Kiln: The Pottery Brawler About Creation and Destruction | Official Xbox Podcast
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🗓️ 20 April 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Official Xbox Podcast, things are heating up as we blend visual art and the art of combat in a very unique way. We're chatting with the folks from Double Fine about their soon to be released pottery party brawler, Kiln. They're telling us all about what they''ve learned from testing, how players changed the way they see the game, how they blend a social art experience with ceramic-based combat, and so much more.
00:00 Introduction
01:28 What is Kiln and what can players expect jumping in for the first time?
03:06 And your actual shape matters, right?
06:16 Quench mode and play testing
11:02 Smashing and sharing pots
12:26 Have there been any trends that popped up when players desigin their pots?
13:44 Have you noticed any emmerging gameplay metas from the gameplay testing?
15:55 Strategies when playing Quench mode
17:47 What's the thing you're most excited for players to experience when playing Kiln?
21:11 Final thoughts
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| 0:00.0 | Games in this podcast range from E to M. |
| 0:02.0 | Hey, everybody. Welcome to the official Xbox podcast, the only podcast coming to you from inside Xbox. |
| 0:10.0 | I'm Lena, and today we're diving deep into an incredibly unique game from one of the most creative and innovative studios in gaming. |
| 0:19.0 | We are talking about, and hold on, because this might take me a couple takes, but we'll fix it in post. |
| 0:26.2 | We're talking about the online multiplayer potter... |
| 0:30.7 | The online multiplayer pottery, pottery, potter... |
| 0:34.6 | Online multiplayer pottery, pottery, pottery, Jesus, help me. The online multiplayer pottery pottery party Jesus help me the online multiplayer pottery |
| 0:42.3 | pottery brawler kiln from Double Fine Studios I did it all right and joining us from |
| 0:51.3 | double find we have the project lead for the game, Derek Brand, the lead designer, Lauren Scott, and lead character artist Jared Mills. |
| 1:00.0 | Hey, guys, thanks for joining us. |
| 1:02.0 | Hi, thank you. |
| 1:03.0 | Thanks for having us. |
| 1:04.0 | As we said, Kiln is a very unique game. |
| 1:07.0 | It's pottery making, and then you take the pottery, and then you go and you beat up |
| 1:12.4 | other pottery, and you're smashing some plates and some bowls, and I made a tornado-looking |
| 1:18.8 | thing that is undefined by humankind right now. I mean, that was, I think I nailed that |
| 1:24.4 | description, but you can probably describe it a little better than I can. |
| 1:27.7 | So for someone who's interacting with Kiln for the very first time, what is it? |
| 1:33.4 | And what can they expect when they jump in? |
| 1:35.9 | Yeah. |
| 1:36.2 | Yeah. |
| 1:36.4 | So Kiln is a game where you play as a little spirit, like a little tiny spirit. |
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