We're talking about Wander Stars and many more indie games on episode 80 of the Indie Game Arcade podcast. Wander Stars is a 90s anime-inspired, story-driven, episodic turn-based JRPG from Paper Castle Games (published by Fellow Traveller) that pairs vibrant retro-anime visuals and a found-family narrative with a novel word-combo combat system—collect and combine 200+ Action/Modifier/Elemental words to craft bespoke attacks, befriend rivals, and race across colorful interstellar locales to rebuild the Wanderstar map.

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TImestamps:

0:43 Intro

03:05 Wander Stars

22:17 Goblin Cleanup

24:12 Sushi Ben

25:44 Cardburners

31:30 Megabonk

37:06 Gloomy Juncture

37:41 Lil' Gator Game in the Dark

38:14 Nanuka: Secret of the Shattering Moon

40:17 Carimara

41:37 Battle Suit Aces

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