We've just released a new open source game called The Intercept, which you can play for free right now! We chat about the origins and themes of the story, and the toolset it's built with.

http://www.inklestudios.com/ink/theintercept/

http://www.inklestudios.com/ink/

Tom talks about the challenges of designing abstract strategy games for an Inkle side project, while Joe and Jon muse over story integration and the advantages of allowing employees to work on their own projects.

Sorcery 3 is joining the collection on Steam next week, so we're back with another Sorcery special!

Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/445040

We're proud to reveal that the latest incarnation of our in-house interactive fiction authoring engine, Ink, is now open source! Jon, Jon and Tom discuss the kit, which our developer-inclined listeners can play with right now at:

http://www.inklestudios.com/ink/

Joe and Jon open up on Inkle’s relationship with books, and Tom challenges them to a literature-themed game design improv session.

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Joe, Jon and Tom chat about Oxenfree's real time dialogue system, and mull over how players relate to characters, looking at This War of Mine and The Witcher 3.

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While mulling over the name for Inkle's latest project, Tom, Jon and Joe chat about what makes good names work, and find some interesting connections between some of their favourites.

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To celebrate the Steam release of Sorcery 1 & 2, Jon and Joe delve into the design of the hit series

Buy on Steam - store.steampowered.com/app/411000/

Welcome to the inklecast! The idea is simple: we - Joe Humfrey, Jon Ingold and Tom Kail - get around a table, talk about interactive fiction, narrative games, game design or whatever else comes along, then cut out the best bits and put them up in bite-sized chunks.

To celebrate the Steam release of Sorcery 1 & 2, Jon and Joe reminisce on the origins and design of the acclaimed series.

Buy on Steam - http://store.steampowered.com/app/411000/

Welcome to the inklecast! The idea is simple: we - Joe Humfrey, Jon Ingold and Tom Kail - get around a table, talk about interactive fiction, narrative games, game design or whatever else comes along, then cut out the best bits and put them up in bite-sized chunks.

Welcome to the inklecast! The idea is simple: we - Joe Humfrey, Jon Ingold and Tom Kail - get around a table, talk about interactive fiction, narrative games, game design or whatever else comes along, then cut out the best bits and put them up in bite-sized chunks.

In this episode, we discuss the role of roleplay in narrative games.