Welcome back to Systems in Play! The podcast where fledgling game developers CJ and Sam discuss making and playing games. This week we're talking about Balatro, the new rogue-like poker game from indie dev LocalThunk. We're also talking rogue-likes, daily challenges, Hell Divers, and the potential genesis of a new genre of games. Stay to the end for a peek behind the curtain as we discuss our process and tools for making Shorts in Godot.

Question of the week: If you were an NPC in a video game, what items would you drop?

Our editor Merlin had a lot to say during this episode, apologies for the background noise!

Games and Topics Discussed

• Balatro
  • GMTK Video
• Spelunky
• Downwell
• Eggplant Daily Run
• Poinpy
• Delta
• Polished Crystal
• Hell Divers
• Phasmophobia