The Hidden Structure of Puzzles | Patrick Traynor @WookashPodcast
The Hidden Structure of Puzzles | Patrick Traynor  @WookashPodcast
Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Patrick Traynor
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Wookash Podcast
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Chapters:
00:00 Welcome to the Puzzle
05:03 Developer or Designer?
08:50 What Games SHOULD Do
12:43 Complexity - a Friend?
14:55 I Wanna Try a Collab
28:07 Wanna Maker && Linelyth?!
41:47 Love-Hate Relationship
48:03 Recommendations
49:13 Translatability of Puzzle Games
53:37 How Hard Is Too Hard?
01:03:03 The Witness Talk
01:11:10 Defining Moment
01:13:39 Work at Thekla With Jonathan Blow
01:35:19 EYBDOOG
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