, a book on the history of roguelikes by David Craddock. Read more »

This is episode 104 of Roguelike Radio, where we discuss Procedural Narrative Design with Darren Grey, Mark Johnson, Tanya Short and David Dunham. Read more »

This is episode 103 of Roguelike Radio, recorded at the International Roguelike Development Conference 2015 in the UK. Read more »

This is episode 102 of Roguelike Radio, with Darren Grey and Mark Johnson interviewing Frank Lantz of the NYC Game Centre. Read more »

This is episode 101 of Roguelike Radio, recorded live at the USA International Roguelike Developers Conference 2015. Kawa hosts a mob of roguelike developers and players reporting from the event! Read more »

This is episode 100 of Roguelike Radio! Yes, 100! Woohoo!! 😀 For this fabulous milestone we cover something very close to the heart to roguelike players - YASDs (Yet Another Stupid Deaths), with Darren Grey and Andrew Doull. Read more »

This is episode 99 of Roguelike Radio, where we have a look at some of the highlights from the Seven Day Roguelike Challenge 2015. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Paul Jeffries and Alan Charlesworth.  Read more »

This is episode 98 of Roguelike Radio, where we have a look at what players want from 7DRLs. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Kawaii Dragoness, Alan Charlesworth and CrazedNaly.  Read more »

This is episode 97 of Roguelike Radio, where we talk about a new quest to get more traditional roguelikes onto Steam! Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Nicolas Casalini (aka DarkGod), Mario Donick, Brian Bucklew, Jason Grinblat and Patrick Casey.  Read more »

This is episode 96 of Roguelike Radio, where we interview Mark Johnson about Ultima Ratio Regum.  Read more »

This is episode 95 of Roguelike Radio, where we talk about the end of 2014 and look ahead to the new year. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, DarkGod and Jim Shepard.  Read more »

This is episode 94 of Roguelike Radio, where we talk about the upcoming ProcJam. Talking on the ep are the organiser and keynote speakers from the jam: Michael Cook, Tanya Short, Mark Johnson, Tom Coxon, Gillian Smith and Darren Grey.  Read more »

This is episode 93 of Roguelike Radio, where Andrew Doull and Robert Parker talk about Michael Brough's 868-HACK.  Read more »

This is episode 92 of Roguelike Radio, where Darren Grey and Andrew Doull return to Brogue.  Read more »

This is episode 91 of Roguelike Radio, where we talk about the first roguelikes we made. Talking this week are Darren Grey, Eben Howard, Jeff Lait and Nicolas Casalini. Read more »

This is episode 90 of Roguelike Radio, where we continue the interview with the Angband devteam.  Read more »

This is episode 89 of Roguelike Radio, where we interview the Angband devteam.  Read more »

This is episode 88 of Roguelike Radio, where we record live from the International Roguelike. Talking this episode are.... loads of people!  Read more »

This is episode 87 of Roguelike Radio, where we have a look at many of the games from the 7DRL week. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Eben Howard, Paul Jeffries and Ed Kolis.  Read more »

This is episode 86 of Roguelike Radio, where we talk about How to Make a Unique 7DRL, with Darren Grey, Eben Howard and Aaron Steed.  Read more »

This is episode 85 of Roguelike Radio, where we look back on the happenings of 2013. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Eben Howard, DarkGod and Jim Shepard. Read more »

This is episode 84 of Roguelike Radio, where we discuss Nethack, on the 10th anniversary of its last release. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, John Harris, Jeff Lait, David Ploog, Patric Mueller, Derek Ray and Pasi Kallinen. Read more »

This is episode 83 of Roguelike Radio, where we discuss ASCII! Talking this episode are Darren Grey, KawaiiDragoness and Jeff Lait. Read more »

This is episode 82 of Roguelike Radio, where we interview Zeno, maker of Hydra Slayer and HyperRogue. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, KawaiiDragoness and Zeno. Read more »

