Eggplant Show
@eggplantshow.bsky.social
Candid conversations with creators that dive deep into the art, craft and process of making games.
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Hosts:
@nsuttner.bsky.social @nealen.bsky.social @doougle.net @stfj.net @selmaleh.bsky.social @lauraehall.bsky.social @robdubbin.bsky.social
eggplant.show
Hosts:
@nsuttner.bsky.social @nealen.bsky.social @doougle.net @stfj.net @selmaleh.bsky.social @lauraehall.bsky.social @robdubbin.bsky.social
Note: we did make a canonical "Mint" shirt but the color is out of stock and we're unsure of when it will return — hopefully soon!
August 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Note: we did make a canonical "Mint" shirt but the color is out of stock and we're unsure of when it will return — hopefully soon!
We made some beautiful merch over on @cottonbureau.com for our podcasts Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games and Eggplant Presents: A Year of UFO50!
cottonbureau.com/people/eggpl...
Poke around for different styles/colors, and let us know if you have any requests!
cottonbureau.com/people/eggpl...
Poke around for different styles/colors, and let us know if you have any requests!
August 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
We made some beautiful merch over on @cottonbureau.com for our podcasts Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games and Eggplant Presents: A Year of UFO50!
cottonbureau.com/people/eggpl...
Poke around for different styles/colors, and let us know if you have any requests!
cottonbureau.com/people/eggpl...
Poke around for different styles/colors, and let us know if you have any requests!
Note: we did make a canonical "Mint" shirt but the color is OOS. Hopefully it will return soon!
August 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Note: we did make a canonical "Mint" shirt but the color is OOS. Hopefully it will return soon!
Something’s landing soon
August 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Something’s landing soon
We were totally overwhelmed by the amazing turnout today, thanks so much to everyone who joined!!
(And probably twice this many people stopped by at some point!)
(And probably twice this many people stopped by at some point!)
March 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
We were totally overwhelmed by the amazing turnout today, thanks so much to everyone who joined!!
(And probably twice this many people stopped by at some point!)
(And probably twice this many people stopped by at some point!)
GDC-goers:
We're having a little meetup next week!
Several of our hosts, previous guests, and listeners will be there. And...you?
It will be here, at 4pm on Wednesday. Come talk video games and nightshades!
We're having a little meetup next week!
Several of our hosts, previous guests, and listeners will be there. And...you?
It will be here, at 4pm on Wednesday. Come talk video games and nightshades!
March 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
GDC-goers:
We're having a little meetup next week!
Several of our hosts, previous guests, and listeners will be there. And...you?
It will be here, at 4pm on Wednesday. Come talk video games and nightshades!
We're having a little meetup next week!
Several of our hosts, previous guests, and listeners will be there. And...you?
It will be here, at 4pm on Wednesday. Come talk video games and nightshades!
Final reminder, starting today!
Eggplant Presents: A Year of UFO 50
1 year of weekly podcast episodes, 1 for each game, book club-style, including many incredible guest co-hosts along the way.
discord.gg/eggplant to play along!
Tonight: an intro
Next week: Barbuta
Etc.
Eggplant Presents: A Year of UFO 50
1 year of weekly podcast episodes, 1 for each game, book club-style, including many incredible guest co-hosts along the way.
discord.gg/eggplant to play along!
Tonight: an intro
Next week: Barbuta
Etc.
September 18, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Final reminder, starting today!
Eggplant Presents: A Year of UFO 50
1 year of weekly podcast episodes, 1 for each game, book club-style, including many incredible guest co-hosts along the way.
discord.gg/eggplant to play along!
Tonight: an intro
Next week: Barbuta
Etc.
Eggplant Presents: A Year of UFO 50
1 year of weekly podcast episodes, 1 for each game, book club-style, including many incredible guest co-hosts along the way.
discord.gg/eggplant to play along!
Tonight: an intro
Next week: Barbuta
Etc.
We've got a rad announcement! Coming soon:
Eggplant Presents: A Year of UFO50
1 intro ep
50 weekly episodes, one per game
1 outro ep
Subscribe to our usual feed to listen, and join us on discord.gg/eggplant to play along!
Premiering on #UFO50 launch day, 09/18
Eggplant Presents: A Year of UFO50
1 intro ep
50 weekly episodes, one per game
1 outro ep
Subscribe to our usual feed to listen, and join us on discord.gg/eggplant to play along!
