Channel Getaway
A downloadable game for Windows
Channel Getaway
Channel Getaway is a first-person narrative puzzle game set in the year 1986. Separated from loved ones by a stressful dead-end job they can't afford to leave, your character is grasping for any sense of control they can find. They happen upon a 50’s TV ad for Channel Getaway, selling Paradise. A promise of escape, bliss, and salvation in the form of a beach vacation. They find themself transported to this Paradise, and upon arrival, the character is offered the power to control the beautiful and chaotic world and cosmos to their whim. You carry out the use of this power to fully see what paradise has to offer. Accompanying you are others with their own reasons for seeking escape. Paradise is a dream, devoid of the stress, monotony, and hardships that keep piling up in real life. But can Paradise truly last forever?
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Info & Team
Our game is our Graduate Student Capstone Project with the bulk of development taking place over Fall 2023 - Spring 2024.
Make sure to check back every two weeks for our next upload and update!
Playtest Form: https://forms.gle/sXVXb2E62NKFsjS37
Social Media
Instagram - @channelgetaway https://www.instagram.com/channelgetaway
Core Team
Miranda Auriemma - Tech Art & VFX, Team Lead
Elvis Huangli - Gameplay Programming & Puzzle Design
Miles Michell - Narrative & Level Designer
External Team
Katie Haberberger - UI & Graphic Designer
Lorelei Becker - Character Sculptor & Designer
Sean Flaherty - Music Track Artist
Maggie Wehler - Illustrator
Brain Egan - UI Programming
Download
Install instructions
Use Mouse and Keyboard to select UI elements and enter the game. Use Game Controller for the rest of the game
Comments
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hey i reviewed your game and 19 others here:
Thanks for checking the game out! Were you able to play with controller? also I noticed in your footage a weird bug where the camera pans away from the NPC you're talking to mid conversation. I've never seen that before, do you know what you did to cause that?
I do not have a working controller. I would have ranked you higher if I had a controller. While talking to the NPC i tried hitting every key on my keyboard including esc eventually i was able to walk and pan away from Michael. I was trying to figure out how to hit a different dialogue option. I could only choose the first option which leads to the game terminating due to dialogue.
Thanks for pointing that out! We'll probably dedicate next sprint to controls and UI to make keyboard a better option
sounds good. do you have a discord/email? i would like to give more feedback about your game.
hey i played your game and really liked the visuals and the concept. the controls were a bit tricky as i only have a keyboard. anyway you could publish the keyboard controls? also i make YT videos about itch games like this one:
do you want your game reviewed in my next video???Hi! Thanks for downloading and reviewing. We're constantly iterating on our control scheme, but since we have limited development time with it being a student project we are prioritizing controller input for the time being. If you don't have a controller to try it on I can share with you the secret dev inputs. Feel free to review it now, but come back every two weeks for the next upload since we're constantly updating it!
ok thanks for explaining all that. ill take some gameplay footage now!