Talk to The Game

Goodbye (Kind Of)

Alright, here’s the deal.

I’m officially halting all development on talktothegame.felo5.com. It’s not because it failed. Quite the opposite.

This prototype did its job: it helped me build fast, test hard, and learn a ton. I figured out what works, what’s missing, and what’s just broken when trying to turn long podcast archives into something I can use.

So no, this isn’t a goodbye.

It’s a pivot.

So… What Did I Build?

Talk to the Game started as a scrappy, local Replit App.

I turned raw podcast transcripts into a searchable interface, wired up an innovative pipeline that could process 800+ hours of content, and wrangled everything from API headaches to cloud deployment. I even built a full-blown data enrichment system that could identify and track ideas across episodes.

It’s not too shabby for a morning project by a one-person team without coding experience.

But here’s the thing:

It wasn’t scalable. Or polished. Or user-ready.

I stitched together tools to prove that LLMs + podcast archives = magic, and that bet paid off. But now it’s time to do it right.

What’s Next: AskTheGame.felo5.com

The new version of the project is called Ask The Game.

And this time, I’m not just throwing parts together. I’m rebuilding the whole thing from the ground up—cleaner structure, more brilliant UX, better data fabric. Still obsessed with helping people extract real knowledge from huge audio archives—but this version might look and feel completely different.

I’m turning what I learned with Talk To The Game into something more robust.

Why the Change?

Because the first version was a prototype, and that’s what prototypes are for.

I tested ideas fast. And most importantly, I realized that to make this valuable for actual users, I need a system that’s flexible, faster, and more focused on delivering insights. It can't happen with raw transcripts. What's coming?

All are still cooking. But it’s coming.

Follow the Journey**

If you liked what I was doing before, follow me at askthegame.felo5.com. That’s where I’ll post updates, sneak peeks, and maybe even give early access to new tools.

Thanks for following along so far.

See you on the next version.