Original tabletop games designed for podcast audio. Play by Ear Gamecast is currently a public experimental laboratory exploring recorded voices, asymmetric stereo information, changing chapter images, puzzles, sound art, and unusual podcast-player mechanics. The episodes are prototypes and tests, not yet finished games. Find the project and contribute at https://github.com/udeudeude/Play-by-Ear-GameCast.
A navigation experiment for iOS 18. No puzzle solutions appear in these notes.
Within this recording: Left Room at 01:30 (https://play-by-ear-gamecast-lab.onrender.com/go/intra-left.html) · Right Room at 02:15 (https://play-by-ear-gamecast-lab.onrender.com/go/intra-right.html). If a link fails, use the native chapter list.
Into another episode: The Left Branch (https://play-by-ear-gamecast-lab.onrender.com/go/left.html) · The Right Branch (https://play-by-ear-gamecast-lab.onrender.com/go/right.html).
Project-owned permanent links: Left shortlink (https://play-by-ear-gamecast-lab.onrender.com/go/left.html) · Right shortlink (https://play-by-ear-gamecast-lab.onrender.com/go/right.html).
Spoiler-free episode website (https://play-by-ear-gamecast-lab.onrender.com/crossroads-link-lab.html) · Apple Podcasts show listing (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/play-by-ear-gamecast/id6822012769)
12 Oct 2026
Play by Ear: An Invitation
Play by Ear: games made of listening. Currently an experimental laboratory. Learn more: https://github.com/udeudeude/Play-by-Ear-GameCast
11 Oct 2026
Link and Timestamp Diagnostics
Extra iOS 18 diagnostic episode: test several timestamp spellings in the notes below. Use the native chapter menu as the known-good control. An opening raw RSS page is a failure, not a successful seek.
Open this episode page (https://play-by-ear-gamecast-lab.onrender.com/link-diagnostics.html)
Tap each candidate below. SUCCESS = Apple Podcasts seeks in this episode. FAILURE = the raw RSS feed or a browser opens.
A at 00:00:16 (HH:MM:SS)
B at 00:32 (MM:SS)
C at 0:48 (M:SS)
D at 01:04 (MM:SS)
E at 00:01:20 (HH:MM:SS)
Control: use the player chapter menu to open Test A through Test E. Those are embedded ID3 chapters.
11 Oct 2026
The Right Branch
Alternate destination from The Forked Transmission. Right-side branch episode.
Open this episode page (https://play-by-ear-gamecast-lab.onrender.com/branch-right.html)
To jump to a chapter: open Now Playing, tap the chapter/list button, and select a chapter. The chapter menu is the working navigation method on iOS 18.
Chapter 1: The Right Entrance
Chapter 2: A Clue
Chapter 3: End
11 Oct 2026
The Left Branch
Alternate destination from The Forked Transmission. Left-side branch episode.
Open this episode page (https://play-by-ear-gamecast-lab.onrender.com/branch-left.html)
To jump to a chapter: open Now Playing, tap the chapter/list button, and select a chapter. The chapter menu is the working navigation method on iOS 18.
Chapter 1: The Left Entrance
Chapter 2: A Clue
Chapter 3: End
11 Oct 2026
The Forked Transmission
Choose-your-own-adventure test: at the Decision Room, use the player chapter list to choose Left Chamber or Right Chamber. See also the separate Left Branch and Right Branch episodes.
Open this episode page (https://play-by-ear-gamecast-lab.onrender.com/forked-transmission.html)
To stay in Apple Podcasts: tap the show name, then open the episode named The Left Branch or The Right Branch.
Optional WEB previews (leave Podcasts): Left branch webpage (https://play-by-ear-gamecast-lab.onrender.com/branch-left.html) or Right branch webpage (https://play-by-ear-gamecast-lab.onrender.com/branch-right.html)
To jump to a chapter: open Now Playing, tap the chapter/list button, and select a chapter. The chapter menu is the working navigation method on iOS 18.
Chapter 1: Starting Point
Chapter 2: Two Choices
Chapter 3: Decision Room
Chapter 4: Left Chamber
Chapter 5: Left Evidence
Chapter 6: Right Chamber
Chapter 7: Exit
Chapter 8: Silence / Length
11 Oct 2026
How Fast Can Art Change?
Embedded chapter image intervals include 20, 12, 8, 5, 2, 1, 0.5 and 0.1 seconds. The file encodes these, but Apple Podcasts display timing is unknown.
Open this episode page (https://play-by-ear-gamecast-lab.onrender.com/lab-image-cadence.html)
To jump to a chapter: open Now Playing, tap the chapter/list button, and select a chapter. The chapter menu is the working navigation method on iOS 18.
Chapter 1: Twenty Seconds
Chapter 2: Twenty Seconds B
Chapter 3: Twenty Seconds C
Chapter 4: Twelve Seconds
Chapter 5: Eight Seconds
Chapter 6: Five Seconds
Chapter 7: Two Seconds
Chapter 8: One Second
Chapter 9: Half Second
Chapter 10: Tenth Second A
Chapter 11: Tenth Second B
Chapter 12: Tenth Second C
Chapter 13: Tenth Second D
Chapter 14: Recovery
Chapter 15: One Second B
Chapter 16: One Second C
Chapter 17: Half Second B
Chapter 18: Half Second C
Chapter 19: Recovery Two
Chapter 20: End Observation
Chapter 21: Last Seconds
11 Oct 2026
Three Channel Laboratory
Three-player experiment: different information in LEFT, RIGHT and SCREEN. Includes links, QR code, chapter titles, stereo speech, transcript, and an intentionally exact four-minute thirty-seven-second running time.
Open this episode page (https://play-by-ear-gamecast-lab.onrender.com/lab-three-channels.html)
To jump to a chapter: open Now Playing, tap the chapter/list button, and select a chapter. The chapter menu is the working navigation method on iOS 18.
Chapter 1: Welcome
Chapter 2: Stereo Calibration
Chapter 3: Screen Channel
Chapter 4: Compare Clues
Chapter 5: QR Image Test
Chapter 6: Tone Experiments
Chapter 7: Transcript Test
Chapter 8: Duration Metadata
Chapter 9: Trailing Silence
Contact Play by Ear Gamecast
Guest appearances
Does not typically book guests
Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.
Host of Play by Ear Gamecast?
Claim your podcast to manage its listing and keep your show details accurate.
Pod Engine is an independent podcast discovery and analytics service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by this podcast. Artwork and show content belong to their owners. Full legal notice.
Explore this show Podcast research with Pod Engine
