Newsletter #30 November 2023
Firstly, all Nova-box games will be on sale on Steam from November 21 to 28! If you want to complete your collection, you can opt for the bundle for an extra 10% off plus the sale discount. The games you already own will be deducted from the price. https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/15195/Novabox_Collection/
We attended the Hypermonde literary festival at Mrignac last month. Nova-box's text-based narrative games are always in the spotlight there and we appreciate this extraordinary opportunity to meet and greet numerous authors from all over the world. Amongst my little discoveries this year, I was able to get dedicated copies of:
We were also present at the Game Conf in Angoulme, where we were able to meet many other independent game developers and attend the Game Cup 2023.
We had the pleasure of running into a number of people from the indie scene, including Modiiie, who had done a series of live plays of our games in French. Many thanks to her.
Julien Ponsoda, musician and composer from Illustrason, with whom we are blessed to work on all our productions, has just released a new album! You can discover his work here: https://julien-ponsoda.fanlink.to/my-favorite-things"
While we continue to make progress on Nova-box's next narrative projects, I (Nico) am doing some illustrations for the fabulous project from our neighbors and friends at Manufacture43: City Ambulance: Rescue Express (C.A.R.E). In particular, I worked on the portraits of the main protagonists: Jakub & Mishra.
Find out more on Steam and add the game to your wishlist! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2213710/City_Ambulance_Rescue_Express/ Thats all for now, and see you next month! And in the meantime, Seers Isle, Along the Edge, and Across the Grooves and End of Lines are available here on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/15195/Novabox_Collection/ If you want to subscribe to our mailing list, you can register here: http://www.nova-box.com/signup You'll get extra-fresh updates about our projects and our whereabouts once a month, nestled in the coziness of your own inbox (we'll never send spam, and you can unsubscribe anytime). Best, Nico, on behalf of the team.
[ 2023-11-24 10:31:38 CET ] [ Original post ]
Hello everyone!
Let's talk about some nice events we've attended and the yearly Black Friday stuff.
Black Friday / Autumn Sales
Firstly, all Nova-box games will be on sale on Steam from November 21 to 28! If you want to complete your collection, you can opt for the bundle for an extra 10% off plus the sale discount. The games you already own will be deducted from the price. https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/15195/Novabox_Collection/
Hypermondes
We attended the Hypermonde literary festival at Mrignac last month. Nova-box's text-based narrative games are always in the spotlight there and we appreciate this extraordinary opportunity to meet and greet numerous authors from all over the world. Amongst my little discoveries this year, I was able to get dedicated copies of:
- Le Premier jour de paix by Elisa Beiram. An excellent futuristic novel. Its a bit like End of Lines but with some brighter sides (warning: with no interactivity, you're in for an incredible rollercoaster ride).
- L'Empire s'effondre by Sbastien Coville. The "speculative fiction" genre is known to often present insightful, sometimes disturbing, reflections of reality. I particularly appreciate the intelligence and accessibility of this one.
Game Conf
We were also present at the Game Conf in Angoulme, where we were able to meet many other independent game developers and attend the Game Cup 2023.
We had the pleasure of running into a number of people from the indie scene, including Modiiie, who had done a series of live plays of our games in French. Many thanks to her.
Julien's Album
Julien Ponsoda, musician and composer from Illustrason, with whom we are blessed to work on all our productions, has just released a new album! You can discover his work here: https://julien-ponsoda.fanlink.to/my-favorite-things"
What have we been up to?
While we continue to make progress on Nova-box's next narrative projects, I (Nico) am doing some illustrations for the fabulous project from our neighbors and friends at Manufacture43: City Ambulance: Rescue Express (C.A.R.E). In particular, I worked on the portraits of the main protagonists: Jakub & Mishra.
Find out more on Steam and add the game to your wishlist! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2213710/City_Ambulance_Rescue_Express/ Thats all for now, and see you next month! And in the meantime, Seers Isle, Along the Edge, and Across the Grooves and End of Lines are available here on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/15195/Novabox_Collection/ If you want to subscribe to our mailing list, you can register here: http://www.nova-box.com/signup You'll get extra-fresh updates about our projects and our whereabouts once a month, nestled in the coziness of your own inbox (we'll never send spam, and you can unsubscribe anytime). Best, Nico, on behalf of the team.
Across the Grooves
Nova-box
Nova-box
2020-06-17
Singleplayer
Game News Posts 31
🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🎮 Full Controller Support
Very Positive
(81 reviews)
http://www.acrossthegrooves.com
https://store.steampowered.com/app/957820 
Across the Grooves Linux [2.13 G]
Across the Grooves is an interactive graphic novel, set in a magical-realism universe. Your decisions affect the destiny of Alice, drastically changing her reality and allowing her to explore alternative destinies by modifying her past.
Alice lives an uneventful life. She’s in a long term relationship, has a stable office job and a nice apartment in the center of Bordeaux. One day, Ulysse, her ex-lover, comes back into her life through an old vinyl record she receives in the mail. When she puts it for a spin on turntable, she is thrown back into her own past, forced to relive old events. When she comes back to the present, her reality has changed.
Determined to bring her life back on track, Alice packs up and embarks on a hunt across Europe, following the tracks of Ulysse while trying to uncover the origins of the record. However, her journey gradually turns into a quest of self-discovery as she explores new parallel realities each time she puts the needle in the groove.
- A hand-crafted adventure — With each playthrough, discover a novel-sized adventure and a slice of the hundreds of hand-drawn images created for the game.
- Every choice matters — Each decision you make slightly alters the personality of the main character, Alice.
- An invitation to travel — Feel the pulse of European cities, meet colourful characters and solve the mystery, all depicted in gorgeous European comic book art style.
- Immersive and finely crafted soundtrack — The music adapts and shifts according to your choices and the mood of each scene.
- High replayability — Choose Alice’s fate and discover the outcome of your decisions through multiple story paths and endings.
MINIMAL SETUP
- OS: Ubuntu 12.04 and later. Fedora 21. Debian 8 (64bits only)
- Processor: 2.0 GhzMemory: 4 GB RAM
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated or dedicated graphic card with 512MB of VRAM
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- OS: Ubuntu 12.04 and later. Fedora 21. Debian 8 (64bits only)
- Processor: 2.6 GhzMemory: 4 GB RAM
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated or dedicated graphic card with 512MB of VRAM
- Storage: 1 GB available space
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