This is episode 81 of Roguelike Radio, where we talk about Puzzles. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Andrew Doull, Aaron Steed and Mark Johnson. Read more »

This is episode 80 of Roguelike Radio, where we talk about UnReal World, the decades old Finnish iron age survival roguelike. Talking this episode are Eben Howard, GameHunter and Sami Maaranen (creator of UnReal World). Read more »

This is episode 79 of Roguelike Radio, where we talk about Mobile Roguelikes. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Eben Howard and Tom Ford. Note that this is predominantly design-focused, and based mostly on experiences with Android roguelikes.  Read more »

This is episode 78 of Roguelike Radio, where we talk about Inspiration from Board Games. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Eben Howard, Ido Yehieli and Jurie Horneman.  Read more »

This is episode 77 of Roguelike Radio, where we talk about the Hero Trap - the concept that players struggle in roguelikes when they try to act like heroes. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Kawa and Eben Howard.  Read more »

This is episode 76 of Roguelike Radio, where we interview Jim Shepard, creator of Dungeonmans, with Darren Grey, Eben Howard, Brian Jeffears (aka getter77) and Kawaii Dragoness.  Read more »

This is episode 75 of Roguelike Radio, where we discuss Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead, which currently has an active Kickstarter. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Kevin Granade and Kevin McKayven - both involved in the coding and project management of CataclysmDDA. Read more »

This is episode 74 of Roguelike Radio, where we discuss Sword of the Stars: The Pit. Talking this episode are KawaiDragoness, Eben Howard and TorNis. Read more »

This is episode 73 of Roguelike Radio, on Let's Play Videos. Speaking this episode are Darren Grey, KawaiDragoness, Tom Birkel (aka GameHunter) and Eric Moran (aka belmarduk). Read more »

This is episode 72 of Roguelike Radio, Recorded live from the International Roguelike Development Conference 2013 in Poznan, Poland. Speaking this episode are... uh, loads of people! Darren Grey, Jeff Lait, Johanna Ploog, Ido Yehieli, Patric Mueller, Tom Ford, Michał Walczak, Irinka and Zasvid. Read more »

This is episode 71 of Roguelike Radio, where we talk about the Hunger Clock in roguelike design. Sorry for the wait! Speaking this episode are Darren Grey, Eben Howard and KawaiiDragoness (of the ASCII Let's Play series). Read more »

This is episode 70 of Roguelike Radio, where we talk about Introducing People to Roguelikes. Speaking this episode are Ido Yehieli, Darren Grey, Eben Howard and Aaron Steed. Read more »

This is episode 69 of Roguelike Radio, where we talk about Boss Fights. Speaking this episode are Andrew Doull and Darren Grey. Read more »

This is episode 68 of Roguelike Radio, where we discuss many of the failures from the 2013 7DRL Challenge. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Eben Howard and Simon Donnelly (aka SRD). This is the third episode in this year's 7DRL coverage, following on from our last episode covering many of hte top successes. Read[...]

This is episode 67 of Roguelike Radio, where we discuss many of the top games from the 2013 7DRL Challenge. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Eben Howard, Thomas Birkel (aka GameHunter/UberHunter) and Jo Bradshaw. This is the second episode in this year's 7DRL coverage, following on from our last episode interviewing several successful participants.[...]

This is episode 66 of Roguelike Radio, where we discuss the 2013 7DRL Challenge. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Jeff Lait, Paul Jeffries, Eben Howard, Tom Ford and Yuji Kasugi - all 7DRL victors this year! This first episode in what will be a series of 7DRL coverage focuses on the immediate reaction of[...]

This is episode 65 of Roguelike Radio, where we discuss Roguelike Communities, including both developer and fan communities.  Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Nicolas Casalini (aka DarkGod) and Brian Jeffears (aka getter77). Read more »

This is episode 64 of Roguelike Radio, which is a large panel discussion about competitions in roguelikes, including the monthly Angband competition, the weekend Brogue competition, the Junethack and /dev/null Nethack competitions, the biannual Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup tournament and the ADOM "Weakest Link" competition. Talking today are Nick McConnell, Francis Garcia, Steven Steinke, Patric[...]

