About this episode
The episode discusses the indie game Grow Light, focusing on its themes and gameplay.
This was recorded in the immediate aftermath of last week's episode and it is immediately apparent. Thank you for your patience. Today we're talking about Grow Light by Danielle Taphanel! A game about living on the moon and photosynthesizing. Play Grow Light on itch.io !!! Follow Danielle Taphanel's work on their website ! --- 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: (01:13) - Hey (01:50) - dot.cat (02:17) - This is the second podcast (03:06) - What is Grow Light? (04:33) - Bitsy games?! (05:17) - No spoiler break here! The game is short! (06:04) - What'd we think of the video game? (09:55) - What makes a Kim game a Kim game (11:16) - Are we ready for Big Takeaways??? (11:30) - Robin has more thoughts! (12:09) - Becoming a plant (15:14) - Kim's Quote Corner (17:31) - Run TRANSFORMATION (21:07) - Big Takeaways??????? (21:14) - Kim's Big Takeaway (26:06) - AJ attempts (and fails) a Big Takeaway (27:00) - Robin's Big Takeaway (28:58) - AJ's Big Takeaway (30:14) - Thanks…
People in this episode
Host: AJ Fillari
Guests: Robin, Kim
Topics covered
- video games
- photosynthesis
- moon living
- game review
- indie games
Keywords
- Grow Light
- Danielle Taphanel
- video game review
- indie games
- photosynthesis
- moon
Sponsors
Ko-fi
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: YouTube, Bluesky, The Worst Garbage Online
Books & works: Grow Light, Bitsy
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