Episode Description
Sometimes every single part of the game is so good that you simply can't articulate it completely.
Today we're talking about Sayonara Wild Hearts by Simogo! A game about playing a pop album and therapeutic movement!
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Discussed in the episode:
- Sayonara Wild Hearts Analysis – Use of Tarot in Game Design and Narrative by Angie for Backlog Crusader
Additional links:
- Fading Memories (Demos and unused tracks from Sayonara Wild Hearts) on YouTube
- How Simogo built Sayonara Wild Hearts' best stage by Matt Leone for Design Room
- Teddy Girls: The Style Subculture That Time Forgot by Laura Havlin for AnOther (fashion that inspired SWH's design)
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Art by Tara Crawford
Theme music by _amaranthine
Additional sounds by Boqeh
Produced and edited by AJ Fillari
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Timecodes:
- (00:00) - Fem unc?
- (01:26) - Welcome to 2026!
- (02:05) - Welcome to 2026 (correct version)!
- (03:06) - What is Sayonara Wild Hearts?
- (04:55) - How was it?
- (12:56) - Spoilers
- (13:38) - Favorites?
- (18:54) - The effect of switching stuff up so much
- (24:04) - There are levels to this game
- (25:18) - The game is good and we don't know what else to say
- (31:08) - Big Takeaways
- (31:29) - Chase's Big Takeaway
- (34:33) - AJ's Big Takeaway
- (35:14) - Robin's Big Takeaway
- (37:17) - It's a good one!
- (40:00) - Think about sleeping and hire Robin