Moving Forward in Sayonara Wild Hearts

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:

• (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

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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