CALL OF THE SEA CODE SERIAL
CALL OF THE SEA CODE SERIES

The demo excited the team at Out of the Blue-especially the art team-for its potential future impact on future game development. In late May, Epic Games unveiled its true next-gen engine, Unreal Engine 5 with an extended, real-time tech demo showing off the new tech on PlayStation 5. 'I guess they saw that what we were doing and they loved it,' she says of Microsoft.Ĭall of the Sea is being developed on Unreal Engine 4. Delgado credits publisher Raw Fury with helping arrange the grandiose debut in the first place. It wasn't doom and gloom it was all mystery with lush art direction.

CALL OF THE SEA CODE SERIES

| Out of the Blue/Raw FuryĬall of the Sea's intriguing trailer managed to stand out during the Xbox Series X showcase for another reason as well. In Call of the Sea, Nora is on a search for a missing husband. In fact, Delgado explains that with the focus being on exploring, every asset thus has been worked on to be 'different and unique.' In other words, it's subtle in its next-gen efforts. When I ask what makes Call of the Sea look and feel 'next-gen,' Delgado points to the multitude of layering for lighting, and the greater scope of assets on a screen at any given point. And I think we can benefit a lot from the next-gen and, we're kind of different for what you would expect from a next-gen game.' 'As soon as we saw what was possible, we wanted to do it because although we have a stylized, visual style, so it's not realistic but we wanted to get as much as possible from the graphics side. 'We wanted to target the next gen,' she says. swore by when pre-production began on Call of the Sea in July 2019. Indie games in general aren't what immediately come to mind when one thinks of a 'next-gen' game, but it was the defining thrust that Delgado and co. And we thought that in this kind of game, because it's first person, she would be perfect for voicing Nora because we see her as such a strong voice and it fits perfect.' 'The ways she could bring a character to life just with her voice. 'We really love her role in Firewatch,' says Delgado, of Jones's BAFTA award-winning role as Delilah. In the trailer, we catch a glimpse of Nora swimming with webbed fingers, like some sort of sea monster, teasing a stranger than expected journey.įor the voice of Nora, Out of the Blue Games recruited voice actress Cissy Jones, who has previously appeared in Half-Life: Alyx and Life is Strange. As the story evolves, things get more and more surreal. Set in the 1930s, Call of the Sea follows a woman named Nora, who ventures into the South Pacific to find her missing husband who disappeared on an expedition three years prior. Delgado herself even makes the comparison, though it's without the constant action that defines the adventure classic from filmmaker Steven Spielberg. Blending the exploration of ancient ruins and civilizations with an occult twist, it feels pointedly like Indiana Jones.

CALL OF THE SEA CODE SERIAL

The spirit of the classic serial adventure is at the center of Call of the Sea. 'So we played a lot of these non-digital games and this kind of adventure that we used to have on the table, we want to bring one of those histories to a video game.' 'We came from the world of tabletop role playing games,' says studio co-founder Tatiana Delgado of the first-person adventure game. Instead, it's an adventure game in the vein of Myst and Riven, inspired by the team's own experiences playing tabletop games. Unlike most games shown in the next-gen Xbox Series X showcase, Call of the Sea is not an action-forward game. It was highly edited in traditional game trailer fashion, but it was gameplay nonetheless. Awash with bright hues amidst the plague of trailers with dark color palettes, its teaser seemed to be comprised of all gameplay, from walking to swimming. Then there was Call of the Sea, the debut game from Spain-based studio Out of the Blue Games. The majority didn't have much in the way of 'gameplay,' despite the showcase being advertised to have as such. Some were true console exclusives most were announced as cross-compatible with PC. In what feels like a lifetime ago, Microsoft showed off a slew of next-gen games for Xbox Series X in mid-May.

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