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Helping Each Other Out in Hypogea

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And so then I said "And my long-stick-with-a-hook-on-the-end!" and they were like "You mean a *staff*??" so I just left out of embarrassment. Today we're talking about Hypogea by Charlie Wagner! A game about climbing out of a megastructure and meeting little guys. Get Hypogea on Steam!!! Follow Charlie Wagner's work on itch.io! Discussed in the episode: Hypogea | the world’s coolest automaton parkour game by nocaps on YouTube Additional links rating the vibes of megastructure games by nocaps on YouTube --- Support us on Ko-fi! Visit our website! Follow us on YouTube! Follow the show on Bluesky! Check out The Worst Garbage Online! --- Art by Tara Crawford Theme music by _amaranthine Additional sounds by Boqeh Produced and edited by AJ Fillari --- Timecodes:

(00:00) - The horrors of dirty soda

(00:41) - RIP Arthur Morgan

(01:15) - NOT HYPERBEAT

(01:37) - YES Hypogea

(02:41) - What is Hypogea

(05:18) - The joy of movement

(08:23) - Rewarding attention

(11:07) - The controls and progession

(14:40) - Little guys and why they're here

(17:48) - The use of body language

(19:12) - Vaulting over to spoilers!

(19:28) - The relationships

(25:35) - The recollections and the story

(31:25) - Mechanical moments

(33:48) - The structure of the world

(37:01) - The final moments and cosmic improbability

(38:46) - Shoutout to freesound.org

(42:02) - I regret saying this

(42:28) - AJ's Big Takeaway

(44:20) - Chase's Big Takeaway

(47:35) - Robin's Big Takeaway

(49:52) - The final shot of the game

(51:18) - Thank you so much for listening!

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