In the neon haze of a stratified future city, an Indigenous detective named Meeygen Hill walks into a case that refuses to stay buried...

 In this episode of The Point-and-Quest Podcast, I talk about Hill Agency: PURITY/Decay, an Indigenous futurist noir by Achimostawinan Games -- a studio reshaping what video games can say, and who they’re for.

We’ll explore:

• Indigenous Futurism and why these worlds matter
• The Auntie Robo-Dog tutorial (a perfect piece of Native noir humor)
• Merrium’s death and the echoes of MMIWG2S
• The stratified class structure of Akâmaskiy
• Puzzles and plotholes
• What the game does beautifully
• What I wish it had done differently
• And why Meeygen Hill is one of the coolest detectives in modern gaming and why I want to see more of her!

This is kind of sort of a love letter with notes in the margins, a discussion that is part grief, part celebration, and entirely grounded in the messy, neon, hopeful future that Indigenous game developers are building.

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Developer | Achimostawinan Games
Publisher | Achimostawinan Games
Director | Meagan Byrne
Designer | Meagan Byrne
Artist | Sa'dekaronhes Esquivel
Writer | Meagan Byrne
Composers | Colin R. Lloyd, Honor.beatz

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RESOURCES & LINKS

•  Hill Agency: PURITY/Decay (Steam link)
• Exploring Indigenous Futurism Achimostawinan Games
•  MMIWG2S resources: National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center; No More Stolen Sisters
•  Grace Dillon – Walking the Clouds
•  Elizabeth LaPensée – writings on Indigenous game design
•  Adventure Game Hotspot review
•  WCCFTech interview with Meagan I. Byrne

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