Mike Cook - Next Level: Making Games That Make Themselves (Patreon)

Buy Books But Not From Bezos: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/indiegameclinic

IGC Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/indiegameclinic

Music:

GDL Theme created by Joe Baxter-Webb especially for the show. No Generative AI was used.

The music during the ad break was Backdrop Lady by John Runefelt, licensed via Epidemic Sound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NkdfV5NQxw

Games in the Book:

Elite: https://playclassic.games/games/space-simulation-dos-games-online/play-elite-online/

Rogue: https://www.myabandonware.com/game/rogue-4n/play-4n

Spelunky: https://playclassic.games/games/platform-windows-games-online/spelunky/

Dwarf Fortress: https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/

Caves of Qud: https://store.steampowered.com/app/333640/Caves_of_Qud/

AI Dungeon: https://aidungeon.com/

Games in the Book We Neglected to Discuss:

Black & White: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/postmortem-lionhead-studios-i-black-white-i-

Creatures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-6DzI-krUQ

Additional Resources on Key Topics:

Mike Cook ProcGen Talk 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3daNITP9vBc

Mike Cook ProcGen Talk 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SGEcrRFuv4

ProcJam on itch.io: https://itch.io/jam/procjam

Drunk Cats in DF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yWf6BHqiWM

Probability Curves with Dice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEW6OufmGfs

Wave Function Collapse explainer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI_y2GAlQFM

Redblock Games Perlin Maps: https://www.redblobgames.com/maps/terrain-from-noise/

Cyclic Dungeon Generation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wvkTT-6P3Q

Doom Level Progress Diagrams: https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/100569-level-progress-diagrams-%E2%80%93-2002ado/

Perlin Noise explainer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMj3WU4gORI

Spelunky Level Gen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqk5Zf0tw3o

Article on "Yomi": https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/what-is-yomi-

Jamie Cheng interview on Designer Notes: https://soundcloud.com/idlethumbs/designer-notes-jamie-cheng

Derren Brown vs 9 Chess Players: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIAXIubSTkc

Design/Play/Disrupt at the V&A https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/videogames?srsltid=AfmBOopAVyltddhnMhkoRQrXIT01B80O1KNmBq8zMCDYpmq0PKb7GRv4

Engelstein on Loss Aversion at GDC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_1YcCcBVfY&t=2958s

Other Games Mentioned

Map Painter '84: https://acellular.itch.io/map-painter-84

Elite Dangerous: https://store.steampowered.com/app/359320/Elite_Dangerous/

Populous: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populous_(video_game)

Dungeon Keeper: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1996630/Dungeon_Keeper_Gold/

Rimworld: https://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/RimWorld/

Bad North: https://store.steampowered.com/app/688420/Bad_North_Jotunn_Edition/

Baldurs Gate 3: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1086940/Baldurs_Gate_3/

Disco Elysium: https://store.steampowered.com/app/632470/Disco_Elysium__The_Final_Cut/

Skyrim: https://store.steampowered.com/app/489830/The_Elder_Scrolls_V_Skyrim_Special_Edition/

Alien Isolation: https://store.steampowered.com/app/214490/Alien_Isolation/

Arc Raiders: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1808500/ARC_Raiders/

Fable 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fable_III

Oregon Trail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pze05Fz_rh8&t=1s

Tom's itch.io: https://tchom.itch.io/

Joe's Stuff:

Golem Gourmet on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4209800/Golem_Gourmet/

Strange Voyage on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/strangevoyage.bsky.social

ThanetGuide on X: https://x.com/ThanetGuide

Joe's article of Baldur's Gate 3 and the silliness of seeing D&D as "IP" when it's also a pre-designed ruleset: https://medium.com/@indiegameclinic/dungeons-dragons-isnt-just-i-p-the-real-game-dev-lessons-of-baldur-s-gate-3-c086bc6c4f35

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