The Norwood Suite
Betrayal At Club Low - DEMO Available
Today I'm pleased to announce that you can play a Demo of my next game, Betrayal At Club Low, right here and now on its Steam Store page.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1885750/Betrayal_At_Club_Low/
Betrayal At Club Low is a departure in gameplay from my previous titles. It primarily draws inspiration from modern tabletop RPGs. And in this game, your stats are all represented by dice, all customizable, all determining the various decisions and outcomes you'll make on your perilous mission into a dangerous nightclub.
This, combined with the exploration, dialog and the surreal vibe rooted in my previous games, gives players a sense that I'm looking at an established world through a new lens.
The full game will be out later this year, but in the meantime, try the demo and let me know what you think!
Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1 is OUT NOW on Steam.
My latest game in the Off-Peak odyssey. Dive in!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1129920/Tales_From_OffPeak_City_Vol_1/
And the standalone soundtrack is available, too!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1288050/Tales_From_OffPeak_City_Vol_1_Soundtrack/
On the corner of July Avenue and Yam Street, all is not what it seems. What role will you play in a city's fate?
Thank you to all the fans who have been enjoying my work all this time. Hope you enjoy the new one!
My next game, Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1, arrives in Q1 2020.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1129920/Tales_From_OffPeak_City_Vol_1/
About the game:
It’s a hazy Sunday morning on the corner of July Avenue and Yam Street. Caetano Grosso, a former saxophone player and longtime pizza-maker, is just getting his pizza oven warmed up. Orders are trickling in, and he needs someone to help with the deliveries. You sense an opportunity, but unbeknownst to him, what you’re really after is his old saxophone, and you’re going to get it one way or another. Your pursuit will set off a chain of events across the neighborhood, taking you deep into the hidden worlds and private lives of the people living there.
Tales From Off-Peak City is a first-person adventure game series, all set on, around, and under a single street corner. Filled with memorable characters and the spaces they inhabit, the game provides an open-ended world full of secrets and hidden agendas. Building on the gameplay foundations of Off-Peak and The Norwood Suite, players will explore the streets and its surroundings, make pizzas, take photos, push buttons, open drawers they’re not supposed to, and lose themselves inside the atmospheric musical score that integrates itself directly into the game world.
Volume 1: Caetano’s Slice is the first game of many in the anthology of Tales. While each ‘Volume’ is its own self-contained story and experience, taken together, they build towards the larger over-arching narrative of what’s really going on at the corner of July Avenue and Yam Street and what role you ultimately play in its fate.
My next game, Tales From Off-Peak City
My next game is called Tales From Off-Peak City. I'll have more to say on it as the year unfolds, but in the meantime, you can follow its progress on my Discord channel. Watch this space...
Norwood Suite Soundtrack FLAC Edition w/ Bonus Tracks!
This week celebrates the release of the high-quality FLAC version of the Norwood Suite Soundtrack. The soundtrack now includes FLAC versions of all the tunes plus two as-yet-unreleased digital bonus tracks. You will find the FLAC files alongside the mp3s where the Soundtrack itself is installed. Enjoy new music in newer, higher quality! And for those of you who are curious and don't have the soundtrack yet, you can pick it up below:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/716930/The_Norwood_Suite__Original_Soundtrack/
Join The Discord Group!
You can stay informed of moment-to-moment updates on my third game, as well as just chat with a ton of like-minded and creative folks, and stay informed of community events on the Cosmo D Discord channel! Access it here: https://discord.gg/Zf8CaA6
Announcing My Discord Channel + Upcoming Live Internet Radio Broadcast
The Discord channel will be a repository of all manner of happenings around my work, as well as an opportunity for fans of my work to connect.
The internet radio show coming up will feature select music that’s inspired me and the making of The Norwood Suite, including alternate versions of the Norwood Soundtrack and some new jams I've been working on.
Hope you can listen in, and in the meantime, feel free to connect and check in on the progress of my next game on my Discord channel!
-cosmoddd
The Norwood Suite Soundtrack... on vinyl
Yes... it's here.
The Norwood Soundtrack is on vinyl and it is a glorious thing to behold. The label Ghost Ramp is putting it out and you can pick up pre-orders HERE
Bring the deep grooves of the Norwood Suite soundtrack into your hifi... (it does sound really tremendous!!)
And of course, you can play The Norwood Suite (or it's free demo) here!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/696480/The_Norwood_Suite/
The Norwood Suite is 50% off during the Steam Summer Sale, new Creator Homepage.
Just a heads-up that now through July 5th, The Norwood Suite is 50% off. That brings the price of the game down to 5 bucks, flat. A good deal, I'd say.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/696480/The_Norwood_Suite/
Also, I've made a creator page here where I'll be consolidating all of my released work to date, and keeping fans up to speed on my next game.
Here's a new still from what I've been working on.
Click to view this in motion.
After the A.Maze Awards, Game 3
See the above screenshot in motion.
Reiteration of intent:
The game is set on and around a city street intersection, in the same universe as Off-Peak and The Norwood Suite. There will be plenty of secret passages, nooks, crannies and unexpected shortcuts to discover, all of which reveal the intertwining stories of the neighborhood.
The game will offer refinements of the gameplay found in Off-Peak and The Norwood Suite, though one or two new layers of gameplay will be folded in.
Music will play a central role in gameplay and narrative. The music implementation from Norwood, via the characters' "voices," will continue in this game.
Game 3 is officially in development. Watch this space and @cosmoddd on Twitter or my Tumblr page as I continue to reveal new elements.
The Norwood Suite Wins "Best Long Feature" Award at A.Maze
Late last month I had the opportunity to go out to Berlin, as The Norwood Suite was up for an award at the annual A.Maze Games Festival. I'd submitted my game on a whim, thinking the fest would be a particularly fit for The Norwood Suite. Turns out I was right, as I won the award for 'Best Long Feature!' Thank you, Berlin!
