Roguelike Radio

We discuss the 2026 crop of Seven Day Roguelikes, including highlight games, recent trends and experiences of taking part. Read more »

Darren Grey and John Harris discuss the Japanese roguelike Omega Labyrinth Life. Read more »

Darren Grey, Andrew Doull and Rob Parker discuss design analysis of games during play. Read more »

Darren Grey and Mark Johnson discuss design of innovative mechanics in roguelikes. Read more »

Darren Grey, Andrew Doull and Rob Parker discuss the role of "jank" in games. Read more »

Darren with Josh Ge (aka Kyzrati) about Designing for Mastery and the latest in Cogmind development. Read more »

Darren interviews Kornel Kisielewicz about his upcoming game Jupiter Hell Classic. Read more »

We discuss table top roleplaying games and how they have moved on from the inspiration for the original Rogue, with Marc Majcher, Sam Dunnewold and Andrew Doull. Read more »

We discuss modern development for older home computers such as the Commodore-64, with Mark Johnson, Andrew Doull and Ricki Sickenger of Badgerpunch Games. Read more »

Darren Grey interviews Tanya X Short, head of Kitfox Games. Read more »

We discussed the kinda poker-themed and vaguely roguelike-ish game Balatro, with Darren Grey and Mark Johnson. Read more »

Andrew Doull and Rob Parker interview Jason Grinblat and Brian Bucklew, creators of Caves of Qud, about the milestone 1.0 release of their game. Read more »

We discuss the how science fiction intersects with the roguelike genre, with Darren Grey and Andrew Doull. Read more »

We discuss the recently released Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil (aka Shiren 6), with John Harris and Rob Parker. Read more »

We discuss the 10th "Mansiversary" of Dungeonmans, with Darren Grey and Jim Shepard. Read more »

We discuss the new development of 868-BACK, with Darren Grey, Andrew Doull and Michael Brough. Read more »

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 »