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Harry Dean Hudson @hdh.me · 1d

@trampolinetales.com on slot machines

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Harry Dean Hudson @hdh.me · 1d

@newobject.bsky.social on the latest episode

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Dan DiIorio @trampolinetales.com · 2d

I had a great time yappin' on Probably Designed. Give it a listen!

Harry Dean Hudson @hdh.me · 2d

New episode of Probably Designed is live! This week we have the first of a two-part conversation with @trampolinetales.com (dev/designer of Luck Be A Landlord and Maze Mice)and @newobject.bsky.social (dev/designer of Ballionaire).

Blog/transcript version is here: my.playful.work/probably-des...

Probably Designed: Luck Be A Ballionaire

This week we have a really interesting conversation for you. It's a three-way conversation with myself, Brian Long, the developer and designer of Ballionaire, and Dan DiIorio, the designer and develop...

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Harry Dean Hudson @hdh.me · 2d

RSS here rss.com/podcasts/pro... (and in the normal podcast places, search for "Probably Designed" and look for the thumb Voltron.

Luck Be A Ballionaire (Brian Long and Dan DiIorio) | Podcast Episode on RSS.com

This week we have a really interesting conversation for you. It's a three-way conversation with myself, Brian Long, the developer and designer of Ballionaire, and Dan DiIorio, the designer and develop...

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Harry Dean Hudson @hdh.me · 2d

On YouTube here: youtu.be/ttZ3jtdMrps

Probably Designed: Luck Be A Ballionaire (Dan DiIorio and Brian Long)

YouTube video by Playful Work

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Harry Dean Hudson @hdh.me · 2d

New episode of Probably Designed is live! This week we have the first of a two-part conversation with @trampolinetales.com (dev/designer of Luck Be A Landlord and Maze Mice)and @newobject.bsky.social (dev/designer of Ballionaire).

Blog/transcript version is here: my.playful.work/probably-des...

Probably Designed: Luck Be A Ballionaire

This week we have a really interesting conversation for you. It's a three-way conversation with myself, Brian Long, the developer and designer of Ballionaire, and Dan DiIorio, the designer and develop...

my.playful.work

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Harry Dean Hudson @hdh.me · 3d

I agree, it’s a very cool idea!

Harry Dean Hudson @hdh.me · 3d

but also, digital music in 2025:

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Harry Dean Hudson @hdh.me · 3d

I like this.

incognitothief @whereditgo.diamonds · 3d

I am dead set on the future of self hosted music.

I just published a full tutorial series on how to use The Public Library. All the tutorials feature music from folks who are publishing on the platform

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

We are gonna use every resource we got to make this happen

Whereditgo Public Library Tutorials - YouTube

Information and tutorials for using The Whereditgo Public Library https://lib.whereditgo.diamonds/

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Harry Dean Hudson @hdh.me · 4d

Here's the podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Probably Designed

Design Podcast · A podcast about designing for randomness, and designers who use, abuse, or manage chance and variance in their work. The podcast explores systems and design that are built around cha...

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Harry Dean Hudson @hdh.me · 4d

@bastionland.bsky.social Hey there! I've been working on a game design podcast, and I'd be very interested to talk to you in my next round of conversations. I think I'd like to do a short series about maps, and I think what you've done with the maps in Mythic Bastionland is very interesting!

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Harry Dean Hudson @hdh.me · 5d

and I'm an AGI skeptic

Harry Dean Hudson @hdh.me · 5d

We will have AGI before Linux has a unified copy+paste.

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Harry Dean Hudson @hdh.me · 9d

Episode 4! @calmpewter.games and I yapping about multiplayer. Please, to enjoy:

YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAWa...

Transcript: my.playful.work/probably-des...

and RSS in the normal places: rss.com/podcasts/pro....

Probably Designed: Multiplayer with Calm Pewter

YouTube video by Playful Work

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Harry Dean Hudson @hdh.me · 16d

Part 2 of this podcast went up this morning! You can find the transcript and a link to YouTube here, but it should also be available in all the normal podcast places.

Thanks again to @boxdragon.bsky.social and @pengonauts.com for joining!

my.playful.work/probably-des...

