The island of Sri Lanka built its world-renowned tea industry using the infrastructure of its ruined coffee trade. The game Ceylon, designed by your hosts, went through a similar transformation during its development. In this special bonus episode, we speak with Jayne Broomhead, whose experiences and research deeply informed the game and its design.

Read a full transcript of this episode.

Immersed is produced by Cardboard Edison.

Special thanks to Jayne Broomhead.

Editing assistance by Eric Booth.

Music:

Improbable Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.

Did you know? (Curiouser and curiouser) by Fabian Measures is licensed under a Attribution License.

Where Was I? by Lee Rosevere is licensed under a Attribution License.

Blackout & Blue by Little Glass Men is licensed under a Attribution License. Based on a work at soundcloud.com/littleglassmen.

Teller of the Tales Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.

6 Smiley by We Is Shore Dedicated is licensed under a Attribution License.

Overthrown (Instrumental Version) by Josh Woodward is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. Based on a work at http://www.joshwoodward.com/.

Viville à l'horizon by cuicuitte (feat renoncule) / comme ça is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

First by Text Me Records.

Sponsors:

Fireside Games, FiresideGames.com

Smirk and Dagger Games, SmirkAndDagger.com

HABA USA Games, HABAusa.com

Van Ryder Games, VanRyderGames.com

Formal Ferret Games, FormalFerretGames.com

Indie Boards and Cards, IndieBoardsAndCards.com

Brotherwise Games, BrotherwiseGames.com

Breaking Games, BreakingGames.com

For sponsorship opportunities, or to send a game to be considered for a future episode, email [email protected].

Cardboard Edison is supported by our patrons on Patreon.

ADVISERS: Justin Gibbs, Peter C. Hayward, Robin Kay, Loot & Lute

SENIOR INVENTORS: Steven Cole (Escape Velocity Games), Thomas Hornemann, Calvin Johns, Chris and Kathy Keane (The Drs. Keane), Karl Lange, Joshua J. Mills, Marcel Perro, Behrooz "Bez" Shahriari, Shoot Again Games

JUNIOR INVENTORS: Ryan Abrams, Neil Roberts

ASSOCIATES: Dark Forest Project, Stephen B. Davies, Thiago Jabuonski, Nathan Miller, Matt Wolfe