Kentucky Route Zero

The final act of Cardboard Computer's Kentucky Route Zero.

Kentucky Route Zero is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway in the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it. Gameplay is inspired by point-and-click adventure games (like the classic Monkey Island or King's Quest series, or more recently Telltale's Walking Dead series), but focused on characterization, atmosphere and storytelling rather than clever puzzles or challenges of skill. The game is developed by Cardboard Computer (Jake Elliott, Tamas Kemenczy, and Ben Babbitt), and features an original electronic score by Ben Babbitt along with a suite of old hymns & bluegrass standards recorded by The Bedquilt Ramblers.

Kentucky Route Zero's fourth interlude, in which Emily, Ben and Bob take part in the production of the evening broadcast at public-access station WEVP-TV. It's raining.

Shannon, Conway, Ezra, Junebug and Johnny float down the Echo River aboard the Mucky Mammoth along with several new companions. The tugboat makes various stops as the group continues to make their way to 5 Dogwood Drive.

Here And There Along The Echo is a guide to the fictional Echo River "for drifters and pilgrims." It was released as a stop-gap while players waited for subsequent acts of Kentucky Route Zero to be released. To interact with the game, simply dial (270) 301-5797 on your telephone. Additionally, one can download "dialer software" which includes additional content from the operator when dialing Zero.

Conway wakes up, his now-unfamiliar leg treated by Dr. Truman, who lets him know payment will be handled through the Consolidated Power Company. After returning to the Museum of Dwellings and finding it closed, Conway, Shannon and Ezra hit the road again looking for Lula.

'The Entertainment' was first presented at the Buffalo Street Student Theatre on the evening of November 16th, 1973, with the following cast: HARRY ESPERANZA ............. Edgar Foy LAWRENCE SLADE .............. Allen Vogel PEARL SLADE ................. Sarah Wakefield ROSA SLADE .................. Sydney Mueller EVELYN HICKMAN .............. Paula Graves BAR-FLY ..................... Uncredited The production was directed by James B. Carrington. The setting was designed by Lula Chamberlain. The plays 'A Reckoning' and 'A Bar-fly' were written by Lem Doolittle, and later adapted by Joseph Wheattree for simultaneous performance as 'The Entertainment.'

Shannon and Conway, having made their way to the Zero, are soon lost, and arrive at the Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces to ask for help finding 5 Dogwood Drive. Conway's leg is giving him some trouble.

Kentucky Route Zero's first interlude, in which Emily, Ben and Bob attend an exhibition of work by pioneering installation artist Lula Chamberlain.

A truck driver, Conway, has gotten lost on the way to making a delivery of antiques and decides to ask for directions. He is told that he will need to take a secret highway known as Route Zero to get to his destination.