Listen "Designer Notes 53: Jon Ingold - Part 1"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode, Soren interviews veteran game developer Jon Ingold, who co-founded inkle and is best known for his work in interactive fiction, including All Roads, 80 Days, and the Sorcery! series. They discuss why Plundered Hearts is his favorite Infocom game, how being a maths teacher is like being a level designer, and when he realized that parsers were a commercial dead-end.
Games discussed: Psi-5 Trading Company, Rogue, Out There, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Deadline, The Witness, Plundered Hearts, Starcross, Blade Runner, Curses!, The Mulldoon Legacy, All Roads, Make It Good, Heavy Rain, Frankenstein, the Sorcery! series
Games discussed: Psi-5 Trading Company, Rogue, Out There, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Deadline, The Witness, Plundered Hearts, Starcross, Blade Runner, Curses!, The Mulldoon Legacy, All Roads, Make It Good, Heavy Rain, Frankenstein, the Sorcery! series
More episodes of the podcast Idle Thumbs
Designer Notes 92: Paul Kilduff-Taylor
26/12/2025
Three Moves Ahead 643 - 2025 Catch-Up
13/12/2025
Three Moves Ahead 642 - Anno 117: Pax Romana
22/11/2025
Designer Notes 91: Tomislav Uzelac
18/11/2025
Three Moves Ahead 641 - Europa Universalis 5
01/11/2025
Three Moves Ahead 638 - Bobr
16/08/2025
ZARZA We are Zarza, the prestigious firm behind major projects in information technology.