28: Surviving Overland with Adam Saltsman

Finji’s Adam Saltsman drops by for a deep dive on his new road trip survival game Overland. We discuss its surprisingly affecting narrative innovations, design epiphanies from its 6+ year development, and its understated influence from Legacy board games.

Things we discussed:

Overland

New Spelunky duplication glitch

Canabalt

Finji

Adam's blog

X-COM: UFO Defense

868-HACK

Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space

Oasis

Rebuild 

Underworld

Play Dead Podcast with Adam