The secret level: discovery and debate

We're joined by Shawn Alexander Allen (Beatdown City Survivors), Cole Wehrle (Root), and Drew Wehrle (Pax Pamir) to discuss the first title in our year-long exploration of the work of Michael Brough: 868-HACK.

Next Month: Vertex Dispenser

Audio edited by Dylan Shumway

Discussed in this episode:

868-HACK

https://868-hack.neocities.org/

Michael Brough's Website

https://www.smestorp.com/

XPerience Studios

https://xperiencestudios.org/

"King Me": A Defense of King-Making in Board Game Design

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UraJElx1ebg

Leder Games

https://ledergames.com/

Wehrlegig Games

https://wehrlegig.com/

7-Day Roguelike Jam blog post

https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2013/03/7drl-day-2.html

868-HACK Release Trailer (2015)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMH-yDR35lI

PRACTICE 2013: Michael Brough

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4iswqa8r-Q

Michael Brough on balancing prog costs:

https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2014/06/868-hack-prog-costs.html

Michael Brough on streak scoring

https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2013/05/score-conditions.html

https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2017/09/streak-scoring-redux.html

James Lantz on 868-HACK

https://web.archive.org/web/20160531060339/https://www.decisionproblem.com/inmachinam/?p=175

Dewan

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/439742/dewan

Zaynation Complete UFO50 Alternate History Voicemails

https://discord.com/channels/690388280767807518/1298414011368607796/1440018452050870385

Michael OBlivion tutorials:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R92zN2899s&t=586s

Rock Paper Shotgun 868-HACK Review (2015)

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/868-hack-review-pc

Michael Brough on passive vs active abilities

https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2013/05/uniform-activations.html

Vivafringe blog post on 868-HACK Secret Level and Good vs. Bad Secrets

https://vivafringe.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/lets-spoil-868-hacks-secret-level-and-talk-about-good-secrets-vs-bad-secrets/

Beatdown City Survivors

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3383040/Beatdown_City_Survivors/

Molly House & John Company Reprinting

https://john-company-molly-house-reprint.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders

Michael Brough on Plan B design notes

https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2017/07/planb-notes.html

Brick101 - new Steam guide for Powerups

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3577171247

Spawn count chart:

https://discord.com/channels/690388280767807518/1418970536137981962/1425545294032146494

https://secretlives.games/

https://discord.gg/tslog

https://www.patreon.com/tslog