Kentucky Route Zero devs tease their mysterious new mission

Whatever’s coming from Cardboard Computer, it’ll be well worth the wait

Kentucky Route Zero might be in my prime 5 favourite video games of all time. The game’s entire really feel, its subject material, the method that went into making it — I’m fascinated by the entire thing, which is why I’m so thrilled to get completely any information from the event workforce behind it, in any other case referred to as Cardboard Computer. While it hasn’t been all that lengthy because the launch of Kentucky Route Zero‘s last act again in 2020, the workforce has been onerous at work on their new mission, as they confirmed through the Annapurna Interactive Showcase.

While we’ve nearly no details about what sort of game it is going to be, the place it is going to be set, any story factors, and many others., we did get a quick take a look at Cardboard Computer’s new workflow, and what little we noticed already has me giddy to be taught extra. Developers Jake Elliot, Tamas Kemenczy, and Ben Babbitt confirmed off their new animation software program, which utilized some sort of face-mapping tech rigged as much as a personality mannequin.

They said that that is the primary mission the place they are going to be focusing extra on efficiency, and whereas Kentucky Route Zero was a reasonably sluggish, static game, this new mission shall be extra “lively” with fully-animated characters. The story may also be extra upbeat this time, they mentioned after reminding themselves that whereas Kentucky Route Zero had comedic moments, it was finally a tragedy. Apparently they began engaged on the brand new game instantly after Kentucky Route Zero wrapped up, and so they’ve had this concept kicking round for so long as their debut title.

I’m thrilled to even get an update, and shall be awaiting any extra with bated breath. Although the main points are sparse proper now, Cardboard Computer is a type of builders that I’ve religion will ship one thing wonderful each time.

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