dotzip

Oh to be a little guy with a fan on your head talking to Sylvia.

Today we're talking about Formless Star by splendidland! A game about meeting 61 creatures and maybe a secret 62nd.

Get Formless Star on itch.io!!! Follow splendidland's work on their website!

Discussed in the episode:
Creativity in the Age of AI by Ariadne J. Markou for Michigan Sociological Review
30 Years of Tamagotchi Jam 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:

(00:00) - dot.army

(01:40) - Another one for the girls

(02:55) - Studio pedigree

(04:17) - What is Formless Star

(05:35) - Finding all the little guys

(06:40) - The game is cute :)

(08:38) - The game is about curiosity

(10:22) - Getting out of our spaceship on spoiler planet

(10:40) - Sylvia's Song

(13:10) - Favorite animals

(20:42) - The 61st creature

(28:52) - The music!!!

(30:38) - Big Takeaways

(30:43) - Robin's Big Takeaway

(33:06) - Kim's Big Takeaway

(38:31) - Creativity is magic

(45:47) - Good game

(46:53) - Time for bed

★ Support this podcast ★

Today AJ does ONE FINAL RECAP of their time at PAX East 2026. If you want to hear AJ's thoughts with worse audio and less forethought, you can listen to their dot.trip episodes on Kofi ~ https://ko-fi.com/dotzip ~. The rest of this month's eps will be member exclusives!

Discussed in the episode:
AJ on The Content Mill talking about PAX
Never Post's Team Chat: We Won't Make Video and You Can't Force Us (Paywalled)
Support Never Post!
AJ, Brendon, Gianni, and Phil streaming the Godzilla RPG with LanFest! on YouTube (audio is iffy at times)
Godzilla: The Roleplaying Game by IDW Games on Kickstarter is still taking late pledges!
Indie Press Revolution's website
Plus One EXP's website
Soothwardens by Navaar Jackson
Down We Go by Plus One Experience
The Prince of Hounds by Jay Dragon
Mythic Bastionland by Chris McDowall
Quinns Quest Reviews: Mythic Bastionland! on YouTube
Kala Mandala Playbook by Munkao and Centaur Games
No Small Games
Underplayed
Six One Indie
Crossplay Conversations and Left Behind Game Club: A Video Game Podcast
GianniDicrosta on Twitch
70% Complete (Phil Bothun)
---

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) - Intro

(00:07) - It's another podcast

(01:08) - Making stuff

(04:12) - Talking about PAX

(05:21) - It's TTRPG time baby

(05:44) - Godzilla the TTRPG

(10:33) - More TTRPGs

(10:49) - Indie Press Revolution

(11:16) - PlusOneEXP

(11:42) - Soothwardens by Navaar Jackson

(12:28) - Down We Go by Marcus Linderum and Plus One Experience

(15:25) - The Prince of Hounds by Jay Dragon

(16:29) - Mythic Bastionland by Chris McDowall

(17:52) - Kala Mandala by Munkao and Centaur Games

(19:41) - I love games!

(19:59) - I met so many folks!!!

(23:02) - That's the recap!

★ Support this podcast ★

When you think about it the ocean is kind of like space.

Today we're talking about In Other Waters by Jump Over the Age! A game about the wonder and devastation of ecological science, and good menus.

Get In Other Waters on Steam, Humble, GoG, or Nintendo Switch!!! Follow Jump Over the Age's work on their website!

Discussed in the episode:
Listen to Leaving the Party!!!
In Other Waters is about exploring an alien ocean through an AI interface by Nicole Carpenter for Polygon
In Other Waters, ft. Gareth Damian Martin by Bad End: A Videogame Podcast
'Citizen Sleeper' dev on how players’ bodies shape the story by Robin<3 for inverse
How ecological adventure In Other Waters's planet-wide mystery gives players hope by Joel Couture for Game Developer
---

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) - Day dreams (dreams you have that are what your day is going to be)

(01:26) - Chase NAILS the intro

(01:54) - What is In Other Waters

(04:17) - High level thoughts

(09:55) - Cheering at the UI

(15:36) - The line to Citizen Sleeper

(19:42) - Early game spoilers

(21:33) - Shoutout to Amos Roddy

(22:09) - Where to begin spoiling...

(24:03) - Diving deeper

(30:16) - Graphics are environmental metaphor actually

(39:00) - In the end

(50:01) - Big Takeaways

(50:05) - Robin's Big Takeaway

(54:18) - Chase's Big Takeaway

(56:45) - We win!

(57:10) - Thanks for finding the ending of the episode

★ Support this podcast ★

Just-- Wh-- Man....

Today we're talking about Soul of Sovereignty by GGDG! A game about needing to see the good in someone else and pretty flowers. This game was suggested by Amet! If you'd like to suggest a game head over to our website!

Get Soul of Sovereignty on itch!!! Follow GGDG's work on their website!

Discussed in the episode:
Cucumber Quest by GGDG
SoulSov Chapter 1-3 OSTs on Bandcamp
---

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) - We are friends!!!!!

(00:39) - Fri-day night

(01:30) - Thank you Amet for the suggestion!

(03:35) - What is Soul of Sovereignty

(06:45) - SPOILERS IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT EVENTS IN THE BEGINNING

(11:47) - The intro is good and so is everything!!!

(14:17) - It's not done yet technically!

(15:51) - FINAL SPOILER WARNING

(16:12) - Welcome to spoilers

(16:35) - The turn

(18:52) - Selfish virtue and deadly kindness

(24:04) - The story is painful

(29:49) - Where does the story go from here?

(31:14) - Audience surrogate

(32:15) - It's time to talk about Them.

(37:32) - Flashback stuff

(38:56) - AJ and Kim bait

(45:22) - THE STORY IS PAINFUL!!!!!!!!

(47:31) - We haven't even talked about The Trials

(48:42) - There is just so much we haven't touched on

(53:53) - They're both hot

(54:48) - Whoops it's Big Takeaways

(55:09) - KAJ's Takeaway

(01:00:14) - Good

(01:01:01) - Thank you for listening :)

★ Support this podcast ★

We’ve all had unrequited feelings for one of our best friends at the hot springs, right? Right????

Today we're talking about A Year of Springs by npckc! A game about the endless complexity of being a woman and sending cute lil emojis.

Get A Year of Springs on Steam or itch!!! Follow npckc’s work on their website!

Discussed in the episode:
A YEAR OF SPRINGS soundtrack on Bandcamp
---

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) - Someone make a good way to take screenshots

(01:07) - Lifeguard Off-Duty

(02:07) - Who is npckc?

(03:16) - What is a Year of Springs

(05:21) - Hard to not spoil!

(08:23) - General subject matter

(12:18) - Beep boop

(12:25) - One Night, Hot Springs

(18:07) - Endings

(22:45) - The difference in perspectives

(25:36) - Last Day of Spring

(29:03) - Presents for transgender women

(30:56) - The texting is good!

(32:25) - Spring Leaves No Flower

(37:40) - An unexpected shift

(42:32) - Why is it so hard to be a woman!!!!!!

(44:14) - I guess I gotta talk to my boyfriend...

(45:22) - Endings

(46:47) - This one is for the girls

(51:07) - The Epilogue

(52:39) - Getting a new start

(55:46) - Big Takeaways

(55:56) - Kim's Big Takeaway

(59:26) - Robin's Big Takeaway

(01:04:17) - Good game!!!

(01:04:23) - Kim attempts the outro

★ Support this podcast ★