Play by Ear Gamecast

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Original tabletop games designed for podcast audio. Play by Ear Gamecast is currently a public experimental laboratory exploring recorded voices, asymmetric stereo information, changing chapter images, puzzles, sound art, and unusual podcast-player mechanics. The episodes are prototypes and tests, not yet finished games. Find the project and contribute at https://github.com/udeudeude/Play-by-Ear-GameCast.

  1. Episode 1

    Three Channel Laboratory

    Three-player experiment: different information in LEFT, RIGHT and SCREEN. Includes links, QR code, chapter titles, stereo speech, transcript, and an intentionally exact four-minute thirty-seven-second running time. Open this episode page To jump to a chapter: open Now Playing, tap the chapter/list button, and select a chapter. The chapter menu is the working navigation method on iOS 18. Chapter 1: WelcomeChapter 2: Stereo CalibrationChapter 3: Screen ChannelChapter 4: Compare CluesChapter 5: QR Image TestChapter 6: Tone ExperimentsChapter 7: Transcript TestChapter 8: Duration MetadataChapter 9: Trailing Silence

    Three Channel Laboratory

  2. Episode 2

    How Fast Can Art Change?

    Embedded chapter image intervals include 20, 12, 8, 5, 2, 1, 0.5 and 0.1 seconds. The file encodes these, but Apple Podcasts display timing is unknown. Open this episode page To jump to a chapter: open Now Playing, tap the chapter/list button, and select a chapter. The chapter menu is the working navigation method on iOS 18. Chapter 1: Twenty SecondsChapter 2: Twenty Seconds BChapter 3: Twenty Seconds CChapter 4: Twelve SecondsChapter 5: Eight SecondsChapter 6: Five SecondsChapter 7: Two SecondsChapter 8: One SecondChapter 9: Half SecondChapter 10: Tenth Second AChapter 11: Tenth Second BChapter 12: Tenth Second CChapter 13: Tenth Second DChapter 14: RecoveryChapter 15: One Second BChapter 16: One Second CChapter 17: Half Second BChapter 18: Half Second CChapter 19: Recovery TwoChapter 20: End ObservationChapter 21: Last Seconds

    How Fast Can Art Change?

  3. Episode 3

    The Forked Transmission

    Choose-your-own-adventure test: at the Decision Room, use the player chapter list to choose Left Chamber or Right Chamber. See also the separate Left Branch and Right Branch episodes. Open this episode page To stay in Apple Podcasts: tap the show name, then open the episode named The Left Branch or The Right Branch. Optional WEB previews (leave Podcasts): Left branch webpage or Right branch webpage To jump to a chapter: open Now Playing, tap the chapter/list button, and select a chapter. The chapter menu is the working navigation method on iOS 18. Chapter 1: Starting PointChapter 2: Two ChoicesChapter 3: Decision RoomChapter 4: Left ChamberChapter 5: Left EvidenceChapter 6: Right ChamberChapter 7: ExitChapter 8: Silence / Length

    The Forked Transmission

  4. Episode 4 Bonus

    The Left Branch

    Alternate destination from The Forked Transmission. Left-side branch episode. Open this episode page To jump to a chapter: open Now Playing, tap the chapter/list button, and select a chapter. The chapter menu is the working navigation method on iOS 18. Chapter 1: The Left EntranceChapter 2: A ClueChapter 3: End

    The Left Branch

  5. Episode 5 Bonus

    The Right Branch

    Alternate destination from The Forked Transmission. Right-side branch episode. Open this episode page To jump to a chapter: open Now Playing, tap the chapter/list button, and select a chapter. The chapter menu is the working navigation method on iOS 18. Chapter 1: The Right EntranceChapter 2: A ClueChapter 3: End

    The Right Branch

  6. Episode 6 Bonus

    Link and Timestamp Diagnostics

    Extra iOS 18 diagnostic episode: test several timestamp spellings in the notes below. Use the native chapter menu as the known-good control. An opening raw RSS page is a failure, not a successful seek. Open this episode page Tap each candidate below. SUCCESS = Apple Podcasts seeks in this episode. FAILURE = the raw RSS feed or a browser opens. A at 00:00:16 (HH:MM:SS)B at 00:32 (MM:SS)C at 0:48 (M:SS)D at 01:04 (MM:SS)E at 00:01:20 (HH:MM:SS)Control: use the player chapter menu to open Test A through Test E. Those are embedded ID3 chapters.

    Link and Timestamp Diagnostics

  7. Episode 7 Bonus

    Crossroads: The Link Laboratory

    A navigation experiment for iOS 18. No puzzle solutions appear in these notes. Within this recording: Left Room at 01:30 · Right Room at 02:15. If a link fails, use the native chapter list. Into another episode: The Left Branch · The Right Branch. Project-owned permanent links: Left shortlink · Right shortlink. Spoiler-free episode website · Apple Podcasts show listing

    Crossroads: The Link Laboratory
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Original tabletop games designed for podcast audio. Play by Ear Gamecast is currently a public experimental laboratory exploring recorded voices, asymmetric stereo information, changing chapter images, puzzles, sound art, and unusual podcast-player mechanics. The episodes are prototypes and tests, not yet finished games. Find the project and contribute at https://github.com/udeudeude/Play-by-Ear-GameCast.

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  • Creator
    Play by Ear
  • Episodes
    8
  • Seasons
    1
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Play by Ear: original test recordings
  • Show Website
    Play by Ear Gamecast