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!

Get Sayonara Wild Hearts everywhere!!! Follow Simogo's work on their website!

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:

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