The music in haunting 2D journey Norco was so good it’s one of many few soundtracks I’ve truly purchased on Steam, so I’m deeply intrigued to be taught that developer Geography of Robots are placing music – and dancing – entrance and heart within the new demo for his or her subsequent undertaking, Silenus. You possibly can bop your method between screens, reader!
Swapping out Norco’s Southern gothic for techno industrial (additionally considerably gothic) vibes, Silenus provides the possibility to “uncover the secrets and techniques of an oil refinery operated by an obscure group on this quick, atmospheric narrative journey.” Don’t take my phrase about Steam’s phrase concerning the developer’s phrase on it, although, that’d be sheer insanity. There’s a free demo out there. I initially thought the selection to call it the ‘Umbilical Pre-Launch Demo’ was simply the devs being arty. Nevertheless it truly refers back to the album Umbilical from contributors Thou, who did a great deal of Norco’s soundtrack. By taking part in the demo, you’ll have the ability to unlock all the album to hearken to in-game. Creatives creatively boosting the artistic work of different creatives? What is that this, some type of good timeline?
Listed below are some extra Steam deets:
Rubens Hyperlink, an enigmatic firm with an unclear agenda, has taken management of the Gulf Circulate oil refinery. Formally, they’re introducing new automation applied sciences, however the modifications they’ve applied counsel one thing extra confounding. On this narrative micro-adventure, you play as Titian, Rubens Hyperlink’s flagship android. Discover the refinery’s equipment, tank farms, and workplaces, deciphering clues from pc logs, discarded journals, and the remnants of vanished staff. Resolve puzzles, take up the atmospheric soundscapes of FmAura & Gewgawly I, work together with distinctive characters, and wander deeper down the rabbit gap of Gulf Circulate Oil.
I used to be going to do a bit about ‘Reuben’s hyperlink’ however I already linked the demo. Not an enormous loss for comedy, truthfully. For what it’s price, I cherished Norco to haunted little bits. It was a brilliantly written 2D journey set in South Louisiana that makes me need to use phrases like ‘hauntological’ and such. Silenus is in 3D and takes a totally totally different visible strategy, however as a lot as I’d have eaten up one other providing in Norco’s vein, it’s nice to see Geography of Robots not pigeonholing themselves this early. Silenus is presently “very early in growth”, which provides you adequate room to go play Norco. Twice!
