{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6821ebc1182b2144af451ca4/6a804a9f248fe5d9f8435dc5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Mike Cook - Next Level: Making Games That Make Themselves","description":"<p>Buy Books But Not From Bezos: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/indiegameclinic</p><p>IGC Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/indiegameclinic</p><p><br></p><p>Music:</p><p>GDL Theme created by Joe Baxter-Webb especially for the show. No Generative AI was used.</p><p>The music during the ad break was Backdrop Lady by John Runefelt, licensed via Epidemic Sound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NkdfV5NQxw</p><p><br></p><p>Games in the Book:</p><p>Elite: https://playclassic.games/games/space-simulation-dos-games-online/play-elite-online/</p><p>Rogue: https://www.myabandonware.com/game/rogue-4n/play-4n</p><p>Spelunky: https://playclassic.games/games/platform-windows-games-online/spelunky/</p><p>Dwarf Fortress: https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/</p><p>Caves of Qud: https://store.steampowered.com/app/333640/Caves_of_Qud/</p><p>AI Dungeon: https://aidungeon.com/</p><p><br></p><p>Games in the Book We Neglected to Discuss:</p><p>Black &amp; White: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/postmortem-lionhead-studios-i-black-white-i-</p><p>Creatures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-6DzI-krUQ</p><p><br></p><p>Additional Resources on Key Topics:</p><p>Mike Cook ProcGen Talk 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3daNITP9vBc</p><p>Mike Cook ProcGen Talk 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SGEcrRFuv4</p><p>ProcJam on itch.io: https://itch.io/jam/procjam</p><p>Drunk Cats in DF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yWf6BHqiWM</p><p>Probability Curves with Dice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEW6OufmGfs</p><p>Wave Function Collapse explainer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI_y2GAlQFM</p><p>Redblock Games Perlin Maps: https://www.redblobgames.com/maps/terrain-from-noise/</p><p>Cyclic Dungeon Generation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wvkTT-6P3Q</p><p>Doom Level Progress Diagrams: https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/100569-level-progress-diagrams-%E2%80%93-2002ado/</p><p><br></p><p>Perlin Noise explainer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMj3WU4gORI</p><p>Spelunky Level Gen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqk5Zf0tw3o</p><p>Article on \"Yomi\": https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/what-is-yomi-</p><p>Jamie Cheng interview on Designer Notes: https://soundcloud.com/idlethumbs/designer-notes-jamie-cheng</p><p>Derren Brown vs 9 Chess Players: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIAXIubSTkc</p><p>Design/Play/Disrupt at the V&amp;A https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/videogames?srsltid=AfmBOopAVyltddhnMhkoRQrXIT01B80O1KNmBq8zMCDYpmq0PKb7GRv4</p><p>Engelstein on Loss Aversion at GDC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_1YcCcBVfY&amp;t=2958s</p><p><br></p><p>Other Games Mentioned</p><p>Map Painter '84: https://acellular.itch.io/map-painter-84</p><p>Elite Dangerous: https://store.steampowered.com/app/359320/Elite_Dangerous/</p><p>Populous: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populous_(video_game)</p><p>Dungeon Keeper: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1996630/Dungeon_Keeper_Gold/</p><p>Rimworld: https://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/RimWorld/</p><p>Bad North: https://store.steampowered.com/app/688420/Bad_North_Jotunn_Edition/</p><p>Baldurs Gate 3: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1086940/Baldurs_Gate_3/</p><p>Disco Elysium: https://store.steampowered.com/app/632470/Disco_Elysium__The_Final_Cut/</p><p>Skyrim: https://store.steampowered.com/app/489830/The_Elder_Scrolls_V_Skyrim_Special_Edition/</p><p>Alien Isolation: https://store.steampowered.com/app/214490/Alien_Isolation/</p><p>Arc Raiders: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1808500/ARC_Raiders/</p><p>Fable 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fable_III</p><p>Oregon Trail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pze05Fz_rh8&amp;t=1s</p><p><br></p><p>Tom's itch.io: https://tchom.itch.io/</p><p><br></p><p>Joe's Stuff:</p><p>Golem Gourmet on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4209800/Golem_Gourmet/</p><p>Strange Voyage on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/strangevoyage.bsky.social</p><p>ThanetGuide on X: https://x.com/ThanetGuide</p><p>Joe's article of Baldur's Gate 3 and the silliness of seeing D&amp;D as \"IP\" when it's also a pre-designed ruleset: https://medium.com/@indiegameclinic/dungeons-dragons-isnt-just-i-p-the-real-game-dev-lessons-of-baldur-s-gate-3-c086bc6c4f35</p>","author_name":"Indie Game Clinic"}