Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games

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148: Carving Out Some Time with Adam Robinson-Yu (Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival)

Oct 24, 2025

Laura, Rob, and Sarah chat with Adam Robinson-Yu about The Annual Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival, a communal and virtual festival experience hosted every ~October for the last six years. We discuss the logistics of running a seasonal multiplayer game, encouraging emergent interactions through limited tools, highlighting...

147: Digging Deep with The Roottrees are Dead

Oct 10, 2025

Laura chats with Jeremy Johnston and Robin Ward about The Roottrees are Dead, their genealogy, murder-mystery, “static deduction” game. We discuss the development process of taking a jam prototype to full release, developing hints and systems that lead players to satisfying discoveries, and the taxonomy of games...