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    Hey everyone! My name is Zach Sanford. I’m the lead on To Azimuth, an adventure game that my team is currently Kickstarting. I thought I’d stop by to share what we’re working on.

Trailer

Gameplay Demonstration

  Put quickly, To Azimuth puts players in the roles of siblings Nate and Susannah Windham on the search for their brother, who has vanished without explanation. As they search, they begin to discover evidence pointing toward the possible involvement of extraterrestrial intervention, pulling them into a world involving space agencies, truth control, conspiracy theories, familial ties, and mental illness.

    The main gameplay revolves around investigating environments for clues and information, much of it hidden behind environmental puzzles rooted in real-world logic, and not all of it necessarily true. The depth to which players want to delve into the search for information is entirely up to them, so they can main-line the story if they would like to, though passing over a lot of information will change the story accordingly. Being a narrative-heavy game, dialogue choice also plays a large role, with essentially every line spoken by the currently played character presented as a choice. Decisions made both in and out of dialogue shape Nate and Susannah into a unique take on the character, which can be shared between playthroughs as the opposite character or with other people.

    The narrative itself was born of a love of science fiction (including, of course, the X-Files) and a long-held fascination with alien abduction accounts. The setting was chosen because of personal ties to the region and an affinity for 70’s sci-fi in particular. The story also dips into the turmoil surrounding civil rights in Alabama 14 years removed from the Civil Rights Act.

    If you want to read up more on the game or check out more screenshots, you can check out the Kickstarter or the game’s main website.

Thanks for taking a look!

Why you posted when only 5 days are left?

Would suck bigtime if it doesn’t make it.

KZ0 artsytle with Alabama backdrop…..so much potential.

I want it.

Edit:

Hey , if it fails, redo it. Its too good to miss and worth a 2nd try.

Azimuth… any relation to Woodruff and the Schnibble of Azimuth?

Thanks everyone! It’s my fault for not posting it sooner, I’m not exactly the most experienced when it comes to crowdfunding, so it’s been a scramble figuring out what we could do to spread the word. Live and learn, I suppose.

If we’re not funded, we have a few options. One of them is definitely to try again at a later time.

Oh, and I have to be honest, I haven’t played Woodruff and the Schnibble…Is that something that I should rectify?

Hey all! I thought I’d share To Azimuth‘s new gameplay footage and some new screenshots with you. Our Kickstarter is heading into its final hours, and while we’re sitting at about 47% percent funding, we’ll keep going until the end. There’s still time, right?

Anyway, you can find the new gameplay footage at this link.

And some new screenshots:

The shifting backgrounds and splitscreen zoom in on objects look very cool. Makes everything look very dynamic.
Not impossible to reach the goal. Good luck on the final days.

Luckily I had this on reminder, so I remembered to back it in time… Of course, this time it’s looking a bit uncertain. But please do try again!