Premiering on #UFO50 launch day, 09/18
August 29, 2024 at 7:33 PM
We've got a rad announcement! Coming soon:
Eggplant Presents: A Year of UFO50
1 intro ep
50 weekly episodes, one per game
1 outro ep
Subscribe to our usual feed to listen, and join us on discord.gg/eggplant to play along!
Premiering on #UFO50 launch day, 09/18
Eggplant Presents: A Year of UFO50
1 intro ep
50 weekly episodes, one per game
1 outro ep
Subscribe to our usual feed to listen, and join us on discord.gg/eggplant to play along!
Premiering on #UFO50 launch day, 09/18
126: Building Your Own Platform w/ Zach Gage (Puzzmo)
We talk to our very own @stfj.net about his brand new games website, Puzzmo. We talk about player curiosity, newspaper games, crosswords, and more.
Links to listen and show notes:
eggplant.show/126-building...
We talk to our very own @stfj.net about his brand new games website, Puzzmo. We talk about player curiosity, newspaper games, crosswords, and more.
Links to listen and show notes:
eggplant.show/126-building...
November 13, 2023 at 3:25 PM
126: Building Your Own Platform w/ Zach Gage (Puzzmo)
We talk to our very own @stfj.net about his brand new games website, Puzzmo. We talk about player curiosity, newspaper games, crosswords, and more.
Links to listen and show notes:
eggplant.show/126-building...
We talk to our very own @stfj.net about his brand new games website, Puzzmo. We talk about player curiosity, newspaper games, crosswords, and more.
Links to listen and show notes:
eggplant.show/126-building...
125: Exploring Your Own Landscape w/ Mars First Logistics
Ian MacLarty and Kalonica join us to discuss their open-world physics simulation game. We talk about tech art, procedurally generated landscapes, humor, and more.
Links and show notes:
eggplant.show/exploring-yo...
Ian MacLarty and Kalonica join us to discuss their open-world physics simulation game. We talk about tech art, procedurally generated landscapes, humor, and more.
Links and show notes:
eggplant.show/exploring-yo...
November 8, 2023 at 3:26 PM
125: Exploring Your Own Landscape w/ Mars First Logistics
Ian MacLarty and Kalonica join us to discuss their open-world physics simulation game. We talk about tech art, procedurally generated landscapes, humor, and more.
Links and show notes:
eggplant.show/exploring-yo...
Ian MacLarty and Kalonica join us to discuss their open-world physics simulation game. We talk about tech art, procedurally generated landscapes, humor, and more.
Links and show notes:
eggplant.show/exploring-yo...
We're back!
We're joined by Patrick Traynor, the creator of Patrick's Parabox, a mind-bending recursive puzzle game. We discuss following your gut to what a game wants to be, the puzzle game dev community, and our approaches to puzzle design
Links and show notes: eggplant.show/124-thinking...
We're joined by Patrick Traynor, the creator of Patrick's Parabox, a mind-bending recursive puzzle game. We discuss following your gut to what a game wants to be, the puzzle game dev community, and our approaches to puzzle design
Links and show notes: eggplant.show/124-thinking...
October 11, 2023 at 12:59 PM
We're back!
We're joined by Patrick Traynor, the creator of Patrick's Parabox, a mind-bending recursive puzzle game. We discuss following your gut to what a game wants to be, the puzzle game dev community, and our approaches to puzzle design
Links and show notes: eggplant.show/124-thinking...
We're joined by Patrick Traynor, the creator of Patrick's Parabox, a mind-bending recursive puzzle game. We discuss following your gut to what a game wants to be, the puzzle game dev community, and our approaches to puzzle design
Links and show notes: eggplant.show/124-thinking...
