Causa Creations has announced that their new game, Songs of Travel, an interactive animated graphic novel that tells the story of how various migrants found their place in the world, is out today for Android (iOS to come soon).
This animated graphic novel explores the unique stories of five migrants seeking new beginnings in Europe. Together, these stories paint a mosaic of themes such as our hopes, dreams, identities, homes, and the things we treasure most.
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Songs of Travel aims to bring the personal stories of migrants to a wider audience and paint a vivid picture of the topic of migration. The narratives are tied together by the experiences of the Syrian artist Jack Gutmann, who co-developed the award-winning game Path Out with Causa Creations.
Causa Creations is a boutique game development studio located in Vienna, Austria. Founded in 2014, the independent company is currently helmed by Georg Hobmeier, Ben Wahl, Brian Main, and Christian Knapp. The multidisciplinary team of seasoned developers, artists, and designers is dedicated to crafting fully-rounded experiences that not only entertain but engage and inform audiences.
The tales in Songs of Travel are set against the backdrop of a specially curated soundtrack by Northern Irish composer Elaine Agnew. The use of this music is a vital element of the project, which will be presented in the four partnering festivals in Ireland (Cellissimo), Sweden (Fairplay Chamber music), Norway (Valdres Sommersymfoni) in 2024, and in the Netherlands (Piano Biennale) in 2025.
Follow the narratives of:
- Light is a non-binary Syrian refugee who arrives in Vienna after years of hardship and war in Syria and the United Arab Emirates.
- Vân is the daughter of a Vietnamese contract worker who grew up in East Germany and who must deal with the duality of being Vietnamese-German.
- Michele, the son of Francesco Cicora, an Italian coal miner who died in the great mining disaster of Marcinelle in 1956 in Belgium.
- Hasan came to Austria at the age of 1 when his mother moved there from Istanbul, Turkey.
- Olya is a Ukrainian lawyer and a refugee who has had to flee twice: first, when she left her home of Donetsk in 2014 and fled to Kyiv, and then when she fled from Ukraine once the war erupted in 2022.
Check out Songs of Travel on Android devices today and coming soon to iOS.
