085: A Short Hike

We explore the great outdoors at our own pace in A Short Hike.

Developer: Adam Robinson-Yu | Publisher: Adam Robinson-Yu | Initial Release: April 5, 2019

Jacob, Mike, Moe and special guest Flora Merigold fish, hike, and play an imaginary sport that is a cross between volleyball and badminton.

Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom) & Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi)

Special Guest: Flora Merigold, co-founder of EpilogueGaming.com

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 SHOW NOTES:

• 2:20 A summary of Flora’s work
• 2:40 Our Short Hike Fast Pitch
• 3:50 What did we know about A Short Hike before we started?
• 8:10 What is it like playing A Short Hike? We explain the game’s Golden Feather system.
• 12:00 “This game just lets you play,” the team refers to Adam Robinson-Yu’s GDC talk often (and Moe took a lot of notes)
• 18:40 Some of the game’s ancillary system and mini-games (fishing, treasure hunting)
• 21:10 We also talk about some of the characters and their snappy dialogue
• 26:35 A Canadian connection to A Short Hike
• 28:50 Silver Feathers?
• 31:10 What do we think the game looks like?
• 33:40 We talk about the sweet soundtrack
• 35:30 We talk more specifically about the story and the dialogue
• 43:30 Comparisons to Super Mario and Costume Quest
• 45:25 Final thoughts

NEXT SHOWS:

• The Last of Us w/ Jacob, Mike and Matt Storm: April 29th

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