Febrvvm is glad to announce the release of Oedipus/Antigone, a visual novel adaptation of the Theban cycle of Sophocles.
The Theban tragedies of Sophocles have been staged countless times and they will be staged and adapted over and over again as long as mankind exists. This interpretation of the Ancient Greek drama has a fairly obvious distinct feature: it takes the form of a visual novel. Probably the first visual novel adaptation of Ancient Greek tragedy ever.
There are three tragedies included: Oedipus the King (also known as Oedipus Rex), Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone.
All of the characters in the game are represented as marble sculptures. Usually quite damaged sculptures. The choice of this particular style was absolutely conscious and one of the main ideas was to evoke a certain feeling. This is pretty much how objects of material culture from classical antiquity came down to us. This is how we frequently perceive classical antiquity. And it has this flavor of the beauty of the broken things that fits the subject matter of these tragedies quite well.
The English translation (by Richard Jebb) is in prose and accompanied by the original text in Ancient Greek (for reference) on the right side of the screen.
Here's the "Making of" video that also gives an overview of the Theban cycle of Sophocles: https://youtu.be/QV0FTGV2Tbg
The soundtrack for Oedipus/Antigone is available as a free DLC on Steam, but also on all of the streaming platforms imaginable.
Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2990730/OedipusAntigone/
Itch.io page: https://febrvvm.itch.io/oedipusantigone
Official website: https://februum.com/oedipus/
Promo artwork (.zip archive): https://februum.com/files/oa_promo.zip