Summary
- Discover a new kind of rhythm playing experience.
- An emotional journey that combines 70’s inspired music and a distinctive art style.
- Now available for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.
A musical story launches today on Xbox and we’re incredibly excited that you can finally play it. Developing this game has been a real journey, as emotionally intense as the story of our character Gabriel. But let me tell you a little more about the universe of A musical story.
We wanted to offer players a refreshing experience in every way. A musical story is therefore a game in which you advance the story by playing music. The gameplay and the story are thus closely linked. This feeling of progress is also reflected in the choice of road trip. Gabriel and his musician friends set off together with a crazy dream: to cross the country to play at the Pinewood Festival.
We wanted to find that mix of exploration and inner adventure that you can have in movies like Into The Wild. In this way you travel through many landscapes and discover lovable and deeply human characters, both in their qualities and in their weaknesses.
A Musical Story is set in the 70’s, which is a fantastic playground for us as creators. Visually, the style of our characters, our van and all everyday objects is very representative of those years. And the artistic direction of the game has also taken a very original path.
The characters stand out against the backdrops thanks to very special chiaroscuro techniques, the image constantly vibrates giving it a unique grain and warmth, and Gabriel’s inner demons are symbolized by crows reminiscent of those of Disney’s Silly Symphony cartoons.
Musically, the creativity of the 70’s was wildly inspiring. Bands like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and many others had such great creative freedom that composing the music for the game was an ongoing pleasure for us, a kind of musician’s dream.
If you listen carefully to the music, you will realize that each character has its intonation, its instrument sounds and sometimes even its musical themes that vary according to the emotions of each scene. We believe this helps to connect the player more deeply with the characters and their stories.
We put a lot of love into the development of this game, its gameplay, its art direction and its music. Now it’s up to you to discover Gabriel’s story, and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did when we created it.
A musical story
digerati
$14.99
$13.49
A Musical Story is a rhythm game set against the backdrop of the 1970s. Discover the memories of Gabriel, a young man trying to cope with his situation through the connections to his musical memory. A Musical Story is the debut game from independent French developer Glee-Cheese Studio. They are: Charles Bardin (Game Design + Music), Maxime Constantinian (Programmer), Valentin Ducloux (Music + Integration), Alexandre Rey (Artistic Direction).
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