EPISODE · Feb 26, 2018 · 56 MIN
145: Florence
from The Short Game · host The Short Game
The first game from Mountains, a new “craft games” studio headed by Ken Wong (lead designer of Monument Valley), Florence is best described as an interactive graphic novel set to music. It’s a beautifully illustrated and scored story about a young woman’s first first love. The soundtrack by Kevin Penkin (soundtrack composer of Made in Abyss) is especially good, and the entire package is extrordinarily polished. This is a story driven experience, so our spoiler break is a bit early at [00:20:29]. Florence is available on iOS and (soon) Android, and costs $2.99. Expect it to take about an hour to play. Links for this episode: Florence Giant Days Vol. 1 | Amazon.com Blankets: Craig Thompson | Amazon.com To Be Or Not To Be – Ryan North on the App Store Miley and Lilly Designer Dreams | Laura’s first professional game work. No longer online officially but available here on an unofficial site. Play at your own risk. Infinite canvas – Wikipedia Florence (Original Soundtrack) by Kevin Penkin on Apple Music Florence (Original Soundtrack) by Kevin Penkin on Spotify You can follow our show on Twitter at @_shortgame Like the show? Support us by writing a review on iTunes! Your hosts this week were: Raygan Kelly – @raygank Shane Kelly – @8bitShane Nate Heininger – @natestl Laura Nash – @laurajnash (00:00) - Pre-spoiler discussion (20:29) - Spoiler Break
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The first game from Mountains, a new “craft games” studio headed by Ken Wong (lead designer of Monument Valley), Florence is best described as an interactive graphic novel set to music. It’s a beautifully illustrated and scored story about a young woman’s first first love. The soundtrack by Kevin Penkin (soundtrack composer of Made in Abyss) is especially good, and the entire package is extrordinarily polished. This is a story driven experience, so our spoiler break is a bit early at [00:20:29]. Florence is available on iOS and (soon) Android, and costs $2.99. Expect it to take about an hour to play. Links for this episode: Florence Giant Days Vol. 1 | Amazon.com Blankets: Craig Thompson | Amazon.com To Be Or Not To Be – Ryan North on the App Store Miley and Lilly Designer Dreams | Laura’s first professional game work. No longer online officially but available here on an unofficial site. Play at your own risk. Infinite canvas – Wikipedia Florence (Original Soundtrack) by Kevin Penkin on Apple Music Florence (Original Soundtrack) by Kevin Penkin on Spotify You can follow our show on Twitter at @_shortgame Like the show? Support us by writing a review on iTunes! Your hosts this week were: Raygan Kelly – @raygank Shane Kelly – @8bitShane Nate Heininger – @natestl Laura Nash – @laurajnash (00:00) - Pre-spoiler discussion (20:29) - Spoiler Break
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