like a free version of Obra Dinn but for fake 80s music

August 19, 2020 2:19 AM

Family by Tim Sheinman (Owl_Skip on itch.io) is a playable in-browser game where your job is to deduce the identities of musicians in a fabricated 80s London music scene using bits of music, interviews, biographies etc. (post title from RPS writeup)
posted by juv3nal (6 comments total)

I'm a simple man: I see Obra Dinn, I hit download.
posted by adrianhon at 3:25 AM on August 19, 2020 [2 favorites]

Yes, this description sounds like a lot of fun - thanks for posting it!
posted by LobsterMitten at 6:37 AM on August 19, 2020

I've been wanting to play this ever since John Walker featured it in his Buried Treasure blog a few weeks back. Maybe this will finally kick me into getting around to it.
posted by firechicago at 6:44 AM on August 19, 2020

Sentence I didn't think I'd be saying today (or any day): Identifying Dova Palova's drummer is like trying to differentiate between Chinese topmen.
posted by dannyboybell at 2:21 PM on August 19, 2020 [5 favorites]

Not my kind of music, but I thought it was impressively well done. I had less trouble finding Dova's drum than one other stupid thing, before i noticed that I had missed a connecting guide.

For anyone else trying this: the full download has a bit more, and the audio works, which it didn't for me on the website.
posted by lkc at 9:42 PM on August 19, 2020

I think Dova's Pavolova's drummer is the final boss, identifiable only through process of elimination after you've gotten everyone else.

The final note and ending song are so sweet - competing with Perspective (download page) for my favorite free game ending.
posted by BiggerJ at 11:10 PM on August 21, 2020