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Left Behind Game Club: A Video Game Podcast

199: Interview with Karla Zimonja & Davey Wreden

89 min • 18 juni 2025

Jacob interviews Karla and Zimonja from Ivy Road about their experience building the characters, world, and gameplay systems of their recent release, Wanderstop.

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SHOW NOTES:

  • 0:00​​ – Housekeeping
  • 2:00 – Intro
  • 4:30 – Prototypes & Inspirations
  • 7:00 – Approach to Cozy Games
  • 9:10 – How Wanderstop Supports Chill
  • 13:00 – Nodes
  • 15:10 – Monster
  • 20:45 – Finding the Right Balance with Monster
  • 24:30 – When Karla Met Davey
  • 28:20 – Tea vs. Coffee and the Machine
  • 32:50 – The Business Boys
  • 36:00 – Pacing
  • 37:55 – Dirk Warhard
  • 40:30 – The Team at Ivy Road
  • 44:30 – COVID
  • 49:00 – Ren
  • 56:15 – Nana
  • 56:45 – Zenith
  • 1:01:45 – The Last Choice and Why It Doesn’t Matter
  • 1:05:15 – Looking Back at Development
  • 1:10:45 – The Risk of Hurting Players
  • 1:16:45 – Despelote
  • 1:19:30 – What Now?

RESOURCES:

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199: Interview with Karla Zimonja & Davey Wreden

18 juni | 89 min

198: PAX East 2025 Mega Show

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197: No More Heroes

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196: Wanderstop

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195: Indika

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