Yearning in The Moon Looks Beautiful Tonight

Yearning in The Moon Looks Beautiful Tonight

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June 1, 2026 · 54 min · Season 2 · Episode 46

About this episode

The episode discusses the game The Moon Looks Beautiful Tonight: Definitive Edition, focusing on its themes and design elements.

Whooooooosh rocket ship soundssssss Today we're talking about The Moon Looks Beautiful Tonight: Definitive Edition by Cetacity! A game about the moon and being honest with your feelings. Get The Moon Looks Beautiful Tonight on Steam or the NON Definitive Edition on itch.io !!! Follow Team Cetacity's work on itch.io ! --- 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: (01:42) - It's like a normal podcast! (02:32) - What is The Moon Looks Beautiful Tonight? (04:19) - The sounds are good (04:49) - The character dynamic (07:58) - The art (10:10) - THE GAME IS FREE (11:01) - Into the spoiler chamber! (11:17) - Sci-fi, light on the sci- (12:36) - The other character (16:33) - What's going on with Rose (23:50) - The yearning! (29:14) - Taking a step back (37:07) - It's messy (39:14) - DAISY's arc (44:21) - The ending (45:07) - Big Takeaways (45:13) - Robin's Big Takeaway (48:39) - Kim's Big Takeaway (51:37) - Kim SLAYS the outro ★ Support this podcast ★

Topics covered

  • video games
  • emotional storytelling
  • game design
  • character dynamics
  • art style
  • indie games

Keywords

  • The Moon Looks Beautiful Tonight
  • Cetacity
  • video games
  • emotional gameplay
  • indie game

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cetacity, Steam, itch.io

Books & works: The Moon Looks Beautiful Tonight

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