Probably Designed: Eddie Cai and Kev Chang Part 2

This is the second part of an epic two part conversation with Eddie Cai and Kev Chang. Eddie is the lead designer at Pengonauts who released Star⭐Vaders earlier this year. Kev is the director of Box D...

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Box Dragon @boxdragon.bsky.social · 16d

Harry hosted this excellent podcast where I got to be a guest speaker alongside Eddie Cai, the designer of StarVaders! We chat about various designs of randomness but specifically about card pools in deckbuilders and other card games. Both episodes are now out.

Harry Dean Hudson @hdh.me · 23d

New episode of Probably Designed is up today! This is part 1 of 2 with Eddie Cai @pengonauts.com and Kev Chang @boxdragon.bsky.social

Enjoy! It’s also in the normal podcast listening places.

my.playful.work/probably-des...

Probably Designed: Eddie Cai and Kev Chang

This epside is the first of a two part conversation with Eddie Cai and Kev Chang. Eddie is the lead designer at Pengonauts who released Star⭐Vaders earlier this year. Kev is the director of Box Dragon...

my.playful.work

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Harry Dean Hudson @hdh.me · 21d

Subway stations should be asymmetric so you can orient yourself on the platform more quickly. Feel free to reach out for details if you’re designing any subway stations.

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Harry Dean Hudson @hdh.me · 22d

I'm at the Berlin GameScene Talk and Play in a little booth to talk about the podcast (or anything else you wanna chat about).

We can also play the WIP rover game: liminal.games/planetaryrov...

Or Mosa Lina. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Come by and say hi!

Planetary Rover

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Harry Dean Hudson @hdh.me · 23d

New episode of Probably Designed is up today! This is part 1 of 2 with Eddie Cai @pengonauts.com and Kev Chang @boxdragon.bsky.social

Enjoy! It’s also in the normal podcast listening places.

my.playful.work/probably-des...

Probably Designed: Eddie Cai and Kev Chang

This epside is the first of a two part conversation with Eddie Cai and Kev Chang. Eddie is the lead designer at Pengonauts who released Star⭐Vaders earlier this year. Kev is the director of Box Dragon...

my.playful.work

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Harry Dean Hudson @hdh.me · 25d

Love this metaphor from @ezra-szanton.itch.io !

youtube.com/shorts/fx7GT...

Ezra Szanton Climbing the Mountain & Reaching the Playground #gamedesign #podcast #gamedev

YouTube video by Harry Dean Hudson

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Harry Dean Hudson @hdh.me · 27d

full interview here: my.playful.work/probably-des...

Probably Designed: Ezra Szanton

For the first episode, I had a really nice conversation with Ezra Szanton, a game designer and developer who's recent work includes design on Mr. Magpie's Harmless Card Game. Ezra and I spoke at leng...

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Harry Dean Hudson @hdh.me · 27d

@ezra-szanton.itch.io on input and output randomness:

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Harry Dean Hudson @hdh.me · Sep 9

The second episode will go live next Tuesday. It's the first episode of a two-part banger with @pengonauts.com and @boxdragon.bsky.social (Star Vaders and As We Descend).

Info on the rest of the season/sign up for email (transcripts, other articles, etc) here: my.playful.work/new-podcast-...

New Podcast: Probably Designed

Conversations with designers and other interesting people about randomness and chance

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Harry Dean Hudson @hdh.me · Sep 9

The first espisode of the new podcast is live! This is my conversation with @ezra-szanton.itch.io and randomness and game design in general.

The podcast and transcript are available here but you should also be able to find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc.

Enjoy!

my.playful.work/probably-des...

Probably Designed: Ezra Szanton

For the first episode, I had a really nice conversation with Ezra Szanton, a game designer and developer who's recent work includes design on Mr. Magpie's Harmless Card Game. Ezra and I spoke at leng...

my.playful.work

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Harry Dean Hudson @hdh.me · Sep 4

Am I the only soulslike enjoyer who doesn’t really like boss fights? 🙈 I really appreciate the craft that goes into the combat and boss design, but I’m mostly in it to learn maps and level routing. The bosses are something I need to pass through to get to more maps. To me bad maps == bad souls like

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