Gone Home programmer announces Where the Water Tastes Like Wine
A game about "traveling, sharing stories, and surviving manifest destiny."
Dim Bulb Games, a studio formed by the sole programmer behind Gone Home, announced Where the Water Tastes Like One, a new game about “traveling, sharing stories, and surviving manifest destiny” for PC and Mac (other platforms to be announced), during The Game Awards 2015 pre-show.
Get the trailer and fact sheet below. Visit the official website here.
Description
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is an upcoming game about traveling, sharing stories, and surviving manifest destiny. Featuring gorgeous illustration by Kellan Jett, Where the Water Tastes Like Wine combines 2D visuals with a 3D overworld US map. Players wander through the United States – and through a century of history – to meet a variety of people, each with their own stories to tell.
History
Dim Bulb Games was founded by Johnnemann Nordhagen, co-founder of Fullbright and sole programmer on Gone Home. WTWTLW, a game inspired by the folk tales and folk music of America, is the first project by the studio.
Features
- A variety of folk tales and personal stories to encounter, told by characters from all over America
- Beautiful combination of 3D overworld and 2D illustration in its own unique style
- Stories by a wide selection of excellent writers
- An emerging fantastical, psychedelic, surreal, and creepy tinge as the game continues