Hi! I am Marcela Huerta, Community Director of KO_OP. You haven’t heard from us here on the PS Blog in a while, but we’re back with a vengeance to announce the Goodbye Volcano High launch date trailer for State of Play!
It’s so huge for us, and we’re so grateful to have had this platform to tell you about it. Oh and that launch date, for the record, is June 15, 2023. It’s towards the end of the school year, so hopefully no exams will take you away from the dino drama. You can wishlist the game on the PlayStation Store starting today and hope you take the time to give that little heart a click and show us some love.
You may have noticed a few new voices in this trailer, and I wanted to let you know who they were, as I’m sure the game aficionados among you noticed a few. We have Ozioma Akagha voicing Trish, Fang’s best friend and bug-loving teammate, Abe Bueno-Jallad as Fang’s little brother, the joke-knower, Naser, Allegra Clark as Naomi, the charming president of tense class with a heart of gold, and Mark Whitten as wise and delightfully cool drummer Reed. As announced in our latest trailer, the iconic Lachlan Watson stars as Fang, the talented and anxious protagonist of GVH. We’re so over the moon with this cast, and we can’t believe we can deliver a fully voiced game; it really makes the world of Goodbye Volcano High feel so inhabited. Also… don’t forget: we still have a lot of characters to announce for voice actors, so stay tuned!
Our new trailer also features new performance footage and mini-games! The performance shots put Worm Drama in the spotlight while showcasing one of Goodbye Volcano High’s strengths: magical 2D animations (animations that people often confuse with 3D). The mini-games give you a taste of the kinds of interactions you’ll play as Fang: whether it’s trying to stop you from doomscrolling or creating your party poster (graphics are my passion), the players are really integrated on a daily basis. -Fang world day.
Along with these announcements, we are also taking this opportunity to release “Reunion”, the third single from the Goodbye Volcano High soundtrack. I’ve always been obsessed with the vibes of this song, how bouncy and happy it was, but when I read the lyrics, it really got to me!! I love a song about coming together after a crisis. Because what do we have other than each other in these apocalyptic times? It’s melancholic as hell and I’m here for it!!
Now we’re all together, never be alone
(never be alone)
We know better than to be alone
In this hell
As with the rest of the singles we’ve released (“Don’t Talk” for our late announcement and “Constellations” for our latest PlayStation announcement), “Reunion” is from our in-house audio director, Dabu, and features Brigitte Naggar. Dabu is known for his work on Dwarf Fortress, Boyfriend Dungeon, and Winding Worlds. Brigitte Naggar is a Canadian musician who has released two full albums under the stage name Common Holly: play at home And When I tell you Black Lightning.
As we get closer and closer to the finish line of this project, it’s beautiful to see the details that our background and character artists have imagined being rigged and brought to life by our powerful animation team, with all the refinement that the programming department adds… seeing everything fully integrated into the final game is incredibly rewarding.
We really appreciate your support and hope you’ll follow our development process here, by signing up for our newsletter and following us on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok! Thanks again and see you soon on the Internet!
Goodbye Volcano High will be available on PS5 and PS4 in June 2023.
