06: Making Spelunky 2 with Derek Yu

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06: Making Spelunky 2 with Derek Yu

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Nov 15, 2018

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Spelunky creator Derek Yu joins us for a wide-ranging discussion on his design philosophies for approaching a sequel, embracing chaos in design, and so much more. This is a special one, so brew some tea, grab a pug, and get comfortable!

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Nov 15, 2018

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06: Making Spelunky 2 with Derek Yu: Spelunky creator Derek Yu joins us for a wide-ranging discussion on his design philosophies for approaching a sequel, embracing chaos in design, and so much more. This is a special one, so brew some tea, grab a pug, and get comfortable! by Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games
121 min listen
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15: GDC Special - Derek Yu and Slay the Spire: We return home from the Game Developers Conference with hands-on impressions of the new Spelunky 2 demo, while the muse himself Derek Yu gives us a Spelunky 2 development update. Plus Slay the Spire’s Casey Yano talks about the design of their hit... by Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games
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04: Making the Spelunky 2 trailer with Derek Lieu: Master trailer craftsman Derek Lieu stops by to go deep on the making of the awesome Spelunky 2 trailer! We talk through his process, the unique challenges of working with a procedural game, and even unearth a few new Spelunky 2 tidbits along the way. by Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games
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16: The Spelunky Book Club: We delve deep into the pages of Derek Yu’s excellent Spelunky book, from its thoughtful musings on creativity, to its inspiring lessons in game design. A must-read on how our favorite game came to be! Plus some record-breaking Spelunky news, the... by Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games
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03: Breaking world records with Kinnijup and ix: We welcome world-record speedrunners and all-around Spelunky experts Jamie “Kinnijup” White and Aaron “ix” Kearsley to the show! We talk about the culture of competitive Spelunky, recent record-breaking runs, and why speedrunning feels like... by Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games
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05: The Design of Spelunky: We dive deep into the core design of Spelunky - what exactly fuels its procedural perfection, and why is its world still so compelling? And what design touches do our listeners love, and which would they send to Hell? Plus some new Spelunky 2 tidbits! by Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games
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17: Climbing Gloves in the Jungle: The crew makes the most of being paired off: Andy and Zach talk climbing documentaries, persistence, and design back home, while Nick and Doug play and discuss some Spelunky co-op on the road in New Zealand. Plus a quick interview with Mini Metro’s... by Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games
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25: Slay the Spire with Anthony Giovannetti: Megacrit’s Anthony Giovannetti sits down with us to dive deep into the iterative design process of his hit roguelike deckbuilder, Slay the Spire. Things we discussed: by Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games
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12: Into the Breach with Justin Ma: Justin Ma of Subset Games joins us to discuss the design of his excellent sci-fi strategy game Into the Breach, from its Spelunky-inspired high/low-level design, to how they cracked its time-driven gameplay, to why throwing away 80% of their... by Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games
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10: Keyforge with Richard Garfield: The creator of Magic: the Gathering, Netrunner, King of Tokyo, and so much of the modern gaming culture we love joins us to talk about finding cohesion in the beautiful randomness of his latest design: the world’s first Unique Deck Game, Keyforge.... by Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games
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Into the Depths: Noita - Part 2: In the second installment of our miniseries, we discuss our different play styles, wand customization, building games around online communities, and our experiences with - and the implementation of - Noita's Daily Challenge. Some things we discussed: by Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games
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39: The Tricks of the Toolkit with Mark Brown (Game Maker's Toolkit): Mark Brown of Game Maker's Toolkit joins us to talk about the process behind his excellent series on game design. We discuss his recent video on randomness - diving deep on input/output randomness - as well as roguelike progression, and much... by Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games
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