No Longer Home Releases on July 30th

<p><i>No Longer Home <&sol;i>is a semi-autobiographical game from the developers <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;humblegrove&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Humble Grove<&sol;a> and the publisher of <i>In Other Waters&comma; <&sol;i><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;fellowtraveller&period;games&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Fellow Traveller<&sol;a>&period; The game follows Ao and Bo&period; They are two non-binary friends who have just graduated from university in England&period; Due to visa limitations&comma; Ao has to return to Japan&comma; leaving their dear friend behind&period; Players navigate this transitional period for Ao and Bo&period; They investigate the pair’s flat&comma; hang out with friends&comma; play video games&comma; and simply stay up late talking&period; All the while exploring the question&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;How do you say goodbye to a place&quest;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The game started as a way for Cel Davison and Hana Lee of Humble Grove to stay in touch&period; Hana had just moved back to Japan&period; From there&comma; it became a project that helped Hana and Cel &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;explore and express the emotions that came with saying goodbye”&period; When discussing the themes of the work&comma; Cel Davison says that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;precarity and identity” are major themes of the work&comma; as the game is about &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;exploring our place in the world and finding wonder in everyday domesticity&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;" wp-image-172232 aligncenter" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;07&sol;29005405&sol;NLH-Kitchen-300x300&period;png" alt&equals;"Screenshot of No Longer Home" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>These themes can be seen in the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;3rJuFC9bSjM" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">trailer&period;<&sol;a> It showcases the various locales&comma; with a nostalgic track playing in the background&period; The soundtrack is also of note&semi;  IGF-nominated artist Eli Rainsberry composed it with contributions from Derek Daley&period; Rainsberry is known for working on <em>A Monster&&num;8217&semi;s Expedition&period;<&sol;em> The soundtrack to <i>No Longer Home <&sol;i>will be available for &dollar;9&period;99&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;" wp-image-172233 aligncenter" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;07&sol;29005524&sol;NLH-Lu-300x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"A monster roommate from No Longer Home" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><i>No Longer Home <&sol;i>is coming out on July 30th&period; It will be available for &dollar;14&period;99 on <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;store&period;steampowered&period;com&sol;app&sol;651490&sol;No&lowbar;Longer&lowbar;Home&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Steam<&sol;a>&comma; Epic Games Store&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;humblebundle&period;com&sol;store&sol;no-longer-home" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Humble<&sol;a>&comma; and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gog&period;com&sol;game&sol;no&lowbar;longer&lowbar;home" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">GOG&period;com<&sol;a>&comma; with a 20&percnt; launch discount for the first week&period; <&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;