Elegy for a Dead World

Release Date: 2014-12-10

Developer: Dejobaan Games, LLC;Popcannibal

Genres: Adventure, Indie

Price: 10.99

In Elegy youll travel to three worlds and write stories about their long-dead societies. Youll lose yourself in settings inspired by the works of poets Keats Byron and Shelley and use the games system of writing prompts to help create your own masterpieces.Explore 27 different writing challenges through which you create narratives about the worlds you visit from multiple perspectives. In one challenge you play an archaeologist uncovering clues and writing about a citys final days; in another youre a thief composing a song about searching the wreckage for valuables; and in another youre a bard penning a lament in rhyming couplets.The developers created Elegy to share the joy of creative expression -- ideally they want to give non-writers an environment in which they can tell stories. With visuals inspired by Romantic painter J. M. W. Turner the game provides a playground for individual imagination and a community where everyone is an artist. Elegys developers Dejobaan Games and Popcannibal are leaving the discussion of what art or a game is to critics and merely asking gamers "What will you write?"When youve finished writing a story share it with other players via Steam Workshop; then read others works and commend your favorites.