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Cardboard Computer

ダンボール・コンピューター

Danbōru Konpyūtā

Profile

Gender
Unknown
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown

Career

Occupations
Video game developer, Indie game studio
Active Years
2011-2020
Affiliations
Annapurna Interactive
Influenced By
Gabriel García Márquez, Flannery O'Connor, David Lynch
Influenced
Night in the Woods
Nominations
BAFTA Games Award Narrative nomination, D.I.C.E. Award for Adventure Game of the Year nomination, D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction nomination, D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Story nomination, D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game nomination, The Game Awards Games for Impact nomination, Nebula Award for Best Game Writing nomination

Awards

BAFTA Games Award for Original Property
2021
Work: Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition
Organization: BAFTA
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Kentucky Route Zero

2013 Point-and-click adventure / Interactive fiction

A magical realist narrative following truck driver Conway and the strange people he meets while attempting to cross the mysterious Route Zero in Kentucky to make a final delivery for his antiques company.

Southern GothicSurrealismAmerican declineDebtHallucinationLoss
Translations
  • Available in French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, Korean, Japanese

Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition

2020 Point-and-click adventure

Console edition remaster including all five acts.

Southern GothicSurrealism

Bibliography

  • Kentucky Route Zero

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Poetic proseAtmosphericNon-traditional storytellingTheatrical
Recurring Motifs
GhostsMinesRiver journeysGlowing skeletonsReclaimed spacesSouthern American landscapes

Legacy

Hailed as one of the defining games of the 2010s, featured on numerous best-of-year and best-of-decade lists. Won BAFTA awards among others, exhibited at V&A Museum, and influential on narrative games.

Museums

  • Victoria and Albert Museum London Opened in 2018
  • V&A Dundee Dundee Opened in 2019
  • Chiado Museum (Lisbon Architecture Triennale) Lisbon Opened in 2019

In Popular Culture

  • Influenced games like Night in the Woods, Bury Me, My Love, Mutazione

Trivia

  • Funded via Kickstarter in 2011
  • Released in five acts over seven years
  • Developed using Unity engine