Left Behind Game Club: A Video Game Podcast

Your New Favorite Video Game Book Club Podcast

Author: Left Behind Game Club

Canadas #1 video game book club podcast! We tackle games large & small, new & old while keeping it informative, funny and (mostly) positive. Hosted by Jacob McCourt, Mike Ruffolo, Moe Murtadi, Katie Lesperance, Flora Merigold and Travis Colenutt. After almost 6 years of twice-monthly shows, we now publish new shows when we have something to say! Looking for a good place to start? Download an episode for a game that you really love and hit play. Looking for suggestions? Consider our episodes on The Last of Us, Undertale, Firewatch, What Remains of Edith Finch episodes or our Hitman, Wolf Among Us or Kentucky Route Zero series!
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199: Interview with Karla Zimonja & Davey Wreden
Episode 199
Wednesday, 18 June, 2025

Jacob interviews Karla and Zimonja from Ivy Road about their experience building the characters, world, and gameplay systems of their recent release, Wanderstop. PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (Bluesky) SPECIAL GUESTS: Davey Wreden (Bluesky) Karla Zimonja (Bluesky) 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: Episode 4: Interview with Karla Zimonja Episode 196: Wanderstop BLUESKY: leftbehindgameclub.bsky.social DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a monthly game club podcast that focuses on positivity and community. To talk to members of the community, join our Discord server!