Eric Doty's Troubadour and the melancholy of growing up

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Lucy doesn't belong here, wherever this is. With each step, her body artifacts and glitches slightly as if she's being derezzed from a virtual environment. Her internal thoughts pop up in old Windows 95 prompts as she moves about a convincing urban sprawl.

This is Troubadour, the first game from indie developer Eric Doty and Zak Alexander. Doty, who spends his days working at Microsoft, wants to tell a meaningful story in an easily digestible experience - a brief game, about 30 minutes in total, that will tell the story of protagonist Lu's ascension from responsibility-free teen into the personal accountability of adult life.
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Eric Doty's Troubadour and the melancholy of growing up originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 10 Sep 2013 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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