Game Designer Zach Gage on his love of editing existing games——where he plays with expectations within a well-established rule set——and how making a few small tweaks to the cellphone classic “Snake” led to surprising gameplay in his game “Snak” for Playdate. Plus: Panic Designer Neven Mrgan talks about the inspirations behind the art he created for both the in-game graphics and the launcher card, an homage to over-the-top game box art of the '80s and '90s.

Show Notes

• Zach Gage’s website


• Zach Gage on Twitter


• Neven Mrgan’s website


• Neven Mrgan on Twitter


• Snake game


• TI-83 calculator


• Pendleton Ward


• JW (Jan Willem Nijman)


• Little Big Planet


• Super Mario Maker


• The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks


• Snak game page on Playdate’s website


• Episode Transcript