hello! This is his Yuts, a member of the game development collective Geography of Robots.
released the first game Norco It’s now coming to consoles with the help of publisher Raw Fury. This game is his first person point and click adventure in classic style. Snatcher, Rise of the DragonWhen déjà vuYou play as Kay, a transient young woman who returns to her hometown of Norco, Louisiana after the death of her mother, only to discover that her brother has gone missing. Through this narrative, players explore a mysterious and surreal depiction of Southern Louisiana filled with a confused ditch seer, influencer her cult, distributed meat AI, and other visions of the alternate present . Winning her first-ever Tribeca Games Award in 2021 and winning the “Feature” award at Berlin A Maze fest, we are surprised and very grateful for the recognition the game is receiving.
The game started as an unofficial geography project following Hurricane Katrina. I traveled through southern Louisiana with a close friend, taking photos and conducting interviews to understand how the storm affected our home. There was a particular focus on both the town and the surrounding “River Parish” area. We ran this project from 2007 to 2010. From there, I started experimenting with open source libraries online and learning pixel art and basic game design. I used it to prototype a side-scroller based loosely on the observations and research I’ve been collecting. Around this time, he started collaborating with the sound artist “Gewgawly I”, and the scale of the project rapidly expanded.
Around 2020, after signing with Raw Fury, Aaron Gray joined and helped port the game from the JavaScript library to Unity. Jesse Jacobi, a great traditional painter, joined our crew the following year to help with pixel art. By the time the game released in March, we had a small team and a supportive community. We’ve spent the last few months adding quality-of-life features to the game. These include combat bypass. “Expert Mode” for players who want more challenging puzzles. Custom fonts; hopefully console players will find it comfortable and intuitive.
Norco is currently available on Game Pass for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC. Enjoy!
Norco
raw anger
$14.99
$11.99
PC game pass
xbox game pass
NORCO is a text-based, point-and-click adventure that immerses players in the increasingly surreal and twisted landscape of the sinking suburbs and industrial swamps of Southern Louisiana. Your younger brother Blake went missing after your mother died. In hopes of finding him, a fugitive security must track his android through a New Orleans suburban oil refinery, strip his mall, and a drain. Immerse yourself in the surreal wonder of Southern Louisiana: NORCO’s pictorial and cinematic pixel art features vanishing swamps, labyrinthine oil refineries inspired by the famous town of Norco, Louisiana and beyond. , and other landscapes to draw players into the everyday sci-fi world. Greater New Orleans. Immerse yourself in rich field recordings and sound design by fmAura and an evocative post-industrial electronic score by Gewgawly I. Uncover the mysteries of a world haunted by the past and threatened by the future. You’ll soon be caught up in a multi-generational mystery. The Lines Between Salvation, Memory, Technology, and Nature is a uniquely compelling and meditative tale rooted in Southern literature, pulp fiction, and classic and contemporary point-and-click adventure games. blend into Explore alongside sharply drawn characters with deep roots, rich backstories, and complex motivations: pirates of the chaotic bayou, private investigators on barstools, escaped security androids, and stuffed childhood monkeys. All offer help in an encroaching and uncertain world. Solve puzzles, battle corporate security villains, and infiltrate an influencer cult infiltrating an abandoned shopping mall outside New Orleans. ”
