The Static Speaks My Name
A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over…
The Static Speaks My Name is an adventure developed by Jesse Barksdale, released 10 August 2015 on Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Windows Phone. The main story takes about 42 min to finish.
What The Static Speaks My Name is
The Static Speaks My Name is an adventure game developed by Jesse Barksdale and released in 2015. It is available on Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Windows Phone. It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 42 min. Completing everything takes closer to 1 hrs, roughly 1.4 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
The Static Speaks My Name launched on 10 August 2015, within three weeks of Until Dawn, Dishonored Definitive Edition, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition and N++ (NPLUSPLUS).
Released around the same time: Until Dawn, Dishonored Definitive Edition, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, N++ (NPLUSPLUS).
Official trailer
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