The surrealist point-and-click adventure game following the story of detective Daniel White known as Earthworms is out now on Steam for $5.99, with an eventual Nintendo Switch release also noted in the developer’s press kit. A 20% discount promotion offer, bringing the price down to $4.79, runs until March 2nd.
Earthworms combines traditional point-and-click adventure game mechanics with a soundtrack composed by Piotr Surmacz and Wojciech Witowski’s Edward Hopper inspired artwork. “Hopper’s works are simply beautiful and have an amazing mood. I hope that at least in part I was able to obtain a similar effect in Earthworms“. The four- man team spent a year and a half working on what they consider to be an ambitious project. Developer, All Those Moments, lived by this motto: “There are more things in Heaven and Earth, than are dreamt of in your philosophy” – William Shakespeare.
Daniel White’s story sees him solving logic puzzles and interacting with the game world in search of a missing person. Situations become entrenched in the supernatural as the narrative progresses. Wojiciech Witowski, the man responsible for this game, speaks on its thematic inspirations: “The world of Daniel White is not one-dimensional. Players encounter elements of both horror and gore as well as surrealism and comedy. This vision should particularly appeal to game fans with artistic ambitions and fans of broadly understood science fiction. Without any problem enthusiasts of Fox Mulder vicissitudes or the climate known from Twin Peaks and Donnie Darko will feel comfortable here“.
Earthworms‘ composer spoke on his role in the game: “This is my first large game soundtrack, which is why I am very curious about the players’ responses. The pictorial graphics from the beginning reminded me of a dreamy vision. In contrast, I weighed it down with dirty music anchors. In most stages we hear drones, synthesizers and percussion from the borderline of ambient, electric noir and shamanic tribal music. I inserted different textures and melodies in these compositions that – I hope – will stay in people’s ears longer.“