All Systems Brough - Corrypt

All Systems Brough - Corrypt

Author: The Secret Lives of Games May 3, 2026 Duration: 1:56:54

We're joined by Naomi Clark (NYU Game Center, Consentacle, A Game Design Vocabulary) and Frank Lantz (Q-UP, Universal Paperclips, also NYU Game Center) to discuss Corrypt, a totally normal block-moving game where nothing weird happens. It's the fifth installment of All Systems Brough, our yearlong special series exploring the playable arcana of Michael Brough.

This episode: Corrypt

Next Month: VESPER.5

Audio edited by Dylan Shumway.

Discussed in this episode:

Corrypt
https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2012/12/corrypt.html 

868-BACK (Launching May 28, 2026! Wishlist now!!)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3304110/868BACK/ 

Michael Brough's Website
https://www.smestorp.com/ 

The Talk of Magicians – Liz Ryerson
https://ellaguro.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-talk-of-magicians.html

I Solved Klotski – 2swap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGLNyHd2w10 

Corrypt Post-Cariem – Michael Brough
https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2014/07/corrypt-post-cariem.html 

Michael Brough: Going with the grain (A MAZE. Indie Connect 2013, Berlin) – A MAZE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYXInr3N5UQ 

Game Title
https://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2258

Game Title: Lost Levels
https://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2268

Stephen Gillmurphy's definition of videogames
https://www.harmonyzone.org/Videogames.html 

Fractal Block World
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1540570/Fractal_Block_World/ 

Road to the IGF: Michael Brough's Corrypt 
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/road-to-the-igf-michael-brough-s-i-corrypt-i- 

Michael Brough - The Roots of Roguelikes in Fantasy Fiction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpX2wWwhKdE 

Corrypt Speedrun (5:44)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BAVUc_2SEc 

Donkeyspace (Frank Lantz's Blog)
https://franklantz.substack.com/

NYU Game Center Spring Showcase
https://gamecenter.nyu.edu/event/nyu-game-center-spring-showcase-2026/


https://secretlives.games/ 

https://discord.gg/tslog

https://www.patreon.com/tslog


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