This is a special one for us! Today we speak to Gilles De Coster, host of our favorite Belgian reality TV game show, De Mol, to talk about the sublime game design behind its thrilling, subversive challenges 📺
https://eggplant.show/website/122-finding-decency-in-reality-with-gilles-de-coster-de-mol
https://eggplant.show/website/122-finding-decency-in-reality-with-gilles-de-coster-de-mol
August 11, 2023 at 7:53 PM
This is a special one for us! Today we speak to Gilles De Coster, host of our favorite Belgian reality TV game show, De Mol, to talk about the sublime game design behind its thrilling, subversive challenges 📺
https://eggplant.show/website/122-finding-decency-in-reality-with-gilles-de-coster-de-mol
https://eggplant.show/website/122-finding-decency-in-reality-with-gilles-de-coster-de-mol
If you're a fan of reality TV, puzzle challenges and excellent game design, you're gonna love our next episode: we interview Gilles De Coster, host of De Mol, our favorite Belgian reality game show! Coming soon 🔎
August 11, 2023 at 4:30 AM
If you're a fan of reality TV, puzzle challenges and excellent game design, you're gonna love our next episode: we interview Gilles De Coster, host of De Mol, our favorite Belgian reality game show! Coming soon 🔎
On our latest ep, we chat about Venba (Visai Games), family, love & loss, narrative & play, making personal games in a commercial industry & creating a cooking experience with a distinct flavor
Links to listen and show notes here: https://eggplant.show/121-developing-your-taste-with-abhi-venba
Links to listen and show notes here: https://eggplant.show/121-developing-your-taste-with-abhi-venba
August 10, 2023 at 9:00 PM
On our latest ep, we chat about Venba (Visai Games), family, love & loss, narrative & play, making personal games in a commercial industry & creating a cooking experience with a distinct flavor
Links to listen and show notes here: https://eggplant.show/121-developing-your-taste-with-abhi-venba
Links to listen and show notes here: https://eggplant.show/121-developing-your-taste-with-abhi-venba
New ep! #121: Developing Your Taste with Abhi (Venba)
We discuss Venba (Visai Games), a game abt family, love & loss, narrative & play, making personal games in a commercial industry & creating a cooking experience w/a distinct flavor
https://eggplant.show/121-developing-your-taste-with-abhi-venba
We discuss Venba (Visai Games), a game abt family, love & loss, narrative & play, making personal games in a commercial industry & creating a cooking experience w/a distinct flavor
https://eggplant.show/121-developing-your-taste-with-abhi-venba
July 31, 2023 at 6:09 PM
New ep! #121: Developing Your Taste with Abhi (Venba)
We discuss Venba (Visai Games), a game abt family, love & loss, narrative & play, making personal games in a commercial industry & creating a cooking experience w/a distinct flavor
https://eggplant.show/121-developing-your-taste-with-abhi-venba
We discuss Venba (Visai Games), a game abt family, love & loss, narrative & play, making personal games in a commercial industry & creating a cooking experience w/a distinct flavor
https://eggplant.show/121-developing-your-taste-with-abhi-venba
Next episode coming soon!
We loved chatting with Abhi about Venba, his stirring narrative cooking game about family, love, loss, and more.
The game launches on all platforms on July 31st
Trailer: https://youtu.be/-mV7d1Z5KxM
We loved chatting with Abhi about Venba, his stirring narrative cooking game about family, love, loss, and more.
The game launches on all platforms on July 31st
Trailer: https://youtu.be/-mV7d1Z5KxM
July 29, 2023 at 9:19 PM
Next episode coming soon!
We loved chatting with Abhi about Venba, his stirring narrative cooking game about family, love, loss, and more.
The game launches on all platforms on July 31st
Trailer: https://youtu.be/-mV7d1Z5KxM
We loved chatting with Abhi about Venba, his stirring narrative cooking game about family, love, loss, and more.
