Jake elliott, writer and designer of kentucky route zero. Kentucky route zero beatufil and designery looking graphics pixel art games, game. Its like if the great american novel was accompanied by moving paintings. The fifth and final chapter of cardboard computers narrative adventure is confirmed. System requirements lab runs millions of pc requirements tests on over 6,000 games a month. The game was first revealed in kickstarter, and ran a successful campaign. Not my art nyx, the greek goddess or personification of the night. Kentucky route zero verges on art in its narrative approach. Simply staring at this iconic cover image for kentucky route zero act iv is as.
Kentucky route zero system requirements can i run kentucky. If anything, its smooth vector art, solid shapes, and muted palette bring to mind another world, eric chahis twenty yearold masterpiece. Kentucky route zero general discussions steam community. Jan 22, 20 elliott and art director tamas kemenczy are currently hard at work on the second episode of their newest adventure game, kentucky route zero. Is there an official artbook and or who did the art for the. Not necessarily individual characters, but the group dynamic. Buy kentucky route zero, complete online game code. Kentucky route zeros final episode releasing 7 years after its first.
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Act iii is the boldest, most extraordinary chapter yet in this transcendent american road journey. The people who live and work along this highway are themselves a little strange at first, but soon seem familiar. By tom sykes krzs third interlude is a game, an ebay listing, and an automated phone number all at once. Kentucky route zero is a beautiful poetry generator in the body of a pointandclick adventure game. Kentucky route zero plays more like a dismantled, digitized novel than a game. Is there an official artbook and or who did the art for. Feb 22, 20 kentucky route zero general discussions topic details. Kentucky route zero is a magic realist adventure game about a secret highway in kentucky and the mysterious folks who travel it. Podkova is a twoweight monoline slab serif font family designed by ilya yudin in 2010. Kentucky route zero is a coffee table book of a game. Subsequent acts were expected to launch every few months but things didnt play out that way. It explores various facets of the mediums abilities with storytelling and evocatively shifts its gameplay and gorgeous visuals to keep things interesting.
Of the three trails arcs so far, and not even played past a little of ch. Gameplay is inspired by pointandclick adventure games like the classic monkey island or kings quest series, or more recently telltales walking dead series, but focused on characterization. Tv edition is an overall landmark effort in the realm of video games. One of my favorite parts of kentucky route zero was lula chamberlains art. The book has already been written, but the game invites you to help turn the pages and scribble in the margins on occasion. Described by its threeman, artminded development team as a magical realist adventure game, kentucky route zero is as elegiac as it is. In short, faulkner walks you through a dysfunctional family and explores the complexities of each family member through a shattered sequence of events by hiding the fragments in different characters. The games first act was released back in 20, with developer cardboard computer steadily releasing further episodes and side. Kentucky route zero at twilight in kentucky, as bird songs give way to the choir of frogs and insects, familiar roads become strange, and its easy to get lost. We all met in the art community in chicago, elliot tells me when i ask. Kentucky route zero is a pointandclick adventure game developed by cardboard computer and published by annapurna interactive. Dec 04, 2014 if kentucky route zero is reminiscent of anything, it might be the hit lovecraftian comic romance surrealist podcast welcome to night vale, but its deeper and more rewarding than that. Jan 28, 20 kentucky route zero is a lookernot because of an orgy of postprocessing like many modern games, and not because it pulls at nostalgic heartstrings with retro pixel art. Finally there is finally light at the end of the tunnel for indie game lovers.
Kentucky route zero is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway in the caves beneath kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it. As kentucky route zero opens, an aging delivery man with a faithful dog by his side pulls his truck into a gas station. It is focused intently on ideas rather than traditional puzzles or obstacles but as a piece of interactive art, its poignant and enthralling. Instead, krz, with its myriad of references and views, seems like its supposed to be taken a piece at a time. Kentucky route zero is a joyously original, heartfelt thing. Part i, developed by cardboard computer for pc, mac and linux, is an interactive screenplay, an illustrated series of scenes occasionally stirred by unexpectedly moving things. In fact, kentucky route zero challenges the definition of what a game even is. Kentucky route zeros fifth and final act launches on pc on january 28 alongside its tv edition, which brings the entire story to ps4, xbox one, and switch. Kentucky route zero has reached its end, and its been a long time coming.
