Kentucky Route Zero 2013
Developed by Cardboard Computer
- Point-and-click, Adventure, Indie, Thriller
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. Gameplay is inspired by point-and-click adventure games (like the classic Monkey Island or King's Quest series, or more recently Telltale's Walking Dead series), but focused on characterization, atmosphere and storytelling rather than clever puzzles or challenges of skill. The game is developed by Cardboard Computer (Jake Elliott and Tamas Kemenczy). The game's soundtrack features an original electronic score by Ben Babbitt along with a suite of old hymns & bluegrass standards recorded by The Bedquilt Ramblers.
Point-and-clickAdventureIndieThrillerDramasurrealismepisodicsteamcrowdfunding - kickstartersteam greenlightcrowdfundingdigital distributionpax west 2017world mapminimalismcrowd fundedsteam playLinux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
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Contemplative, earnest, prestige and grave.
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the game
- Platforms
- Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
- Developer
- Cardboard Computer
- Publisher
- Cardboard Computer, Netflix
- Released
- January 7, 2013
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric, Side view
- Engine
- Unity 2022
- Time to beat
- 13 h main story
IGDB rating 8.0/10 from 105 ratings.
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