This is episode 63 of Roguelike Radio, where we continue our previous discussion on How to Make a Good 7DRL. Talking this week are Darren Grey, Tom Ford, Numeron, Eben Howard and Jeff Lait. Read more »

This is episode 62 of Roguelike Radio, where we talk about How to Make a Good 7DRL. Talking this week are Darren Grey, Tom Ford, Numeron, Eben Howard, Ido Yehieli and Jeff Lait.  Due to the length of the recording it has been split into two recordings - the second part will be out in[...]

The is episode 61 of Roguelike Radio, where we talk about libtcod, the immensely popular roguelike toolkit and display library for python and C++.  Talking this week are Darren Grey, jice, mingos/Dominik, Joao/Jotaf and Jeff Lait. Read more »

Rejoice, for Roguelike Radio episode 60 has arrived! This week we discuss the T-Engine, used to support ToME4 and independent roguelikes.  Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Nicolas Casalini (aka DarkGod), Ben Morrison, Sean Osman, Eric Wykoff and Mikolai Fajer (all developers using the T-Engine). Read more »

Roguelike Radio episode 59 is here, with Andrew Doull and Darren Grey discussing Sil. Read more »

Happy New Year roguelike fans!  It's 2013, we're all still alive, and we're back with a new episode of Roguelike Radio.  This week we cover the Resurrection of ADOM, with Darren Grey, Thomas Biskup and Ignacio. Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 57. This week we talk about the ASCII Dreams Roguelike of the Year 2012 poll. Talking this ep are Darren Grey, Andrew Doull and John Harris. Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 56. This week we interview Matthew Davis and Justin Ma of Subset Games, developers of the roguelike spaceship sim FTL. Talking this ep are Darren Grey, Justin Ma and Matthew Davis. Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 55. This week we talk about Strategy games, and how similar and dissimilar they are to roguelikes. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Andrew Doull and special guest Troy Goodfellow, founder of Three Moves Ahead, the podcast which directly inspired Roguelike Radio. Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 54. This week we talk about Game Jams! Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Ido Yehieli, Michael Brough, Sos Sosowski and Zapa. Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 53. This week we talk about Game Design in Academia. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Tom Betts, Michael Cook, Ian Horswill and Leif Foged - and late on in the ep we get joined by Andrew Doull. Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 52. This week we continue our talk from the last episode about Graphics and Tile Design. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Ido Yehieli, Jagosh Kalezich (Cardinal Quest artist), Thomas Whetnall (Fuel and others) and John Attea (DCSS artist). Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 51. This week we talk about Graphics and Tile Design in roguelikes.  Due to the length of this recording it has been split into two - the second part will be up in a couple of days. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Ido Yehieli, Jagosh Kalezich (Cardinal Quest artist),[...]

