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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast

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Podcasting about roguelike games, their development, and their history. grogpod.zone 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodon.gamedev.place/@grogpod, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026
Incredibly cool procedural art design to be implemented in Dwarf Fortress! youtu.be/Hnwz8hCF77Y #dwarffortress #roguelike #proceduralgeneration #art #gaming #kitfox
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026
Also shameless self promo of my own talk on the evolving data behind roguelikes back in 2024 youtu.be/IliQZm5Itng #datascience #data
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026
The @roguelike_con kicks off today! Lots of great deep dives into the beat genre in gaming www.youtube.com/live/d2NR-od_zeM #roguelikecelebration #indiedev #indiegame #retrogaming #gaming #proceduralgeneration
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
December 9th can’t come soon enough! First DLC announced for our 2025 GOTY store.steampowered.com/app/5249200/… #cavesofqud #dlc #roguelike #rpg #retrogaming #gaming #steam #steamdeck #nintendoswitch
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Caves of Qud: Disapora on Steam
Play as a mutated plant or animal in the first expansion to Caves of Qud. The world currents are in flux, and a diaspora brings a host of new features to the region: new mutations, new creatures, new items, roaming dromad caravans, and more.
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026
Great review video of HyperRogue, developed by @zenorogue It’s insanely creative and cool for how straightforward it is to play. One of my favorite traditional roguelikes to play on the steam deck and the only roguelike I own a cool t-shirt of 😎 youtu.be/uBOTjoZ-iWo #hyperrogue […]
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Breathing Retro @breathing-retro.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
RALA:/:sutura Advance — homebrew turn-based bullet hell roguelike for #GameBoy Advance #retrogaming #gba #gbadev
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RALA:/:sutura Advance by solmare
Turn-based bullet hell tactical roguelike on the Game Boy Advance
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
The first mobile platform roguelike comes to Steam! 100 Rogues by @keithburgun hasn’t been available for 13 years until today and it’s quite fun! Full controller support, charming graphics, and quick gameplay make this quite a solid coffeebreak traditional roguelike. Plays great on the steam […]
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026
Our next episode will be the incredibly appropriate-for-October-spooky-season sequel of one of our highest rated games of the podcast ever: Hades 2! store.steampowered.com/app/1145350/… #hades2 #spooktober
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Save 30% on Hades II on Steam
Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026
This week we take on the recent smash hit roguelite city builder Combolands! A mashup of Balatro-style points generation with town building mechanics, Combolands offers a very nice and cozy experience while hitting that number-go-up dopamine rush grogpod.zone/2026-10-07-combolands […]
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
The play test for rogOut so far is very interesting! Something like a modern ascii roguelike MUD, it has a very slick UI that feels great to play with on the steam deck. Great potential in this one! store.steampowered.com/app/5131420/… #GROGPODminis #roguelike #steamdeck #mud […]
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
@johl it took a bit of effort but getting it to run on the Steam Deck makes DCSS a top tier cozy couch game for me now
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
Part 1 of the new docu series on the development Hades 2 by @dannyodwyer ! What better way to *kill some time* than seeing the incredible work behind the scenes by Supergiant games! youtu.be/UWFfmD8n-xA #hades2 #roguelite #documentary #gamedev #indiegame #roguelike #noclip #gaming […]
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
RE: aus.social/@dgar/117326446258191997 #CavesOfQud in an accelerated nutshell
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026
Our next episode will be Combolands! store.steampowered.com/app/4075620/… #combolands #chill #citybuilder #gaming
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Combolands: Roguelike Citybuilder on Steam
A mini citybuilding roguelike. Place buildings, stack combos, and master deep strategy in short bursts to create a tiny thriving metropolis!
