Draknek & Friends Official Podcast

In this week's podcast, we talk to Levi Pinkert, creator of Loophole, about what ideas make it from drawing board to actual development, how to make the judgement call on ambition Vs. realism, and the terrible crime of not featuring pushable blocks in a grid-based puzzle game.

In this episode, Alan and Syrenne are joined by Eli Rainsberry, the composer and sound designer of A Monster's Expedition, Saltsea Chronicles, Wilmot Works It Out, and more. Topics include how they got into the industry, the development of A Monster's Expedition, and how designing music for puzzle games is different from other games.

In this episode, hosts Alan and Syrenne are joined by Adam Saltsman, the co-founder of Finji and the developer of CORGISPACE. Topics include the development of CORGISPACE, game design, despair about the industry, and PICO-8.

Alan is joined by Dan Pearson, Draknek & Friends' newest member of the team. Topics include his career from journalism to game development, the challenges of marketing puzzle games, and designing puzzles to get into the mind of players.

Join us for our second year of GOTY festivities at the Draknek & Friends Official Podcast. Syrenne and Alan are once again joined by Mairi and Joseph for this look at a lot of our favorite games from the last year.

Games discussed:
Blue Prince
Is This Seat Taken?
The Roottrees are Dead
Glowkeeper
Öoo
The Mr. Rabbit Magic Show
Strange Jigsaws
Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
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Ligo
Golden Idol DLCs
Lab Rat
Kaizen: A Factory Story
Adam Saltsman's small PICO-8 games
Gentoo Rescue
The House of Tesla
Escape Simulator 2
Escape Academy 2 Demo
Gnosia (2022)
LOK Digital
The Electrifying Incident
Spooky Express