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 50. This week we talk about the 50th episode and look back over the show's first year. Talking this episode are Andrew Doull, Ido Yehieli, John Harris and Ryan Boyd. Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 49. This week we interview Tarn Adams, creator of Dwarf Fortress. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, John Harris and Tarn Adams. Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 48. This week we talk about designing for the blind and visually impaired. Talking this ep are Andrew Doull, Darren Grey, Jonathan Pikalek and Niall Hartnett. Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 47. This week we look at the spaceship sim roguelike-like FTL. Talking this ep are Darren Grey and Ryan Boyd. Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 46, where we talk about Steam's new Greenlight service. Talking this ep are Darren Grey, Ido Yehieli, Nicolas Casalini (ToME4 dev), Ryan Krafnick (Epilogue dev), Warwick Allison (WazHack dev) and Ruari O'Sullivan (Cardinal Quest II dev). Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 45. This week we look at the post-apocalyptic roguelike Caves of Qud. Talking this ep are Andrew Doull, Brian Bucklew (unormal), Jason Grinblat (hand of luke), Nick DeCapua (kilmarath) and Jeff Bartel. Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 44. This week we talk about Winning. Talking this ep are Andrew Doull and Darren Grey. Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 43. This week we talk about Spelunky. Talking this episode are Andrew Doull, Ryan Boyd, Darius Kazemi and Spelunky developer, Derek Yu. Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 42. This week we talk about Elitism in the roguelike community. Talking this ep are Darren Grey and Ido Yehieli. Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 41. This week we talk about Score in Roguelikes. Talking this ep are Darren Grey, Keith Burgun and John Harris. Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio. This week we're having a special episode to look at the ADOM Resurrection Campaign on IndieGoGo. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Thomas Biskup and Jochen Terstiege (the maintainers of ADOM). Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 40. This week we talk about Designing for Non-Roguelikers, based on some recent discussion on RGRD. Talking this ep are Andrew Doull and Darren Grey. Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 39, where we have a retrospective on the International Roguelike Development Conference 2012, held in London a few weeks ago. Talking this ep are Darren Grey, Aaron Steed, Paul Jeffries and Daniel Slaney. Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 38, where we discuss the tiny roguelikes Zaga-33 and MicRogue. Talking this episode are Ido Yehieli, Keith Burgun, Michael Bough (maker of Zaga-33) and Jason Pickering (maker of MicRogue). Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 37, recorded from the site of the International Roguelike Development Conference 2012 in London. Talking this ep are.... a dozen different people. It's probably all very confusing! Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 36, where we talk about Coffeebreak Roguelikes. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Ido Yehieli, John Harris and Keith Burgun. Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 35, where we discuss the Diablo series. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Andrew Doull, Ido Yehieli and Keith Burgun. Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 34, where we discuss the platformer roguelike Red Rogue. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Andrew Doull, Ido Yehieli, John Harris, Keith Burgun, and Aaron Steed, the creator of Red Rogue.  Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 33. This week we interview Thomas Biskup, creator of ADOM and ADOM II. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Tapani Kiiskinen and Thomas Biskup. Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 32. This week's topic is combat mechanics in roguelikes. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Ido Yehieli and Andrew Doull. Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 31, where we discuss the game that inspired our whole genre - Rogue. Talking this episode are Ido Yehieli, John Harris, Jordan Starkweather, Keith Burgun, Michael Brough and our very special guest Glenn Wichman, one of the co-creators of the original Rogue. Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 30, where we discuss identification systems. Talking this episode are John Harris, Keith Burgun, Ido Yehieli and Andrew Doull. Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 29, where we talk again about the Seven Day Roguelikes released in 2012. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Ido Yehieli and Todd Page. Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 28, where we talk about the Seven Day Roguelikes released in 2012. This is the first of a multipart as we try vainly to cover the highlights of 62 successes from this year's 7DRL challenge. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Ido Yehieli and Jeff Lait. Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 27, where we talk about Seven Day Roguelikes of Yesteryear - a look back on the highlights of 7 years of 7DRLs. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Ido Yehieli and Jeff Lait. Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 26, where we talk about How to Make a Seven Day Roguelike. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Ido Yehieli, Jeff Lait, corremn and Joe Bradshaw. Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 25, where we look at Permadeath, both how it applies in roguelikes, and other game experiences. Talking this episode are Andrew Doull, and Ben Abraham of Critical Distance, joined part way through the episode by Darren Grey and Nicolas Casalini (aka DarkGod). Read more »

Welcome to Roguelike Radio episode 24, where we look at Themes and Settings in Roguelikes. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, John Harris, Legend and Nicolas Casalini (aka DarkGod). Read more »

Welcome to episode 23 of Roguelike Radio. Today we take a break from our usual schedule to interview David Ploog, former lead designer of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup. Joining David are Ido Yehieli, Keith Burgun and Jeff Lait. Read more »

