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Dyscourse
Sign in to saveDyscourse is a survival adventure video game developed and published by Owlchemy Labs. It was released on March 25, 2015 for Windows, OS X, and Linux. The game has he player take on the role of Rita, a barista stuck on a desert island after a plane crash. Along with five others, Rita has to lead the group to survive. The game was funded by a Kickstarter campaign, raising over $40,000 from 1,816 backers. Inspirations for the video game are The Oregon Trail, tabletop role-playing game Werewolf: The Apocalypse, and television series Lost.
Game data
Metacritic 71- Released
- 2015-03-25
- User rating
- 3.00 / 5
- Genres
- Casual, Indie, Adventure, Simulation
- Platforms
- PC, macOS, Linux
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Game details · IGDB
Dyscourse is an interactive choice-based narrative adventure game where you journey through a stylized world of choice and consequence. You play as Rita, an unfortunate art school grad turned barista, who is now stuck on a desert island with a crew of oddball travelers after a plane crash. That last choice you just made? It may end up being integral to your group’s survival, or it may lead you down a path to murder and cannibalism. Stories in Dyscourse are emergent, and choices made in the game directly tie to the survival or downfall of the group. As players get to know their fellow casta…
- Released
- 2015
- Genres
- Simulator, Adventure, Indie
- Platforms
- Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
- Game modes
- Single player
- Engine
- Unity
- Developer
- Owlchemy Labs
- Publisher
- Owlchemy Labs
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Genre
- adventure video game
- Country of origin
- United States
- Publisher
- Owlchemy Labs
- Developer
- Owlchemy Labs
- Platform
- Linux
- Game mode
- single-player video game
- Distribution format
- digital distribution
- Official website
- dyscourse.com
- Image
- Dyscourse screenshot 6.png
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- Commons category
- Dyscourse
- publication date
- 2015-03-25
- distributed by
- Steam
- language of work or name
- English language
- has characteristic
- indie game
- funding scheme
- crowdfunding
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Dyscourse is a survival adventure video game developed and published by Owlchemy Labs. It was released on March 25, 2015 for Windows, OS X, and Linux. The game has he player take on the role of Rita, a barista stuck on a desert island after a plane crash. Along with five others, Rita has to lead the group to survive. The game was funded by a Kickstarter campaign, raising over $40,000 from 1,816 backers. Inspirations for the video game are The Oregon Trail, tabletop role-playing game Werewolf: The Apocalypse, and television series Lost.
It received average reviews from video game critics. After its release, Owlchemy Labs switched to creating games made for virtual reality.
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