Exploring Game Design and Player Perspectives

We're joined by Stephanie Boluk (UC Davis), Patrick LeMieux (UC Davis), and Aaron “ix” Kearsley (Speedrunner) to discuss Mortol II, the 32nd game in the UFO 50 collection.

“How many will have to sacrifice their lives to save Mortolia yet again?”

Next week: Fist Hell

Audio edited by Dylan Shumway.

Discussed in this episode:

Mortol II Map https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https://i.redd.it/r44fngq6atqd1.png&rdt=46583  

Redder https://w.itch.io/redder  

A Year of UFO 50 - Rock On! Island https://eggplant.show/ep-a-year-of-ufo-50-rock-on-island 

A Year of UFO 50 - Mortol https://eggplant.show/ep-a-year-of-ufo-50-mortol  

Into the Depths: Kentucky Route Zero - Part 1 https://eggplant.show/into-the-depths-kentucky-route-zero-part-1 

Spelunky Showlike: Breaking world records with Kinnijup and ix  https://eggplant.show/03-breaking-world-records-with-kinnijup-and-ix   

Spelunky Showlike: Death in Roguelikes with Kawa https://eggplant.show/07-death-in-roguelikes-with-kawa 

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