Genesis Noir is an adventure game with an emphasis on exploration, tactile interactions, and generative art. You will wander around 3D starscapes and 2D vignettes. You will collect cosmic clues solve little puzzles and play with particles. You might even destroy the universe.
In Genesis Noir, you will discover worlds familiar and alien. Explore nebulae, asteroid fields, black holes, primordial Earth, and jazz cafes. You will become acquainted with the massive, the microscopic, and everything in between.
The gameplay of Genesis Noir blends visual storytelling and interaction into one seamless experience. The space between cutscene and gameplay is dissolved through surreal scene transitions.
Play with generative systems and discover what they create. Express yourself by planting seeds, transforming landscapes, creating and destroying stars, or improvising a jazz duet.
Fellow Traveller announced that Feral Cat Den's Genesis Noir will now launchon Nintendo Switch and the Epic Games Store as well as the previously announced PC version via Steam, GOG, Humble, Xbox One and Game Pass for PC and Xbox One on March 26, 2021!
Genesis Noir is also available for PC gamers in the Cosmic Collection, containing the game, the official soundtrack, a digital art book “An Act of Creation” and an interactive comic book “Moiré Noir” bundled together for $27.99 USD. These items will also be available separately as DLC for PC gamers with the original soundtrack available for $9.99 USD, the digital art book for $6.99 USD and the digital interactive comic book for $2.99 USD.
Xbox One and Nintendo Switch pre-orders will be available March 16 through March 25 and will offer a 20% discount during the pre-order period. All platforms and versions of Genesis Noir will be 20% off during the launch week from March 26 through April 2.
Genesis Noir takes place on Earth, amongst the darkness of space light years away, and even in higher dimensions.
Play as No Man, a watch peddler stuck in a deterministic hell, as he gets caught up in lust and crime. Explore our universe. Witness the history of mankind. Discover a way to destroy creation. Find comfort from a glass of gin. Search for an escape from it all.
Along the way you'll meet Miss Mass, an alluring jazz singer who attracts all who come close. You'll track down Golden Boy, a narcissistic artist who loves to create and destroy. You might even encounter Siren Sapien, a formless femme fatale, dangerous and perceptive.
Genesis Noir features the music and sound design of Skillbard, a London-based team of composers and sound designers. They work in film, television, games, sound art, pop music, and sonic branding.
Skillbard are members of Late Night Work Club, a collective of independent animators and musicians, and have provided music and sound design for the Strangers and Ghost Stories anthologies. They have also recently completed the sound design for Rubber House and Cartoon Network's Lasso and Comet.
Key Features
- Explore the Cosmos: Players will discover a world unlike any other in Genesis Noir. Explore nebula, asteroid fields, black holes, primordial earth, and jazz cafes.
- Experience a synthesis of animation and interactivity: The gameplay of Genesis Noir blends visual storytelling and interaction into one seamless experience. The space between cutscene and gameplay is dissolved.
- Enjoy a mixture of 2D and 3D visuals: Genesis Noir combines beautiful hand drawn animation and simple 3D worlds to create a unique visual aesthetic.
- Play with generative art inspired interactions: Play with generative systems and see what they create. Play and express yourself through simple interactions.
Genesis Noir is coming to Nintendo Switch, for Xbox One (Game Pass) and PC (Steam, GOG, Humble, Epic Games Store) on March 26, 2021 for $14.99.
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