Roguelike Radio

We discuss the rise of Generative AI in game development, with Darren Grey , Jeremiah Reid and Tommy Thompson . Read more »

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 »

We discuss the kitchen sink school of game design, with  Alexei Pepers  and  Darren Grey . Read more »

Episode 151 of Roguelike Radio features Rob Parker and Eben Howard , with guests Hadley St. Clair and Kevin Cole , developers of Haque ( steam and itch.io ) This episode contains spoilers for story and gameplay elements in Haque Read more »

We discuss Rot.js , a roguelike toolkit and display library using JavaScript, with Darren Grey  and rot.js creator Ondrej Zara . Read more »

We discuss the interaction of chaos theory and procedural generation, with Alexei Pepers  and Darren Grey . Read more »