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AJ, Kim, and Robin sit down with Remy Siu to talk about sunset visitor's upcoming game Prove You're Human! Wishlist it on Steam!!!

Remy elsewhere talking about PYH:
ARTICLES
1000xResist dev says we need a universal video codec for games by Bryant Francis for Game Developer
Interview: Prove You're Human - 1000xResist Devs by Hayes Madsen for CGMagazine
1000xResist Studio Turns The Internet's Most Annoying Task Into A Game With Prove You're Human by Jessica Cogswell for Gamespot
1000XResist devs talk about their next game, Prove You're Human by Elijah Gonzalez for AV Club
The team behind 1000xResist is making a game about convincing an AI that it isn’t human by Andrew Webster for The Verge
Prove You're Human, A New Game From The 1000xResist Team, Combines AI Anxiety, Severance, And CAPTCHA Tests by Charles Harte for Game Informer
Prove You're Human Announced At The 2026 Triple-I Showcase From 1000xRESIST Developers by Kate Sánchez for But Why Tho?
1000xResist studio reveals next game Prove You're Human by Austin Manchester on Polygon
Some of the best writers making games today decided to form a publisher "an hour" after a call: Slay the Princess and 1000xResist devs team up for new sci-fi adventure by Oscar Taylor-Kent for GamesRadar+
How Two Indie Darlings Are Challenging a Collapsing Industry With Their Next Game by Isaiah Colbert for Gizmodo
PODCASTS
Remap Interview: Prove You're Human from Remap Radio
Where Do Video Games Go from Here? from Post Games
How Black Tabby Publishing’s "Developer-First" Vision Empowers Sunset Visitor's 'Prove You’re Human' [EXCLUSIVE] from But Why Tho?
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Art by Tara Crawford

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Produced and edited by AJ Fillari
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Timecodes:

(00:00) - Become a member to hear the whole conversation with Remy Siu!

(01:23) - AJ bungles the intro SO badly

(02:25) - What is Prove Your Human?

(03:08) - The press tour and "The Secret Thing"

(05:44) - The team has grown

(10:43) - Intentional use of video assets in PYH

(15:58) - Unexpected technical limitations informing work

(18:35) - Influences that are being drawn from

(22:22) - Become a Ko-fi member to hear the whole convo!

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This is just like Click (2006).

Today we're talking about Before Your Eyes by GoodbyeWorld! A game about holding onto your past and being okay at the piano.

Get Before Your Eyes on Steam, the App Store, and the Play Store!!! Follow GoodbyeWorld’s work on their website!

Discussed in the episode:
Goodnight Universe by Nice Dream
Games Can Save Us from the Hell of Silicon Valley Optimization by Post Games (feat. C. Thi Nguyen)

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Timecodes:

(00:48) - Robin [Last Name]

(01:12) - We are here

(01:45) - What is Before Your Eyes?

(03:53) - How do we feel?

(08:45) - VA is good!

(11:10) - Seeing Benjamin's life

(16:48) - What does it mean to make something great?

(25:57) - The inflection point and after

(29:29) - Chekov's Mom

(32:25) - Being brought to tears

(36:18) - The birds show up

(46:08) - The Thing

(55:27) - Good Night Universe

(56:51) - True Art vs. Sympathetic Art (link to Post Games in the show notes)

(59:30) - Robin's Big Takeaway

(01:03:35) - Chase's Big Takeaway

(01:07:34) - That is a podcast

(01:07:56) - Thank you for listening!

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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
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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

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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)
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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!

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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
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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

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