Polytron and Finji reveal support for musical indie game Panoramical
A unique partnership was unveiled today at the Los Angeles-based Horizon conference, an E3 alternative event hosted by Venus Patrol andthe LA Museum of Contemporary Art.
Panoramicalis described as “anthology of interactive musical landscapes coming soon to home computers,” that allows players to experience “a series of synaesthetic alien vistas like an ambient disco-god controlling your own tiny universe.”
The project comes from indie developerFernando RamalloandDavid Kanaga, the composer behindProteusandDyad, in collaboration withFezteam Polytron and Finji,Canabaltcreator Adam Saltsman’s new studio.
Kanaga was on hand at the event at MOCA, where he playedPanoramicalwith a MIDI controller, manipulating the experience sliders during the presentation, rather than traditional inputs.
Following the presentation, Phil Fishbroke his silenceto discussPanoramical, saying he’s been “fascinated by it ever since experiencing it for the first time at Fantastic Arcade two years ago.”
Polytron is starting a new partnership program, where the studio hopes to pay it forward for all the support it received while creating and distributingFez.Panoramicalis the first such title to receive Polytron’s aid, which will mostly be in a production and promotional capacity.
Prior to Polytron’s involvement, the developers already inked a deal with Adam Saltsman’s Finji, which Fish says will handle logistics and “the kind details independent developers often need help with when they’re busy trying to ship the damn thing.”
Fish made clear Polytron is steering clear of acting as a publisher, though.
“One word we’re trying real hard to avoid is ‘publishing,'” Fish wrote. “Because what does that even mean in 2014, really? Even saying it out loud feels wrong.”
