
All Systems Brough - Kompendium
The Secret Lives of Games
Glitch Tank: design and iPad port
Doug and guests analyze Glitch Tank's card actions, overheating mechanic, and the iPad advantage.
We're joined by droqen (The End of Gameplay, Starseed Pilgrim), Liz Ryerson (musician, writer, podcaster), and Harry Lee Shang Lun (Earthrise One) for the third title in our year of All Systems Brough, a year-long exploration of the work of Michael Brough: Kompendium.
This episode: Kompendium
Next Month: Zaga-33
Audio edited by Dylan Shumway.
Discussed in this episode:
Kompendium https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2012/06/kompendium.html
868-BACK (Next Fest demo on February 23rd, 2026!) https://store.steampowered.com/app/3304110/868BACK/
Michael Brough's Website https://www.smestorp.com/
Liz's talk at boshi's place (Brooklyn, NYC | February 19th, 2026) https://boshis.place/events/26-02-20-boshi-s-lecture-series-presents-liz-ryerson https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2702430653
Harry's work https://hellothisismy.website/work/
Kompendium IGF judge feedback https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2012/04/kompendium-igf-feedback.html
Mutual learning blog post https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2012/04/mutual-learning-aesthetic-for.html
Metagaming: Playing, Competing, Spectating, Cheating, Trading, Making, and Breaking Videogames by Stephanie Boluk and Patrick LeMieux https://www.upress.umn.edu/9780816687169/metagaming/
Multicolor Alien Olympic https://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2970
Glitch Tank https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2011/12/glitch-tank.html
Being good at Glitch Tank blog post https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2013/05/being-good-at-glitch-tank.html
At a Distance by Terry Cavanagh https://distractionware.com/atadistance/
Brough on iOS sale numbers https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2012/06/ios-sale-numbers.html
Garbage In, Garbage Out https://jonathanwhiting.com/games/garbagein/press.html
Exuberant Struggle http://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2011/02/exuberant-struggle.html
Brough writing on zero sum nature of 1v1 games https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2011/10/two-player-lessons.html
TIGSource Versus Competition https://www.tigsource.com/versus-competition/
TIGSource Versus Competition Rules https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=17083.0
TIGSource Versus Competition 2011 Voting https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=18424.0
TIGSource Versus Competition 2011 Winner (0space by Beau) https://www.tigsource.com/2011/03/31/tigcompo-winner-0space/
0space itch download https://teknopants.itch.io/0space
Jesus vs Dinosaurs https://grapefrukt.itch.io/jesus-vs-dinosaurs
The Impossible Reversal by Peter McDonald https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517916220/the-impossible-reversal/
Run and Jump: The Meaning of the 2D Platformer https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547390/run-and-jump/
A Is To B As B Is To C https://bocpages.org/wiki/A_Is_To_B_As_B_Is_To_C
Chesh https://www.damiansgames.com/chesh
Brough's blog post about O https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2012/10/o.html
Brough on the new year (circa 2012) https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-year-cleansing.html
Side By Side S1 E3: Kompendium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWScEl_DbpM
Earthrise One https://www.earthrise.one/
Miscellaneous Two Player iPad Games https://eriksvedang.wordpress.com/shoot/ https://rustymoyher.com/press/bloop/
https://secretlives.games/
https://discord.gg/tslog
https://www.patreon.com/tslog
https://www.youtube.com/eggplantshow


