![]() This anti-LGBT project and targeted harassment of the devs likely has taken a toll on the Goodbye Volcano High team, which faced additional hurdles in the form of the pandemic and a major member of the team leaving, but the game is finally coming, and I, for one, can’t wait. Because Volcano High’s protagonist is nonbinary, the developers of the parody naturally had the character detransition with help from the player and included a school shooting in one of the game’s endings. I first heard of the game when it made headlines last year for being targeted by alt-right 4chan users, who made a ‘fan’ game (‘fan’ is a big stretch) with assets from the original game. ![]() Considering the game has been confirmed to be a narratively-driven rhythm game, this is all the more important. I was immediately drawn in by the mellow, complex soundtrack (they have two songs from the game on Bandcamp) composed by Dabu, who also composed Dwarf Fortress, and featuring vocalist Brigitte Naggar. The game centres on the band Worm Drama and its members in their final year of high school: nonbinary vocalist Fang, guitarist Trish, and drummer Reed, as well as other members of their school. Made by worker-owned game studio KO_OP, Goodbye Volcano High looks like a game that’s incredibly in touch with internet culture (dril tweet in the trailer, not joking), while exploring queer narratives… and also featuring anthropomorphic dinosaurs. ![]() ![]() Despite having been announced at the PS5’s reveal in 2020, we’ve heard very little about Goodbye Volcano High since – until today’s State of Play, when we finally got to see a trailer with some gameplay, and a June 14 release date for PC, PS4 and PS5. ![]()
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