Knee Deep was just the beginning...

In November 2012, a natural gas pipeline explosion triggered a massive sinkhole that swallowed the small north Florida town of Cypress Knee. Only a few survivors know what really happened. None of them seem willing to talk about it. That didnt stop an ambitious playwright from crafting a ripped-from-the-headlines theatrical production full of weird Florida references and bizarre conjecture. The play was called Knee Deep. How does it relate to what really happened? Its utter goddamned bullshit, declared Jack Bellet, a journalist featured in the play. But I paid to see it twice. In the months after the disaster, the sinkhole filled with water from Cypress Swamp and became a lake large enough to be seen from space. They call it Little Okee, inspired by the states largest lake, Okeechobee. In May 2014, an investment group called the Golden Partnership broke ground on a new planned community called Cypress Knee, a series of residential villages, commercial strip malls, and play spaces designed to sprawl along the northern and eastern shores of the Little Okee. Bellet, using proceeds from a rather lucrative court settlement with the Church of Us (about which he was sworn never to discuss), established a new Cypress Knee Notice newspaper. Now hes the publisher and editor-in-chief of what has quickly become one of the Sunshine States most profitable community newspapers as tens of thousands of people from young families to widowed retirees swarmed to the town. And with them comes no shortage of strange. ------------------------------------------------------------ Now's your chance to create your own character and help shape the narrative for a new weird Florida noir adventure that evolves in real-time, picking up several years after Knee Deep left off! The text-based game is free to play, although supports of the associated Patreon are featured in news articles and could even have buildings and other memorable spots in town named after them. Here's the main website. Here's the Twitter account. Here's the Facebook page.

[ 2020-04-08 16:50:12 CET ] [ Original post ]

When a washed-up actor hangs himself on location, a spotlight is cast on the backwater Florida town of Cypress Knee. Your screen becomes a stage on which you investigate this mysterious suicide as three distinct characters: cheeky blogger Romana Teague, down-and-out local reporter Jack Bellet, and cynical private investigator K.C. Gaddis.

Experience a magical reality where characters are transported among scenes, set pieces moved into place, and music wafts from the orchestra pit. Knee Deep is about characters, storytelling, and the melodrama of swampland Florida.

• Uncover a swampland conspiracy—Use your skills of observation, deduction, and cleverness to pull back the curtain and reveal the true story behind this backwater community.
  
• Dynamic storytelling spotlights choice and consequence—Engage in realistic conversations that evolve based on your choices, but beware as critical decisions could lead to a breakthrough...or someone getting hurt.
  
• Gaming goes to the theater—Vivid voice acting, imaginative set transitions, and melodrama specifically designed for the digital stage
  
• A swamp noir adventure in three acts—enjoy the entire season with all three acts available now!
  
• NEW - Step even closer to the peformance with Tobii EyeX integration! Affect lighting on actors, have them turn to acknowledge your presence, and affect menus and minigames all with the effortless movement of your eyes. Become part of the production - http://www.tobii.com/xperience/products/buy/