Designer Notes

Designer Notes 53: Jon Ingold - Part 1

Jun 18, 2020 · 1 hr 28 min · 127.8 MBExplicit
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In this episode, Soren interviews veteran game developer Jon Ingold, who co-founded inkle and is best known for his work in interactive fiction, including All Roads, 80 Days, and the Sorcery! series. They discuss why Plundered Hearts is his favorite Infocom game, how being a maths teacher is like being a level designer, and when he realized that parsers were a commercial dead-end.