How Dadako founder Hawken King fused his interests in role-playing games and chess into a minimalist, atmospheric puzzle game, with help from artist Dan Clarke and musician-turned-sound designer Justin DiCenzo. As the sole surviving pawn from an outmoded chess program, trapped in an ominous machine, can you use an old rule set in new ways to stave off the oblivion of being overwritten?

Show Notes

• Dadako’s website


• Hawken King on Twitter


• Dan Clarke’s website


• Questy Chess soundtrack by Justin DiCenzo


• Justin DiCenzo on Soundcloud


• Nova


• Koto


• Shamisen


• Pocket Operators by Teenage Engineering


• Edge Magazine issue featuring Playdate


• Tiled Software


• Intro to Bauhaus by Kelly Richman-Abdou on My Modern Met


• Caps Tool


• Playdate Pulp


• Playdate SDK


• Train Chase Scene from “The Wrong Trousers”


• Questy Chess game page on Playdate’s website


• Episode Transcript