French indie studio DigixArt has announced the launch date of its upcoming procedural road trip adventure, Road 96 on 16th July. The studio has also announced a Hitchhiker bundle of the game which comes with the OST featuring 9 artists and an original Game eBook containing key stories.
Road 96 will be available on Nintendo Switch and PC via Epic Game Store and GOG. The game will cost you 19.96 for the base game, while the Hitchhiker Bundle will cost you $29.91.
Check out the trailer below:
Road 96 is an ever-evolving, story-driven adventure that is said to be inspired by the films of The Coen Brothers (Fargo, No Country for Old Men), Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, Inglorious Bastards), and Bong Joon-ho.
The game comes from a former Ubisoft veteran, Yoan Fanise, who has previously worked as a co-director on Valiant Hearts. The small indie studio created by Fanise consists of 15 passionate and talented developers. According to Fanise, the studio is built around three pillars: creativity, humility, and reliability.
The three are extremely related, because in the past I have seen how creative chemistry can be created and generate a rich and original playful experience, or sometimes not. And for me, this requires above all great humility: each idea can work if it is nurtured by the whole team, if we separate it from any ego and let it evolve. Too strong egos can block this and prevent the ideas of more timid personalities from being expressed and prototyped.
Reliability is finally what characterizes us, because we delivered all of our games on schedule. Respecting the internal steps is very important to prevent the projects from running out and to force us to stop the design decisions. If we do not impose fixed dates on ourselves, we tend to want to leave too many doors open in game design or writing. It is also a question of professionalism and respect for the commitments made with the partners who co-finance our projects.
Road 96 is exactly three weeks away from its release, which isn’t lot if you can wait for this new adventure by DigixArt.
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