Summerland
FYRE Games · 2020 · Adventure, Story Rich, Walking Simulator, Atmospheric, First-Person
PC
Very Positive91% · 1,764
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About Summerland
✦ AI summary
You're a dying detective reliving fragmented memories and moral choices through mysterious phone calls, exploring existential questions about death and the afterlife in this haunting narrative experience. Summerland combines philosophical storytelling with stunning visuals and a stellar voice cast to create an intimate, introspective journey about mortality and redemption.
In every door lies another memory, and every memory unlocks another door.
There's a flash of white, and you suddenly find yourself in an unfamiliar place. A locked door keeps you enclosed in this small, empty room — well, empty all except for the table that sits in the dead center of the floor. Atop that table sits a rotary phone, completely unplugged. The walls and carpet are uncomfortably plain, the camera in the corner not helping with that discomfort. After a few moments, the unbearable silence is finally broken by the ringing of the rotary phone. There's nothing left for you to do but answer the call.
Summerland is a first-person narrative game developed by high school student Conner Rush. You take the role of an ill detective named Matthew as you relive the events of his recent past, all the while being questioned on your moral stances. With themes heavily revolving around ethical philosophy and the afterlife, Summerland is sure to be a unique gameplay experience.
Summerland includes:
- An engrossing and intriguing 1.5 - 2 hour single-player story written by Conner Rush (Welcome to the Dreamscape).
- Beautiful visuals and design.
- A stellar voice cast featuring Ryan Beard, Rhys David, and Natalie Van Sistine.
- A haunting soundtrack composed and performed by Auric Echoes.
Hi! This is Conner. I just wanted to say that this game was very much made as a way to deal with some really intense existential fears of death. This was just sort of my way of coping with those big ideas. Even if those fears or how personal this game is to me isn't very apparent in your playthrough, just know that it's a project that really meant a lot to me and made me feel a bit of comfort. I hope that if you struggle with these same fears, you'll find comfort in it as well.
All music in Summerland is original. You are more than welcome to record / stream your playthrough.
Note: This game uses some 3D assets legally obtained from The Unity Asset Store and other 3rd party services. These are not claimed to be original work.
There's a flash of white, and you suddenly find yourself in an unfamiliar place. A locked door keeps you enclosed in this small, empty room — well, empty all except for the table that sits in the dead center of the floor. Atop that table sits a rotary phone, completely unplugged. The walls and carpet are uncomfortably plain, the camera in the corner not helping with that discomfort. After a few moments, the unbearable silence is finally broken by the ringing of the rotary phone. There's nothing left for you to do but answer the call.
Summerland is a first-person narrative game developed by high school student Conner Rush. You take the role of an ill detective named Matthew as you relive the events of his recent past, all the while being questioned on your moral stances. With themes heavily revolving around ethical philosophy and the afterlife, Summerland is sure to be a unique gameplay experience.
Summerland includes:
- An engrossing and intriguing 1.5 - 2 hour single-player story written by Conner Rush (Welcome to the Dreamscape).
- Beautiful visuals and design.
- A stellar voice cast featuring Ryan Beard, Rhys David, and Natalie Van Sistine.
- A haunting soundtrack composed and performed by Auric Echoes.
Hi! This is Conner. I just wanted to say that this game was very much made as a way to deal with some really intense existential fears of death. This was just sort of my way of coping with those big ideas. Even if those fears or how personal this game is to me isn't very apparent in your playthrough, just know that it's a project that really meant a lot to me and made me feel a bit of comfort. I hope that if you struggle with these same fears, you'll find comfort in it as well.
All music in Summerland is original. You are more than welcome to record / stream your playthrough.
Note: This game uses some 3D assets legally obtained from The Unity Asset Store and other 3rd party services. These are not claimed to be original work.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Created by Project Songbird developer Connor Rush while in High School, this free game has no right to be as good as it is. Yes, it's a walking simulator with some very light puzzling, but it's also an emotionally taxing journey through a man's last days and to answering the question, what makes a person good or bad. Not to spoil anything, let me just say the game ran flawlessly for me, looks great, has a wonderful, subtle soundtrack (you can buy to throw some money at hte dev, which you should if you can). The voice acting is perfect and the games mechanics are on point. Th the price point of zero, you have no real excuse not to try it out.2 found this helpful
I'd say it depends on what you're looking for. The whole reason I played this was because it got recommended to me as a "game that really makes you think" and it just.... didn't. The visuals were appealing to me and I didn't hate the story at all, but the philosophy of it all was massively underwhelming in my opinion. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯1 found this helpful
An interesting narrative with some good graphics mixed in. Can't go wrong here, especially with a price tag of free!1 found this helpful
cool little narrative game , makes you see some different perspective in a persons life , good job on who ever worked on this little project1 found this helpful
Very interesting game - almost a shame that this picture was chosen as wallpaper of the game, not first case. Good writing, interesting dialogues. I am excited to see the end of the story.
Oh, how I love being morally judged by intangible beings
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