Episode Details

A Dark Room is one of the most celebrated mobile games of all time, and one of the most memorable games we’ve covered on The Short Game. It’s just been ported to Nintendo Switch in a new and enhanced version. We’re re-releasing our 2014 episode on A Dark Room, also enhanced with an all new intro!

A Dark Room is a game with many surprising twists and turns, so we have a fairly early spoiler break at 00:24:00.

A Dark Room began as a web game, and you can still find that version online, but it really came to life on mobile. You can find A Dark Room on iOS, Android, and now Nintendo Switch.

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Your hosts this week were:

• Raygan Kelly – @raygank
• Shane Kelly – @8bitShane
• Nate Heininger – @natestl
• Laura Nash – @laurajnash

• (00:00) - Intro - A Short Game Re-Release
• (05:37) - A Dark Room
• (08:51) - “The Good Idle Game”
• (14:39) - How Do You Describe This Thing?
• (24:03) - Spoiler Break
• (24:34) - The Reverse Of Peeling An Onion - You Start With The Core
• (28:22) - The Philosophy Of The Game
• (33:39) - The Builder And The Wanderer
• (39:16) - Look And UI Of The Game
• (43:20) - Economy
• (45:18) - The Dusty Path
• (50:59) - Mysterious Moments
• (59:49) - Ending
• (01:13:27) - Prequel - The Ensign
• (01:16:21) - The No Hut Run
• (01:25:54) - Closing Thoughts
• (01:33:00) - Outro