Kitschies
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (2014) Winner
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
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | BAFTA Games Award for Original Property | Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition | — | BAFTA | Winner |
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 fictionA 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 adventureConsole 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