Seria Ludo

Seria Ludo is a podcast about games, game design, games criticism, and the politics that underlie all of it. New episodes every week, each focusing on a specific topic of games and game design.

Seria Ludo is a leisure podcast hosted by Joel Kallstrom and Tim Raveling, with 75 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Joel Kallstrom and Tim Raveling hosts Seria Ludo, a leisure show with 75 episodes published.

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  Episode #70

  070: Arco and Anthology

  Apr 10, 20251h 24mS0

  <p>The team discusses anthology as an approach to game design and writing, deep dives on Arco as an excellent example of that, and talks over Godot as the highlight of our new Tool of the Month feature.<br /> <br /> Introduction</p> 0:00: We introduce Justin Wilson, who will be joining the conversation, and taking over podcast production. 6:03: We discuss the direction of the podcast. <p>Main Feature: Arco and Anthology</p> 8:20: What is Arco? 18:20: Defining "anthology" in terms of both narrative and mechanics, and looking at why Arco is such a great example of that. 27:00: Arco's take on settler colonialism, r...

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  Episode #69

  What Makes Games Replayable?

  Sep 3, 20241h 52mS0

  <p >In this episode, Tim and Joel talk about why certain games are so replayable, why that is, if and when it is important, and how designers can intentionally think about replayability in their own games.<br /> <br /> We frame this discussion in terms of intrinsic motivations (gameplay that is inherently pleasurable) and extrinsic motivations (e.g. working towards a goal, trying to find something out, pursuing a story, pursuing social goals like in an MMO). We also talk about games and designers can reduce friction in cases where that might prevent you from returning to a game.<br /> <br /> 00:00:00 - Int...

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  Episode #68

  Our Most Played Games (And Why)

  Jul 9, 20242h 22mS0

  <p >When most games, even some of our favorites, will occupy us for at most 40 or 50 hours, some manage to sink their hooks in for much (sometimes *much*) longer. Why is that? What is it about the designs of these games, the cadence, the core loops, that make us keep coming back again and again? What can game designers learn from the games have this kind of replayability, and how might we go about applying these lessons to our own games?<br /> <br /> Show Notes<br /> <br /> 00:00:00 Intro<br /> <br /> 00:04:10 - Joel #10: The Surge 2</p> <p >00:09:50 - Tim #10: Truck Simulator<...

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  Episode #4

  Interview: Nic Tringali of The Banished Vault (Part Two)

  Sep 25, 202353 minS2023

  <p >In part two of our conversation with Nic Tringali, we go deeper into their development process. Design and prototyping, testing, setting victory conditions, and the delightful old-school addition to the game: the manual.</p> <p >00:00:00 - Theme - how did the look come together? Concept of cathedrals stretching through time.</p> <p >00:04:20 - Worldbuilding, problems with history</p> <p >00:07:00 - Dramatic play, victory conditions. Surviving to tell a story, rather than survival as an inherently interesting goal.</p> <p >00:17:40 - Development: transitioning from John Wick: Hex and Arcsmith, managing stress.</p> <p >00:26:17 - Design and prototyping, planning features, play...

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  Episode #3

  Interview: Nic Tringali of The Banished Vault

  Sep 18, 202348 minS2023

  <p>Nic Tringali - The Banished Vault</p> <p>Nic Tringali is a game designer for Bithell Games. Their recent release The Banished Vault (published by Bithell Games' Lunar Division) is a gothic space-faring exploration and survival game, released on July 25th to very positive reviews. We talk with Nic about their early gaming inspirations, before getting into the gameplay mechanics of The Banished Vault.

</p> <p>00:00:00 - Introduction - Life post-launch, how did you get into games<br /> 00:04:00 - Influential early games - Morrowind, Stuntman<br /> 00:09:20 - Board games and their cross-pollenation with video games<br /> 00:14:57 - Complexity and plan...

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