THE RIVER RUNS THROUGH US (Pt. 1)
A downloadable sound novel for Windows, macOS, and Linux
A tragedy sleeps in the hiking trails and run-down mills of Western Massachusetts. It lays dormant in the collective folk memory — but not for long. Play as Camlin, a 20-something year old college student who begins to hear the sounds of a centuries-old flood through their audio equipment. Read along and make key choices in this sound novel to help Camlin unravel the mystery of the 1874 Mill River Flood.
Will you hold the guilty accountable?
Inspired by Night of the Kamaitachi, Oxenfree, An Outcry, and Night in the Woods.
Made by A. Blaustein, DavidRodMad (@davidrodmad), Luca Fisher (@lucanfisher), and Quinn K. (@QuinnPixelArt).
Check out the game's original soundtrack on Quinn's bandcamp page: https://toqlumsilytumble.bandcamp.com/album/sounds-from-the-riverbed-the-river-r...
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I'm getting a notification when I try to open the mac file that it won't open because Apple cannot check it for malicious software and that "This software needs to be updated. Contact the developer for more information." Any chance this is an easy fix?
I know this is 6 months late but if you hold down control and click the application, you can force it to open anyway.
Played until going to Leeds, but I think I missed something…
I picked the choice to immediately listen to the recording, which was fine, but then the character is stressed about listening to it once more once back home. Maybe he only listened to part of it and listening to the whole thing is more worrying? But then I must have missed that explanation.
Anyway, looks promising so far. Some serious social aspects but also humour I like!
At first, I thought Camlin was a city… Then I realized it was a name, and bears some meaning too!
I hated that this ended when it did because I absolutely loved the game. We are discussing this as part of our horror game podcast Safe Room for Bloody Disgusting this coming week and were full of praise for what you've made.
Can't wait for more.
Wow, thank you so much! We're honored to hear that! Please do link us the episode when it goes live, and have fun! We'll give it a listen for sure.
Hey again! The episode has gone live! Safe Room Podcast: Horror Bytes August 2022
https://youtu.be/rxuaSsEQDmg
Thanks so much for playing and rating the game! 💙 We're thrilled you enjoyed it.