Northbound is a narrative, atmospheric adventure game set on a roadtrip.
Features
Colorful, atmospheric handcrafted graphics
A highly detailed bus to explore
Soundtrack featuring various indie artists
An amount of dialogue we've never bothered to count
Will last you anywhere between 20 to 45 minutes
No objectives to fulfill, so take your time
Background
Development started back in February of 2018 as part of our final thesis at university, where the two of us developed it for five months until we graduated in June.
Since then, it has received pretty positive reactions, encouraging us to start development of an all new version of Northbound.
This is not that new version. In fact, this version, now dubbed 'Long Road Ahead', is pretty much exactly the one we graduated with.
We are uploading it here in order to clear our heads, re-process our development and design processes that led us to this version, and to gather feedback. We hope that all of this will help us with development of the new version of Northbound, so please let us know if you liked it.
If you are interested, please follow us on Twitter for updates on the current state of development.
Details
DeveloperDissatisfied with Badgers, Johannes Köberle, Arno Justus
ReleasedApril 18, 2019
StatusReleased
GenresAdventureIndie
Platforms PC (Microsoft Windows)MAC Mac
ModesSingle player
About This Game
You just graduated from university with a diploma and no idea what to do next. You think back to simpler summers spent at a lake with your childhood friends and decide to make the drive there one more time. On the way, it becomes clear that a lot has changed since you were kids — and that going back to a place from the past does not mean things will feel the way they used to.