Making Histories in Artefact

Today we're talking about Artefact by Jack Harrison (aka Mousehole Press)! A game about creating magical items and chillin' out for 6ish minutes.

Buy Aretfact on itch! And check out the Mousehole Press website and itch page for more great games!

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Discussed in the episode

• Artefact OST by Christopher Michael Roberts
• The browser-based OST tool
• beyond the edge of the world by Louie Zong
• Koriko, A Magical Year on itch 
• The Mousehole Press Patreon

Additional stuff

• Subscribe to the Mousehole Press newsletter!
• The Skeletons by Jacob Morningstar, the inspiration for Artefact
• Swingset by Boqeh, used as underscoring in this episode

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Art by Tara Crawford

Music by _amaranthine

Additional sounds by Boqeh

Produced and edited by AJ Fillari

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Timecodes:

• (00:00) - Sorry, Mr. Antonoff
• (00:29) - Intro
• (01:05) - An unprompted history of AJ's Artefact buying experience
• (01:57) - What is Artefact? | General Discussion
• (17:17) - The Shield of Betony | Our Playthroughs
• (32:45) - Legacy | Our Playthroughs
• (01:00:29) - Post-mortem | Our Playthroughs
• (01:02:21) - Big Takeaways
• (01:02:27) - AJ's Big Takeaway
• (01:04:27) - Kim's Big Takeaway
• (01:06:40) - That's Artefact!
• (01:09:44) - Thanks for listening!

What is dotzip?

A show about big games in small packages! Join AJ, Kim, and Chase every week to talk about short video games, indie tabletop games, and maybe other stuff!
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Visit us online at https://dotzip.online
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Art by Tara Crawford
Music by _amaranthine
Additional sounds by Boqeh
Produced and Edited by AJ Fillari