History VideoGame / KentuckyRouteZero

** Sahnnon's last is a reference to GabrielGarciaMarquez.

** ''VideoGame/CartLife''
** ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' (of course)

* Sahnnon's last is a reference to GabrielGarciaMarquez.
Some of the exhibits at the museum are references to other adventure games/creators, ones the devs considered touchstones in the genre:
** ''Portal'' (not the Valve game, [[NamesTheSame but an earlier, unrelated adventure game with the same title]])
** ''VideoGame/MondoMedicals''
** ''VisualNovel/DigitalALoveStory''
** Anna Anthropy

* ShoutOut: Some of the exhibits at the museum are references to other adventure games/creators, ones the devs considered touchstones in the genre:

* MagicalRealism: Kentucky stops a bit shy of being an EldritchLocation. There's a lot of strange things around, but the general greyness and the insistent stance that all characters take on acting normally offsets it all.

* UnfazedEveryman: Conway, for all his myriad possible interpretations, will not be affected overmuch by the strange things that happen in the game. Ditto for Shannon, although in her case it's harder to justify her actions by ignorance.

* {{Expy}}: Character driven AdventureGame that seems more non-linear than it really is with player choices moreso defining the character than choosing their actions, set in the South, with beautiful American folk songs, and releasing over the year. [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies Just add zombies]] and we've found 2013's equivalent of [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDead The Walking Dead.]]

* {{Expy}}: Character driven AdventureGame that seems more non-linear than it really is with player choices moreso defining the character than choosing their actions, set in the South and releasing over the year. [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies Just add zombies]] and we've found 2013's equivalent of [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDead The Walking Dead.]]

This game marks the intersection between the AdventureGame and Midwestern ghost stories. This ain't your traditional JumpScare-driven, intentionally freaky GhostStory, mind - This one's more of a kind to make you sit back, and think about your life.

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** MondoMedicals
** DigitalALoveStory

** ''Cart Life''
** VideoGame/TheWalkingDead (of course)
* UnfazedEveryman: Conway, for all his myriad possible interpretations, will not be affected overmuch by the strange things that happen in the game. Ditto for Shannon, although in her case it's harder to justify her actions by ignorance.

** ''Portal'' (not the Valve game, but an earlier adventure game with the same title)

** AnnaAnthropy
** CartLife

* DialogueTree: Often as not, you don't really have a choice about what Conway or Shannon say, only about how they say it. On the flipside, this means that about half your dialogue options let you determine what kinds of people they are, or even what histories they had. AlternateCharacterInterpretation abounds.

* InterpretativeCharacter: Conway and Shannon in chapter 1, and Ezra late in Chapter 2. Some basic details about their lives are given. The rest can be made up by the player through the dialogue trees as you go along.

* GiantFlyer: Chapter 2 features a bald eagle large enough to carry away houses.
* InterpretativeCharacter: Conway and Shannon. Some basic details about their lives are given. The rest can be made up by the player through the dialogue trees as you go along.

The man at the gas station says the way to Dogwood is to take the Zero - the one and only route that goes under Kentucky.

The man at the gas station says the way to Dogwood is to take the Zero - the one and only route that goes under Kentucky. Shannon knows the way, and she'll lead Conway along.

Shannon is the child of a mining family. She repairs [=TVs=] in the back of a bait shop to make ends meet. Her family's been suffering financial troubles since the mine closed down, but she knows the underground of Kentucky better than anyone.

Conway is a humble deliveryman, working for an antique store delivering good-quality old stuff to those who want it. He's driving through the long Kentucky night, with only his old dog for company. He's got a shipment to deliver, to someplace called "Dogwood Drive." He doesn't know how to get there, and it's not on any maps.

Shannon is the child of a mining family. She repair [=TVs=] in the back of a bait shop to make ends meet. Her family's been suffering financial troubles since the mine closed down, but she knows the underground of Kentucky better than anyone.

A mixed bag of AdventureGame, InteractiveFiction, and ChooseYourOwnAdventure, ''Kentucky Route Zero'' is a production by Cardboard Games. So far, 1 out of a planned 5 chapters have been released.

* {{Expy}}: Character driven AdventureGame that seems more non-linear than it really is with player choices moreso defining the character than choosing their actions, set in the South and releasing over the year. [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies Just ad zombies]] and we've found 2013's equivalent of [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDead The Walking Dead.]]

* {{Expy}}: Character driven AdventureGame that seems more non-linear than it really is with player choices moreso defining the character than choosing their actions, set in the South and releasing over the year. Guess we've found 2013's equivalent of [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDead The Walking Dead.]]

* {{Expy}}: Character driven AdventureGame that seems more non-linear than it really is set in the South and releasing over the year. Guess we've found 2013's equivalent of [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDead The Walking Dead.]]

Shannon is the child of a mining family. She runs a bait shop and repairs old [=TVs=] to make ends meet. Her family's been suffering financial troubles since the mine closed down, but she knows the underground of Kentucky better than anyone.

* {{Bluegrass}}: There's not a lot of music in this game, but when it's not ambient noise, it's bluegrass.

* DialogueTree: Often as not, you don't really have a choice about what Conway or Shannon say, only about how they say it. One the flipside, this means that about half your dialogue options let you determine what kinds of people they are, or even what histories they had. AlternateCharacterInterpretation abounds.

Shannon is the child of a mining family. She runs a bait shop and repairs old TVs to make ends meet. Her family's been suffering financial troubles since the mine closed down, but she knows the underground of Kentucky better than anyone.