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  "description": "In this episode, I talk with Greek artist Kyriaki Goni about Telling the Bees — her in-development game about a character called the Bee-Seeker, searching for the last surviving bees in a near-future Aegean archipelago on the edge of ecological collapse.",
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  "textContent": "In this episode, I sit down with Athens-based artist and game designer Kiriaki Goni to discuss Telling the Bees, her in-development game about a Bee-Seeker navigating a near-future Aegean archipelago in ecological collapse.\n\nWe cover: the 18-year-old hike where a stranger gifted her a woven bee basket; the anthropological fieldwork underpinning her character design; the bee waggle dance as a gameplay mechanic; and what it means to build a game that thinks like a hive.\n\nListen here and members, keep scrolling for the video recording and full podcast.\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "Telling the Bees: Kyriaki Goni on Building a Game from a Stranger's Gift",
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