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026
This week we examine the intersection between hardcore ARPGs and roguelikes with an oldie, but a goodie: Diablo 2! Join us as we frantically down our health potions before packs of torture goblins surround our squishy ranged magic casters. grogpod.zone/2026-09-23-diablo2 #diablo2 […]
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
Great, succinct video on the craziness of Nethack youtu.be/SjuTyJlgLJ8 #nethack #roguelike #retrocomputing #retrogaming #gaming #pcgaming #foss
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
Bonus interview episode! I was fortunate enough to grab some time with the solo dev of the bullet hell boss rush roguelite The Void Rains Upon Her Heart at PAX West this year. TVRUHH features a great pixel art palette, thumping metal tunes, and a very personal story mode about identity and […]
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026
"Diablo V will return to its Angband roots as a tile-based, terminal-based, ascii dungeon crawler" #diablo #blizzcon #angband #roguelike
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026
Theres a lot of concepts in cyber that do apply to the world of indie game dev, especially in the world of vibe coded stuff. Not very specific to roguelikes, but a lot of topics that influence devops specifically.
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026
Remember 90s shooters? They're back, in roguelite form! This week we take aim at STRAFE: the Devolver Digital-backed boomer shooter with more gibs than a thanksgiving turkey. grogpod.zone/2026-09-11-strafe #strafe #boomershooter #roguelite #podcast #gaming #steam #playstation […]
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026
@setsideb Torneko alert ping 🍙
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026
As someone whose been playing the original Torneko on a fan translated SNES rom hack, inject this shit straight into my veins! The recent Shiren Serpentcoil game is also really good and worth a look. Very excited to see the first mystery dungeon game get the broader release it deserves […]
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026
An incredibly cool project using gzdoom as a visual front end and Brogue CE as the computational back end. 🧹 harminoff.itch.io/project-broom #roguelike #brogue #doom #opensource #indiedev #indiegame #gzdoom #gaming #pcgaming
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Project Broom by harminoff
Explore Brogue CE in first-person 3D. A free, turn-based dungeon crawler in active development.
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026
A wrap on PAX West for the year! A good time was had by all and I am indeed pooped. Lost 6 interview recordings because my Bluetooth headset in my backpack was still connected ☹️ But the 45 minute one I had with the dev of The Void Rains Upon Her Heart was perfect. Great convo and planning on […]
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026
AwI some cybersecurity panel by the folks at Palo Alto. Very excited to edit and cut the interviews for our PAX special episode. west.paxsite.com/en-us/schedule/sch… #cybersecurity #palotalo
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026
Standing room only for the Hades 2 speedrun presented by GDQ! You love to see it. #hades #gdq #speedrun
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026
PAX West day 2! Excited to interview even more roguelike developers, speedrunners, panelists, and community organizers. Looking at how jammed my schedule is and thinking about how much faster I have to trundle across the show floor today to get everything in 🏃 1/🧵 #paxwest #convention #gaming […]
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026
The plus side is that PAX West day 1 has been great so far! Just got out of a session on content creator meetups hosted by the Seattle Online Broadcasters Association. Lots of great convos with streamers of all sorts! seattleoba.org #twitch #youtube #tiktok #streaming
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SOBA | Seattle Online Broadcasters Association
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026
The feeling of having missed out on a Dwarf Fortress autograph session just now pains me deeply. Sure I didn’t know it existed two hours ago but grahghgghhhhjhhh #dwarffortress
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026
Very likely I wrote the date down wrong, but super bummed that the Spelunky 2 tournament is actually tomorrow instead of in 20 minutes. All those (checks notes) 2 hours of prep work getting to stage 2 wasted! #paxwest #spelunky
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026
Badge pickup line around the block wow. And here I am thinking that in person gaming cons are losing popularity
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026
An engineering challenge to be sure, but excited to see 21st century transit options finally coming to Seattle youtu.be/7lsxf0OnNwc #engineering #transit #seattle
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026
PAX West is here! Excited to play some new games and interview some roguelike/lite developers and players! Starting off with the world’s first floating bridge train commute and it’s everything I was hoping it would be. 1/🧵
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026
Is there an recommended instance that people from masto gamedev use for peertube? #peertube #gamedev #foss #fediverse
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026
There's coal in them thar hils! This week we dig deep into the stratification gratification mining roguelite Coal LLC. All good excavation conglomerates harvest their minerals via rifles, flamethrowers, and long-hosed vacuum cleaners, right? grogpod.zone/2026-08-26-coal-llc #CoalLLC […]
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026
That feeling when you come across an abandoned 35 year old PC in an aircraft hangar and you think to yourself “I could probably get netBSD and some roguelikes running on that thing…” #retrogaming #netbsd #roguelikes #retrocomputing #linux #foss #pcgaming
An old IBM PC 300GL QS1 found in the back of an airplane hangar
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026
This should be the soundtrack for when you enter the Gnomish Mines in Nethack www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PneDB0mZ6o #nethack #dnd #roguelike #hexcore #gaming #foss #retrogaming #fantasy #hiphop #gnome
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026
DCSS for the PlayDate when???
