Guests Darren Grey, Ido Yehieli, Michael Brough, Sos Sosowski, and Zapa discuss the thrill and challenges of participating in game jams. They share their experiences, talk about popular game jams like the Seven Day Roguelike Challenge and Ludum Dare, and explore the benefits of participating in game jams including creativity, learning, and community.

Guests include Darren Grey, Tom Ford, Numeron, Eben Howard, Ido Yehieli, and Jeff Lait. They discuss creating a good 7DRL, defining and ranking roguelikes, the supportive game developer community, text in games and permadeath, death in video games, game experience and advice, using SquidLib for unique games, designing roguelikes, and the challenges of developing on mobile.

Darren Grey, Ido Yehieli, Jeff Lait, corremn, and Joe Bradshaw talk about creating a roguelike game in a week, defining success in the 7DRL challenge, the evolution of roguelike games, using LibTCOD for game development and the debate on color palettes, exploring aesthetics and game making programs, using T-Engine for game creation, focusing on game development without distractions, choosing one gimmick for a game, the importance of transparency in game design, providing instructions and bug fix releases, and making a successful game through uniqueness and planning.