Press release
Beautiful and thought-provoking sequel to The Night Fisherman is available now on Steam.
ON AN ISLAND IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL
Do you hand him over, washing your hands of his fate?
Do you take him in, at great personal risk and expense?
What will you choose?
Following the success of The Night Fisherman, The Outcast Lovers is the second of twelve short narrative experiences to be released monthly by developers Far Few Giants. Focusing on stunning visuals and slick writing, the series is a defiant political response to rising nationalism in the UK, where its creators live.
In a film-like sequence you control the actions of Ola, a retired political cartoonist, as well as directing the camera shots between the cinematic angles available. You're an outcast, living a private life miles from others. When faced with the immigrant boy from the first game, someone you're in a position to help, is it your responsibility too?
To celebrate the release of The Outcast Lovers on Steam, the game's soundtrack is now available for purchase. This moving score was composed by Ricky Z and features 6 tracks from the game.
The Outcast Lovers soundtrack Praise for The Outcast Lovers:
“Deals with some difficult subject matter in a thoughtful and captivating way”
Free Game Planet
“Far Few Giants are changing the game of interactive cinematography”
Re:Bind
“A powerful execution of micro-fiction”
The Escapist
Developer de Fault says “this series is an experiment in challenging the publishing model for indie narrative games. By developing and releasing very quickly, we’re able to react to a shifting landscape, to comment on what’s in the news, and not obfuscate our voices through a multi-year dev cycle.”
The Outcast Lovers Press Kit The Outcast Lovers Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1355430/The_Outcast_Lovers/
Far Few Giants itch.io page: https://farfewgiants.itch.io/
The Outcast Lovers trailer: https://youtu.be/7zpmXFJri1Y
Far Few Giants Twitter: https://twitter.com/farfewgiants
Far Few Giants Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/farfewgiants
About Far Few Giants
Far Few Giants are Chard (@animtree) and de Fault (@antony_de_fault), a writer and animator duo who met in the forests of Yorkshire. They are telling our own stories on their own terms by releasing one ten-minute narrative game per month. Their aim is to test the conventions around how games can tell stories, how people experience these stories, and how they are published.