163 episodes
Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games
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4.8 • 127 Ratings
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Candid conversations with game creators that dive deep into the art, craft, and process of making games.
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Reflecting (and More) on GDC 2024
Four of ours hosts went to the 2024 Game Developers Conference, and we lived to share anecdotes, interesting games we saw, and the highlights (and injuries) of our week! Also, Rob chases down a handful of other lovely devs to tell us the best/hardest things about making games right now.
Show Notes:
Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure
Experimental Game Workshop
Museum of Mechanics: Lockpicking
Once Upon a Jester
Misshapen
Mediterranea Inferno
Kill Lincoln
The Crush House -
Going in Blind with Balatro
We're joined by LocalThunk, solo creator of the hypnotic deckbuilder Balatro. We discuss flauting the fashion of a genre and going into development blind, the benefits of balacing by feel, and why Balatro shouldn't exist.
Show Notes:
Balatro
LocalThunk
Big two
Luck Be a Landlord
Slice & Dice
Slay the Spire
Risk of Rain 2 -
Harnessing the Algorithm with Eric Chahi
We're joined by renowned designer Eric Chahi (Another World, From Dust) to discuss his singularly surreal VR adventure Paper Beast. We discuss building a living ecosystem born from constraints, how the craft has changed over the decades, and the indecency of technology.
Show Notes:
Eric Chahi
Paper Beast
Another World
From Dust
Heart of Darkness
Strandbeest
TsuShiMaMiRe
Paprika
Pale Blue Dot -
Striving for Imperfection with Jon Ingold (A Highland Song)
We're joined by Jon Ingold, co-founder of Inkle Studios (80 Days, Heaven's Vault) to discuss A Highland Song - a wild adventure through the Scottish Highlands. We chat about creating narrative-driven games without a critical path, allowing players to fail forward, and the origins of Inkle's beloved narrative scripting language, ink.
Show Notes:
Jon Ingold
A Highland Song
Inkle Studios
ink
The Forever Labyrinth
Rick Dangerous
TV Superstars
Inform
MUDs
Uncharted 3's horse-riding section -
Celebrating Our 5th Anniversary!
We (belatedly) celebrate the 5th anniversary of our show with a sprawling, silly, reflective episode with a full house of hosts! Thanks for listening to us for all this time. Show Notes:
Bob Mould
Heat: Pedal to the Metal
Everest Pipkin's The Poppy Grower
Learning Moonring with Zach
A Link to the Past Redux
Paper Beast
Late Show 3-Legged Race: Video Game Speedrunner Edition
Tharsis
Blue Thunder
Everyday Shooter
PixelJunk Monsters
Puzzled Pint
Sleep No More
Teeny Little Super Guy
LearnedLeague -
Welcoming Rob!
We welcome Rob Dubbin (he/they) as a permanent member of the host pool! We discuss his journey from Late Night into making games, applicable lessons learned in the writers' room, and the importance of making your own shot.
Show Notes:
Rob Dubbin
NYU Game Center
Babycastles
Wonderville
Game Studies Study Buddies
I Am America (And So Can You!)
Earl Grey
ZZT by Anna Anthropy
London Jerry: Freelance Mailman
Stephen Colbert at the White House Correspondants' Dinner
Samurai Gunn
Sportsfriends
Scripto
Scripto + Global Game Jam 2024
Customer Reviews
The best video game design podcast on the internet
The title says it all. Simply the best video game design podcast on the internet. And maybe the best kept secret, because this is what I’ve been searching for for years and I only just found out about it. Perfection.
A new favorite!
Eggplant has quickly become a favorite in my feed! I love the engaging conversations and insightful content. I truly learn something every time I listen. Highly recommend tuning in!
Pronoun Garbage
I love Spelunky. Once I saw there was a podcast about I had to try it out. I listend to the first 40 episodes and jumped around on the Into The Depths epidsodes. I loved it.
Then they brought up their white cis male privilege.
They have pronouns in their names now.
I listened to it because it was about video games. Now its about white supremacy and genders.
Thats a shame. Unsubscribed