Welcome to episode 22 of Roguelike Radio. This week we discuss Infra Arcana, a horror-themed roguelike with significant Lovecraft inspiration. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, John Harris, Legend and Infra Arcana's developer Martin Tornqvist (aka NON). Read more »

Welcome to episode 21 of Roguelike Radio. This week we discuss procedural generation and how it applies to roguelikes. Talking this episode are Darren Grey and Andrew Doull. Read more »

Welcome to episode 20 of Roguelike Radio. This week we discuss Cataclysm, a post-apocalyptic roguelike with a large open world. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Ido Yehieli, Eronarn, Joshua Day and Cataclysm's developer Zachary Jenkins (aka Whales). Read more »

Welcome to episode 19 of Roguelike Radio. This week we interview Nicolas Casalini, aka DarkGod, creator of ToME4, also known as Tales of Maj'Eyal. Interviewing DarkGod are Darren Grey and Ido Yehieli. Read more »

Welcome to episode 18 of Roguelike Radio. This week we discuss ToME4, also known as Tales of Maj'Eyal. ToME4 is a major roguelike written by DarkGod, and has recently become the first game to win the ASCII Dreams Roguelike of the Year poll twice. Talking this episode are Darren Grey, Andrew Doull and John Harris,[...]

Welcome to this week's episode of Roguelike Radio. Episode 17 celebrates the diversity and popularity of roguelikes with a discussion about the possibility of there being a roguelike of the year and what that even means. You can still vote for the 5th annual Ascii Dreams Roguelike of the Year as well, so take the[...]

Welcome to this week's episode of Roguelike Radio. Episode 16 looks back over the history of roguelikes, with a lot of extrapolating over what might happen in future and where we'd each like the genre to go. Talking this week are Andrew Doull, Darren Grey, Ido Yehieli and Keith Burgun. Read more »

Welcome to this week's episode of Roguelike Radio. Episode 15 features 3 Angband variant developers taking a quick time out from their grinding schedules to discuss Quickband, and Angband variants in general. Talking this week are Andrew Doull, Tom Demuyt and Brian Bull. Read more »

Welcome to this week's episode of Roguelike Radio. Episode 14 focuses on resource management in roguelikes, including food clocks, items and variations on these. Talking this week are Andrew Doull, Darren Grey and Ido Yehieli. Read more »

This week's episode of Roguelike Radio covers a classic commercial game relatively unknown in the U.S., Fushigi no Dungeon 2: Furaai no Shiren, a.k.a. Mystery Dungeon 2: Shiren the Wanderer.  Although part of a long-running Japanese series that's still fairly obscure (in its non-Pokemon forms) in the West, this did receive a recent U.S. release[...]

Welcome to this week's episode of Roguelike Radio. Episode 12 takes a look at how traditional rogue-like mechanics are put to use in games outside of the genre, with some reflection on how these mechanics work within roguelikes. Talking this week are Darren Grey, Andrew Doull, John Harris, Ido Yehieli and Keith Burgun. Read more[...]

Welcome to this week's episode of Roguelike Radio. Episode 11 features the Binding of Isaac, a roguelike shooter inspired by in part by the Biblical story of the same name. Talking this week are Ido Yehieli, Oddmund Strømme and Andrew Doull and we are joined by the designer and artist of the Binding of Isaac,[...]

Welcome to this week's episode of Roguelike Radio. Episode 10 focuses on deity systems in roguelikes, with particular attention on Nethack, ADOM, DCSS and Powder. Talking this week are Darren Grey and Jeff Lait. Read more »

Welcome to a special edition of Roguelike Radio where we interview three members of Gaslamp Games, the developers of Dungeons of Dredmor. Dredmor is a graphical roguelike with a significant humour element, available on Steam or Desura, and was covered in episode 6 of Roguelike Radio. Asking questions are Darren Grey and John Harris, with[...]