VIDEO: THE ASTOUNDING ODYSSEY OF CARDBOARD COMPUTER’S KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO
Kentucky Route Zero was one of the first best surprises of 2011 (as well as one of the first Kickstarter projects I had zero hesitation in donating to), a “magical realist” bluegrass adventure game pitched by Chicago-based indie Cardboard Computer that was as gloriously close to approaching the work of the Coen Brothers and Jeunet & Caro as games can probably come (see its initial trailer below and the references should become a bit more clear).
Still deep in development over the past two years, the game’s raised its head just above the surface only a rare handful of times, while Cardboard Computer head Jake Elliott let loose a small flurry of similarly abstract & haunting micro-adventure games like Balloon Diaspora, Ruins and M83-collaboration We Were You.
Cut to today, when Elliott has finally officially revealed the latest look at the game (at top), with a new and frankly completely jaw-dropping aesthetic overhaul by new collaborator Tamas Kemenczy, that should perfectly illustrate why this re-instantly became one of my most anticipated games.
Elliott says the new plan is to break up the game into five more-manageable acts to be released throughout 2013 after an initial drop in December. While you wait, do as I do on those cold & solitary half-drunken nights, and loop the soundtrack clip above ad infinitum, a washed-out version of bluegrass standard What Would You Give (In Exchange for Your Soul) by in-game band, The Bedquilt Ramblers, who elsewhere in the game’s score go even more amazingly ambient — and every bit as infinitely repeatable — thanks to remix work by the Ramblers’ Ben Babbitt. Keep an eye on the game’s official website for more upcoming information.
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So glad this has reemerged and in such a beautiful way. Can’t wait to get my grubby mitts on it.
A House In California and Ruins are some of my favorite games from the past few years.
Bluegrass music plus a game with beautiful aesthetics? Sold. I’m reminded once a year by my secret love of Bluegrass and normally it’s by the Coen Brothers’ ‘Oh Brother Where Art Thou’ but it’s seems this time around its Kentucky Route Zero.
Can’t wait to see more.
I missed this the first time around, but this new trailer gives me goosebumps.
Can’t wait for Christmas.
Had the chance to play a bit of that first sequence with the Horse-Head Diner. It’s simply magic.
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Stunning! Chills all over! Can’t wait!