
All Systems Brough - 868-HACK
The Secret Lives of Games
Scoring goals: escape, points, and streaks
Hosts explain multiple victory paths: escape runs, point scoring, and streak scoring mechanics.
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
XPerience Studios
"King Me": A Defense of King-Making in Board Game Design
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UraJElx1ebg
Leder Games
Wehrlegig Games
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
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


