Oikospiel Book I
Details: Video game
Initial Release Date: February 16, 2017
Developer: David Kanaga
Description: Play as a German Shepherd named Pluto and explore the enchanted climates of planet Earth and the asteroid 433 Eros. Visit an Arctic Ocean wind farm, Kochiri Forest, a computer OS, a cluttered desk, a union-busting prairie in Kansas, a private jet, a flooded city at the North Pole, and many more fevered landscapes. Written, assembled, and with an original score by David Kanaga, composer of Proteus, Panoramical and Dyad, Oikospiel's soundtrack is "100 percent intertwined with the game" (PC Gamer), featuring a lush variety of interactive musical experiences woven together into an operatic whole. COST Please visit the Box Office at oikospiel.com to determine your price, check out the Wind Sales, & Buy. & Feel free to email [email protected] with press inquiries, or requests for a game key if you are unable to afford the minimum cost, we are happy to share. Thank you! FEATURES: 40 levels in five epic acts 3+ hours of gameplay Playable characters including dog, fox, snake, spider, rabbit, and ghost Several full classic novels (Frankenstein, Investigations of a Dog, Dialogue of the Dogs, Flush, etc..) 1st, 2nd, 3rd person controls Original rich orchestral soundtrack Various new approaches to OS-native opera BACKSTORY The Oikospielen Opera is developing an epic global-gaming festival called THE GEOSPIEL, scheduled for the year 2100. The opera's employees, organized by the Union of Animal Workers, are trying to integrate the game dev dogs of Koch Games into their group, but these loyal pups love their jobs and boss Donkey Koch too much! Will there be Unity, or will Multiplicity prevail? Money has awakened-- Pluto has captured the spirit of Orpheus, and Eurydice is lead composer in this operatic RE-FORM of the Adventure Game genre. ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Oikospiel's OST comes in 4 episodes, each of which explores a different facet of the game's spectrum of moods. Buy the the OST's EPs at Bandcamp for $5 each (1 2 3 4) or save 20% by getting the bundle of all 5 on itch for $15 LIBRETTO / NOVEL Read the novelization for deeper backstory, plot interpretation, and walkthrough help, featuring many clues into the expanded universe of Oikospiel and the history of Orpheus. SELECTED PRESS ~ARTICLES / REVIEWS~ Hyperallergic - Katie Rose Pipkin PC Gamer - James Davenport Paste - Daniel Fries Rock Paper Shotgun - Alice O'Connor Kotaku - Ethan Gach Waypoint - Lewis Gordon Electron Dance - Joel Goodwin ~INTERVIEWS~ Gamasutra - Joel Couture Unwinnable - Brendan Keogh Adam Harper's Bubblebath (Redbull Radio) KR Pipkin
Initial Release Date: February 16, 2017
Developer: David Kanaga
Description: Play as a German Shepherd named Pluto and explore the enchanted climates of planet Earth and the asteroid 433 Eros. Visit an Arctic Ocean wind farm, Kochiri Forest, a computer OS, a cluttered desk, a union-busting prairie in Kansas, a private jet, a flooded city at the North Pole, and many more fevered landscapes. Written, assembled, and with an original score by David Kanaga, composer of Proteus, Panoramical and Dyad, Oikospiel's soundtrack is "100 percent intertwined with the game" (PC Gamer), featuring a lush variety of interactive musical experiences woven together into an operatic whole. COST Please visit the Box Office at oikospiel.com to determine your price, check out the Wind Sales, & Buy. & Feel free to email [email protected] with press inquiries, or requests for a game key if you are unable to afford the minimum cost, we are happy to share. Thank you! FEATURES: 40 levels in five epic acts 3+ hours of gameplay Playable characters including dog, fox, snake, spider, rabbit, and ghost Several full classic novels (Frankenstein, Investigations of a Dog, Dialogue of the Dogs, Flush, etc..) 1st, 2nd, 3rd person controls Original rich orchestral soundtrack Various new approaches to OS-native opera BACKSTORY The Oikospielen Opera is developing an epic global-gaming festival called THE GEOSPIEL, scheduled for the year 2100. The opera's employees, organized by the Union of Animal Workers, are trying to integrate the game dev dogs of Koch Games into their group, but these loyal pups love their jobs and boss Donkey Koch too much! Will there be Unity, or will Multiplicity prevail? Money has awakened-- Pluto has captured the spirit of Orpheus, and Eurydice is lead composer in this operatic RE-FORM of the Adventure Game genre. ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Oikospiel's OST comes in 4 episodes, each of which explores a different facet of the game's spectrum of moods. Buy the the OST's EPs at Bandcamp for $5 each (1 2 3 4) or save 20% by getting the bundle of all 5 on itch for $15 LIBRETTO / NOVEL Read the novelization for deeper backstory, plot interpretation, and walkthrough help, featuring many clues into the expanded universe of Oikospiel and the history of Orpheus. SELECTED PRESS ~ARTICLES / REVIEWS~ Hyperallergic - Katie Rose Pipkin PC Gamer - James Davenport Paste - Daniel Fries Rock Paper Shotgun - Alice O'Connor Kotaku - Ethan Gach Waypoint - Lewis Gordon Electron Dance - Joel Goodwin ~INTERVIEWS~ Gamasutra - Joel Couture Unwinnable - Brendan Keogh Adam Harper's Bubblebath (Redbull Radio) KR Pipkin
