The developer of Short Game favorite 80 Days returns with an ambitious new game, and we are joined by a new guest! Laura Garofalo is a Roman cultural historian and Latinist with experience on archeological digs, who joined us to discuss Heaven’s Vault, an archaeological science fiction adventure game.
At around 15 hours, this is a longer game than we typically cover, and it lead to a longer and extremely interesting discussion. The game is available on PS4 and Windows for $24.99. Stick around after the spoiler break at [1:26:30] for a discussion of some of the game’s secrets and branching paths.
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Your hosts this week were:
- Raygan Kelly – @raygank
- Laura Nash – @laurajnash
- Shane Kelly – @8bitShane
- With special guest Laura Garofalo
- (00:00) - Heaven’s Vault from Inkle
- (04:48) - Archeology In Games
- (07:29) - A Quick Summary
- (11:06) - Learning Ancient
- (35:42) - The Timeline And Interface
- (38:07) - Visuals
- (47:39) - Sailing
- (56:23) - Actually Meaningful Dialogue Choices
- (01:05:06) - The Ink System
- (01:13:06) - New Game Plus
- (01:16:29) - What’s Making You Happy This Week?
- (01:16:57) - Laura G - Plants!
- (01:17:30) - Shane - The Tick on Amazon Prime Video
- (01:20:11) - Raygan - Nausicaä Manga Box Set
- (01:22:30) - Laura - Finishing Your Projects
- (01:25:01) - Admin And Outro
- (01:26:48) - Spoiler Break