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026
Save energy by playing Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup! The main game menu for the Steam Deck uses about 6.5W. Running DCSS takes 4.5W, a 30% energy savings! Your local MiFi demands it! #dcss #roguelike #steamdeck #gaming #retrogaming #dungeoncrawl
Load screen art from the game Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup featuring a war axe wielding Minotaur fighter dragging a wimpy armored knight by their cloak
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Theodora Ward @theodoraward.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026
yesterday i was talking about mastodon and someone was like "what the fuck is that" and without thinking i said "linux twitter"
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026
Tower defense time returns to the GROGPOD this week with Nordhold! Combining worker placement (and sacrifice?) economics with tower fusion synergy systems, your goal is to survive 30 waves of green and blue health bars from swarming your Viking island. grogpod.zone/2026-08-12-nordhold […]
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026
@timgames.bsky.social Appreciate the kind feedback! I just posted the 3rd and final part of the series, focusing on how far ASCII roguelikes have come with an episode about Brogue. The whole series was a lot of fun to research and playtest. Setting up multiple computers in my office as a sort […]
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026
Our 3-part Episode 100 celebration concludes with us deep diving Brogue CE! Created by hobbyist gamedev and lawyer by trade Brian Walker, Brogue drastically simplified the extreme length and complexity of 90s roguelikes into a mouse-first, color-packed, shorter tactical masterpiece! […]
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 29/07/2026
Episode 100 continues with the big 4 first games like Rogue! If only there was some tortured genre name for these types of games… Lots of fun correspondence from both Mastodon and emails, including a (slightly edited for time) great voicemail message! Come for the LotR chiptunes, stay for the […]
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2026
Episode 100 is here! 🎉 We finally made it after doing a show every 2 weeks for 4 years. And what better way to celebrate than showcasing the games that inspired the 1980 release of Rogue? We’ll talk through brief histories, fan letters, and live playthrough reactions of: 1971 Star Trek 1975 […]
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2026
The choice for Nolan to cast a washed up rock band to lure Odysseus was a bold choice but the lady has pipes and she’s gonna use em
Scylla the Siren from Greek mythology as depicted in the roguelite game Hades 2
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2026
Very excited see how thick the Jersey accent is on my boy Polyphemus in Christopher Nolan’s new movie #Odyssey #Hades #gaming #nolan #roguelite #mobboss
The giant cyclops Polyphemus as depicted from the hit 2005 roguelite game Hades 2
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026
It's time to rescue Ball-bylon this week on the GROG x POD! Inspired by the likes of Breakout, Arkanoid, and Punball, BALL x PIT has you dive 8 stages through sand pits and dragon lairs. All while building up your own pinball town of number-go-up goodness! […]
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2026
Randomized scroll names in Rogue today be wildin #rogue #roguelike #xom #gaming
A list of various fantasy items from the 1980 game “Rogue” including unidentified scrolls with randomized names like “sex yes” and “cum pil”
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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 11/07/2026
Playing BALLxPIT while watching NORxENG feels appropriate #roguelite #worldcup #steamdeck
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