The game’s soundtrack features an original electronic score by Ben Babbitt along with a suit of long hymns and bluegrass standards recorded by the Bedquilt Ramblers. KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway running through the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it. Jake is in charge of design, programming and writing, while Tomas does visuals and art. This creates an exceptionally unique experience in a videogame, much closer to reading a book.Ĭardboard Computer is Jake Elliott and Tamas Kemenczy. Delicate sound clues, overall mood of the game and a sort of participation via dialog choices stimulate imagination to picture various places like a dinner, abandoned office or a church. ![]() There are plenty of side events scattered on the map, most of them are delivered with just dialogue window and accompanying music. Thus far in act 1, it’s beautifully written and well paced. All together, they constitute beautifully carved, soaked in melancholy world, aesthetic which makes the game feel very special.Īnother aspect of Kentucky Route Zero is the narrative. Models are rough and colours are pale, scenes abound with shadows and silhouettes. Fairly detailed and textured environments have been replaced with more angular and graphic look. In terms of aesthetics, the game has changed quite a bit since the Kickstarter teaser. The same is true for sound effects, thoroughly designed and dosed ambient noises are complemented with bizarre encounters with old hymns and bluegrass songs. Third dimension is introduced in a very subtle and clever way: occasional parallax, transitions from foreground to background or camera rotations. The game behaves in 2D logic although it uses a 3D engine and models. For instance, IGF nominated KRZ in 4 sections: Excellence In Visual Art, Excellence In Audio, Excellence In Narrative and Seumas McNally Grand Prize. ![]() Despite pretty short, 1-2 hours, playtime for the first act the game got warm reception from the community. You may purchase each act separately upon release, or the whole story from the official website for both Windows and OSx. The rest 4 acts will be released gradually in 2013. ![]() Kentucky Route Zero is still in development, however it has been splitted into 5 acts, and only act 1 is currently available to play. That is how the authors, Cardboard Computer - two piece indie game developer from Chicago, described the game during their successful Kickstarter campaign a year ago.
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