Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical News

The bard is back!

Orpheus’ story is arguably finished - until Hermes brings him back to the world of the living. Guide Orpheus through the depths of mortal decision making - who to date, what to hope for, what instrument to rock out on… Starring Anthony Rapp, Erika Ishii, and written by David Gaider, Stray Gods: Orpheus is a comedic feature length experience that history buffs, hopeless romantics, and rock stars alike can enjoy.

Experience 6 brand new original songs, composed by Austin Wintory, with lyrics by Simon Hall (Tripod), Montaigne and new addition Tom Cardy. When the curtain has fallen and the show is over, who do you go home as? Is the mortal world ready for the return of Ancient Greece’s most infamous bard?

[h2]Play Stray Gods: Orpheus NOW![/h2]

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Knock 'em dead!

Love,

Summerfall

Hello folks!

With Stray Gods: Orpheus about to take the stage, we thought it'd be a great time to revisit Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical with some updates & fixes in one final and beefy patch. Thanks to those of you who have reached out to the team along the way and helped us investigate these issues — our team couldn't have done it without you!

Today’s final Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical patch includes the following:

Gameplay

- Fix for bug where trait selections were incorrectly inaccessible
- Fixes for bugs when pausing during load screens/audio descriptions
- Additional Optimization
- Several minor cinematic fixes
- Minor environmental tweaks

Menus/UI

- Fixes for Option Menu bugs (some visual and technical)
- Update to New Game Menu to make overwriting saves more explicit
- Removed Gamesight functionality
- Re-sized UI scaling to handle localized text
- Re-localized some text that was not translated
- Fix for some subtitles not appearing
- Improved controller navigation
- Support for Stray Gods: Orpheus

We hope these fixes find you well - and just in time to enjoy Stray Gods: Orpheus!

It’s about time for an encore don’t you think?

xoxo,

Summerfall

In case you missed it, to celebrate LudoNarraCon, you can join Summerfall cinematic editors Olivia Ong and Lily Pagalis-Jackson through the process of planning and executing cinematics for a song in Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical.

Tune in again at 8am Monday 13th May PDT / Tuesday 14th May at 1am AEST right here on Steam as the duo play through The Ritual, a key song in the narrative as they discuss techniques, challenges, showcase storyboards and show behind the scenes in engine approaches to creating our unique cinematics.



And, we just announced our Stray Gods: Orpheus DLC! Find out more here.

Love Summerfall

Last year's Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical is getting story-focused DLC in the form of Stray Gods: Orpheus, which will star the titular mythical bard rather than base game protagonist Grace. Coming back to earth for a new story, Orpheus will once again be played by Anthony Rapp, the American actor and singer best known for his performance in the original run of the musical Rent, the film version of the same show, and most recently (and to most of you, my fellow nerds) in Star Trek: Discovery...
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(Shout out to the eagle-eyed alsrisk, rmsgrey and co who suspected - we see you and we're here to confirm your bragging rights!)

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Stray Gods: Orpheus stars Anthony Rapp as Orpheus in a comedic feature length experience - it's cheeky, fun, heartfelt, and has all the things you love about Stray Gods. Orpheus’ story is arguably finished - until Hermes brings him back to the world of the living. With six brand new songs, you can once again enjoy hours of interactive music as Hermes (Erika Ishii) guides Orpheus through the depths of mortal decision making.

For Stray Gods: Orpheus, we welcomed the hilarious Tom Cardy (of Red Flags fame) to our songwriting team, alongside fan faves Montaigne & Simon Hall (of Tripod) and of course our beloved composer Austin Wintory (Journey, Banner Saga).

[h3]LudoNarraCon[/h3]
In addition to announcing Stray Gods: Orpheus, you can also grab Stray Gods ON SALE at our biggest discount ever to celebrate LudoNarraCon! We'll also be streaming a behind the scenes of how we put together the visuals for one of our most loved songs in Stray Gods - The Ritual (catch more info on that here).

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Is the mortal world ready for the return of Ancient Greece’s most infamous bard? Oh, and Hermes.