𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹 is a pop star tragedy told over 16 endings where replaying with different choices can unlock the full story and endings. BURN is a story game everyone can finish and is Convict Games’ most interactive story to date.
Sydney, Nashville & Helsinki – June 17, 2024 – 𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹 is a short and replayable visual novel, where you play Nina 𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹, the biggest pop star in the world at the turning point of her career. Will you change pop music? Will you become a monster? 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹.
𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹 is the next high impact and alternative story game from the creators of Aussie Stoner Noir, STONE. 𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹 is a story game everyone can finish at least once as the first ending arrives in 15 minutes and it is Convict Games’ most interactive story to date.
Official Gameplay Reveal
Official reveal trailer.
BURN - Steam Page.
𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹 is a short visual novel told over 16 endings that on replaying with different choices you can unlock the full story and endings. 𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹 follows Nina 𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹, a Finnish pop star over 3 Acts from her DEBUT at 16, ESTABLISHMENT at 24 and CLIMAX at 27 via shuffled moments from her life which give insight into Nina on every replay. 𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹's story is adapted every play where your dialogue choices change Nina’s style, her dialogue, the adaptive musical score and results in 16 potential outcomes.
“𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹 is a character study and reflection of how far someone can go for their art and the cost of fame’” said writer, director and Chief Convict Greg Louden of Convict Games. “We’ve been working on 𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹 since the COVID lockdown started in February 2020 tapping into our passion for the stories of the music industry, pop stars, body horror and classic music bio cinema and documentaries”.
“𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹” is also purely an interactive story, so your only interaction is through choosing your dialogue choices and certain interactables. Keeping the vibe of STONE with lots more impacts on the story for players to discover and decipher Nina's story. So ”𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹” is not a 3D adventure game, but rather something entirely new with a series of high quality animations with voice-over that adjust based on your choices across the game.
A unique thing about 𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹 is you don’t ever hear the music Nina creates and the world worships. Instead Convict Game 𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹 features a composed soundtrack of multiple genres by Joonas Turner creator of Tormentor X Punisher and audio from Broforce, Noita, Nuclear Throne and more with genres ranging from Dark ambient, Techno, Black Metal, Berlin post-wave, Russian sci-fi ambience and Hip Hop that scores your story. Every time the story is shuffled the composed score will change genres as well giving a different atmosphere that gets lighter or darker based on your choices and replays. On unlocking each genre players can choose that score for their future replay to see the full story.
Official Gameplay Reveal
Official reveal trailer.
BURN - Steam Page.
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About Convict Games
Convict Games has been “breaking free since 2017” with its small but passionate remote team of highly-experienced developers willing to risk everything to create games like STONE and now 𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹. With team members based everywhere from Australia to Finland, Convict Games boasts a global presence that it applies to its projects. Convict Games, the team boasts over 10 years of combined experience in the gaming and entertainment industries, with contributions to popular games such as Returnal, Noita, Carrion, Control, TormentorxPunisher, Quantum Break, Broforce, Nuclear Throne and films including Gravity, World War Z, Sucker Punch and Prometheus.
𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹 core development team is 5 team members, with Gregory Louden ( Writer + Director ), Francois Bourdin ( Art + Animation ), Susanna Tikkanen ( Actor + Editor and Joonas Turner ( Audio + Music ).