The game launches on all platforms on July 31st
Trailer: https://youtu.be/-mV7d1Z5KxM
Andrejs Kļaviņš (The Case of the Golden Idol) on perils of success
On our latest ep, we talk inspirations, 'aha!' moments in playtesting & trusting yourself to trust players
Listen here: https://eggplant.show/website/120-making-a-case-for-intuition-with-andrejs-kavi-the-case-of-the-golden-idol…
On our latest ep, we talk inspirations, 'aha!' moments in playtesting & trusting yourself to trust players
Listen here: https://eggplant.show/website/120-making-a-case-for-intuition-with-andrejs-kavi-the-case-of-the-golden-idol…
July 17, 2023 at 11:03 PM
Andrejs Kļaviņš (The Case of the Golden Idol) on perils of success
On our latest ep, we talk inspirations, 'aha!' moments in playtesting & trusting yourself to trust players
Listen here: https://eggplant.show/website/120-making-a-case-for-intuition-with-andrejs-kavi-the-case-of-the-golden-idol…
On our latest ep, we talk inspirations, 'aha!' moments in playtesting & trusting yourself to trust players
Listen here: https://eggplant.show/website/120-making-a-case-for-intuition-with-andrejs-kavi-the-case-of-the-golden-idol…
New episode! 🎙️🍆 #120: Making a Case for Intuition
w/Andrejs Kļaviņš (The Case of the Golden Idol)
We talk cross-media inspirations, 'aha!' moments in playtesting & trusting yourself to trust players
https://eggplant.show/120-making-a-case-for-intuition-with-andrejs-kavi-the-case-of-the-golden-idol
w/Andrejs Kļaviņš (The Case of the Golden Idol)
We talk cross-media inspirations, 'aha!' moments in playtesting & trusting yourself to trust players
https://eggplant.show/120-making-a-case-for-intuition-with-andrejs-kavi-the-case-of-the-golden-idol
July 14, 2023 at 8:59 PM
New episode! 🎙️🍆 #120: Making a Case for Intuition
w/Andrejs Kļaviņš (The Case of the Golden Idol)
We talk cross-media inspirations, 'aha!' moments in playtesting & trusting yourself to trust players
https://eggplant.show/120-making-a-case-for-intuition-with-andrejs-kavi-the-case-of-the-golden-idol
w/Andrejs Kļaviņš (The Case of the Golden Idol)
We talk cross-media inspirations, 'aha!' moments in playtesting & trusting yourself to trust players
https://eggplant.show/120-making-a-case-for-intuition-with-andrejs-kavi-the-case-of-the-golden-idol
🍆 🎙️ On our next episode, we're chatting with Andrejs Kļaviņš of Color Gray Games about their freeform detective game The Case of the Golden Idol!
Coming this week, so stay tuned 🕑
Coming this week, so stay tuned 🕑
July 13, 2023 at 7:08 PM
🍆 🎙️ On our next episode, we're chatting with Andrejs Kļaviņš of Color Gray Games about their freeform detective game The Case of the Golden Idol!
Coming this week, so stay tuned 🕑
Coming this week, so stay tuned 🕑
Guerilla Games' Ben McCaw and Jochen Willemsen on the magic moment when they knew Ashly Burch was Aloy
On our latest ep, Ben, Jochen and Ashly chat about working on the Horizon franchise. Listen here: https://eggplant.show/119-collaborating-in-character-with-ashly-burch-and-guerrilla-games-horizon
On our latest ep, Ben, Jochen and Ashly chat about working on the Horizon franchise. Listen here: https://eggplant.show/119-collaborating-in-character-with-ashly-burch-and-guerrilla-games-horizon
July 5, 2023 at 11:44 PM
Guerilla Games' Ben McCaw and Jochen Willemsen on the magic moment when they knew Ashly Burch was Aloy
On our latest ep, Ben, Jochen and Ashly chat about working on the Horizon franchise. Listen here: https://eggplant.show/119-collaborating-in-character-with-ashly-burch-and-guerrilla-games-horizon
On our latest ep, Ben, Jochen and Ashly chat about working on the Horizon franchise. Listen here: https://eggplant.show/119-collaborating-in-character-with-ashly-burch-and-guerrilla-games-horizon
New ep! We talk with Ashly Burch and Guerilla Games' Ben McCaw and Jochen Willemsen on building Aloy's character, performance capture & creating nuance & evolution in a blockbuster series
Listen: https://eggplant.show/119-collaborating-in-character-with-ashly-burch-and-guerrilla-games-horizon
Listen: https://eggplant.show/119-collaborating-in-character-with-ashly-burch-and-guerrilla-games-horizon
July 2, 2023 at 9:43 PM
New ep! We talk with Ashly Burch and Guerilla Games' Ben McCaw and Jochen Willemsen on building Aloy's character, performance capture & creating nuance & evolution in a blockbuster series
Listen: https://eggplant.show/119-collaborating-in-character-with-ashly-burch-and-guerrilla-games-horizon
Listen: https://eggplant.show/119-collaborating-in-character-with-ashly-burch-and-guerrilla-games-horizon