Cardboard computer kentucky route zero act iv vga gallery. I dont feel like youre really supposed to try and take it all in as a whole. Kentucky route zero character design, character drawing. Apr 18, 2020 kentucky route zeros fifth and final act launches on pc on january 28 alongside its tv edition, which brings the entire story to ps4, xbox one, and switch. Kentucky route zero is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway running through the caves beneath kentucky, and the mysterious folks who. Kentucky route zeros development has finally drawn to a close, almost eight years after its first act was released.
Tv edition is a magical realist adventure game in five acts, featuring a haunting electronic score, and a. Tv edition will be getting a physical version on switch. Its the contemporary art world exaggerated, and for me, revisiting this early chapter scene resulted in uncomfortable echoes of taking in do ho. Gaming takes a leaf out of literatures book financial times. One of my favorite parts of kentucky route zero was lula chamberlains art exhibit in the interlude between act i and act ii called limits and demonstrations. Preorders are open here, with copies expected to ship early q3 2020. Jan 28, 2020 kentucky route zero is immersive theater for your nintendo switch. The art had me hooked before i ever saw any gameplay. Kentucky route zero the five act point and click adventure by cardboard.
Skellboy, kentucky route zero, the pedestrian, and more. You assume the role of conway, a grizzled delivery driver who, along with his dog, is in the process of taking a cargo of antiques to 5 dogwood drive. The mans name is conway, and he needs directions to 5 dogwood drive so he can make his final delivery of antique furniture. Is there an official artbook and or who did the art for the game. Ghost story kentucky route zero is part of a long tradition of games rooted in language and narrative. Kentucky route zeros third free interlude is a phone call you wont forget. An epic episodic art piece comes to a conclusion, and is now available for consoles. The gameological society spoke to elliott about his experiments with dialogue and text and his efforts to depict the rural south in a more humane way. An antique furniture delivery man trying to make his small shops last. Kentucky route zero is immersive theater for your nintendo switch. Kentucky route zero creators on finding hope and the burden of. Kentucky route zero final episode may finally be releasing. There are no puzzles, only one location without much even to explore, and the branching dialogue paths have little effect on anything.
There are no challenges, no puzzles, nothing to solve, overcome, defeat, succeed against, or figure out. Kentucky route zero is a game in five acts, which weve been developing and publishing episodically for several years. Kentucky route zero is immersive theater for your nintendo. After seven years, the haunting episodic adventure game kentucky route zero is finally complete. Jan 28, 2020 after seven years, the haunting episodic adventure game kentucky route zero is finally complete. Kentucky route zero is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway in the caves beneath kentucky. Kentucky route zero finally reaches its conclusion, living up to its promise as a stunning testament to the power of video games as an art form. A magic realism mix of adventure game, interactive fiction, and choose your own adventure, kentucky route zero is an episodic game developed by cardboard computer for pc. The dismantled book of kentucky route zero epilogue gaming. Cardboard computer sets up a hotline to update fans about the release date of kentucky.
My next book, chain of gold, a companion to the infernal devices. A subreddit dedicated to the indie game kentucky route zero. Kentucky route zero is a point and click adventure game developed cardboard computer and first released in 20 the games title is set in podkova regular. 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.
Surface pro or tablet support kentucky route zero general. Jan 07, 20 jake elliott is raising funds for kentucky route zero, a magic realist adventure game on kickstarter. Not a real mammoth, though that wouldnt surprise anyone familiar with this series. Those who are already lost may find their way to a secret highway winding through underground caves. I also wanted to thank all of you, ive enjoyed popping onto here every now and then and been pleased to find and read the posts here, share in the excitement and. The tv edition getting this limited edition is a collection of five episodes, referred to as acts by the game in theatrical style, of kentucky route zero that have been coming out since 20. Described by its threeman, artminded development team as a magical realist adventure game, kentucky route zero is as elegiac as it is prosaic.
Kentucky route zero looks like a pointandclick adventure, plays like a visual novel, but in truth is a far cry from fitting into any established genre. Kentucky route zero act 5 due in early 2018 pc gamer. A listing from iam8bit reveals that kentucky route zero. The very first image you see in act iv of kentucky route zero is a mammoth. Kentucky route zero s third free interlude is a phone call you wont forget. If you have, then step on down to the rps porch, pull up a slightly weatherworn deck chair, and let some soulful bluegrass overwhelm your senses. The circuitous journey that you undertake in kentucky route zero feels in some way emblematic of the road cardboard computer has taken developing the game.
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