The Short Game

145: Florence

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The first game from Mountains, a new “craft games” studio headed by Ken Wong (lead designer of Monument Valley), Florence is best described as an interactive graphic novel set to music. It’s a beautifully illustrated and scored story about a young woman’s first first love. The soundtrack by Kevin Penkin (soundtrack composer of Made in Abyss) is especially good, and the entire package is extrordinarily polished.

This is a story driven experience, so our spoiler break is a bit early at [00:20:29].

Florence is available on iOS and (soon) Android, and costs $2.99. Expect it to take about an hour to play.

Links for this episode:

  • Florence
  • Giant Days Vol. 1 | Amazon.com
  • Blankets: Craig Thompson | Amazon.com
  • To Be Or Not To Be – Ryan North on the App Store
  • Miley and Lilly Designer Dreams | Laura’s first professional game work. No longer online officially but available here on an unofficial site. Play at your own risk.
  • Infinite canvas – Wikipedia
  • Florence (Original Soundtrack) by Kevin Penkin on Apple Music
  • Florence (Original Soundtrack) by Kevin Penkin on Spotify

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    • Shane Kelly – @8bitShane
    • Nate Heininger – @natestl
    • Laura Nash – @laurajnash
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