Has anyone played or just viewed plays of the new game, Stray Gods? It's a unique, interactive, single-player musical adventure game based on characters from Greek mythology.
I actually found it fun to watch (there are people who post their play-throughs on YouTube ). However, I will admit bias as Laura Bailey and Ashley Johnson of Critical Role play key roles in the production.
The game features a character who is the singer in a band who, following auditions the band has been holding is singing alone only to have a mysterious woman join in her song.
The woman, it turns out has been critically injured and dies in the woman's arms.
Things take an even more interesting turn as none other than Hermes, the messenger of the Greek gods shortly arrives to explain that the dead woman was Calliope, one of the Muses and our hapless heroine has now inherited her "Eidolon" ( soul ).
Oh, and, the remaining gods, Athena, chief among them are now accusing her of murdering Calliope and, if she can't prove her innocence in a week. She'll be put to death.
Anyhoo. the reason I bring this up is because of the style of the game. It's done like a motion comic. This is what my next project, "Heir Apparent-Chronicle" will be done in. However, the art style will be a bit different.
Anyhoo. Here's a link to the promo for the game, I'd love to hear people's takes on the idea of doing a feature film/series in this medium.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coQQ-K8Iwi8
Thanks in advance for any thoughts, and ideas you share.
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This is so cool! I haven't played, but I'm definitely interested now!
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that's interesting, like REALLY interesting, the unique style reminds me of something I've been thinking about alot lately - fmv games, part of a dismal console failure back in the early 90s, something I want to take part in reviving also they would be great for porting to vr (another initial failure) - what I've just found out is that the revival is happening alot faster than I expected. - link here: https://www.gamespew.com/2023/07/best-fmv-games/
Ashley Renee Smith I was hooked the minute I found out Laura Bailey and Ashley Johnson were in it.
I also LOVE the style of this. I've seen a few motion comics in the past. The Thor one is a fave but, I can't seem to find it anywhere as of late.
Watching this has given me no end of ideas on how I want to do both series. I'm also thinking of doing a graphic novel tie-in as well.
PolyD Flynt Keep us informed on how your project goes. I'm always interested in seeing how folks might use this media for storytelling.