178: Photographs

This week on The Short Game we discuss Photographs, the latest game by Luca Redwood, developer of show favorite You Must Build A Boat. Photographs is a narrative puzzle game for PC, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android, and it’s a big departure from Luca’s previous games. In Photographs you’ll explore a series of tragic tales, interspersed with puzzles that cast light on the themes of each story. We discuss the game’s themes and mechanics in depth, with a spoiler break at 55 minutes.
Photographs is $3.99 on mobile or $11.99 on Steam. Expect it to take around 3-4 hours to complete.

Links for this episode:

• Photographs | EightyEightGames
• You Must Build A Boat on the App Store
• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend – Wikipedia
• Galavant – Wikipedia
• Darkstalkers – Wikipedia
  • Jiangshi (Chinese hopping vampires) – Wikipedia
• Lodge 49 – Wikipedia

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Your hosts this week were:

• Laura Nash – @laurajnash
• Shane Kelly – @8bitshane
• Raygan Kelly – @raygank
• Nate Heininger – @natestl

• (00:00) - Photographs
• (00:42) - But First, You Must Build A Boat
• (03:08) - Photographs - Gameplay
• (07:14) - Art Style
• (09:34) - Music And Audio
• (11:45) - Interaction Between Narrative And Puzzles
• (19:15) - Tone And Story
• (25:16) - The Photo Taking Mechanic
• (36:39) - What’s Making Us Happy
• (37:21) - Laura - Crazy Ex Girlfriend Finale
• (39:25) - Nate - Galavant
• (41:36) - Raygan - Darkstalkers
• (47:24) - Shane - Lodge 49
• (52:44) - Outro
• (55:04) - Spoiler Break

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