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FREE DEMO OUT NOW!
- Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1510470/PRIM/
- itch.io: https://common-colors.itch.io/prim
- GameJolt: https://gamejolt.com/games/prim/579367
PRIM IS ON KICKSTARTER FEB 16 - MAR 18, 2021!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/prim-game/prim-a-2d-adventure-game-about-deaths-daughter
STORY
Strange things are happening in the Land of the Dead. Instead of reaping souls, Thanatos, the Angel of Death, has to deal with his teenage daughter Prim. Every night, Prim has the same dream: An oddly familiar human boy cries out for her help. Needless to say that our heroine tries to answer the call. There‘s just one tiny problem: The Grim Reaper has strictly forbidden her to enter the Land of the Living – she‘s not ready for the immense power she‘d develop there, he claims.
When Prim finds a way to trick her dad and travel to Earth, it turns out that Thanatos‘s presentiments have been right all along...
At its core, PRIM is a story of a father learning to let go and a girl finding out who she really is. But it's also a thrilling adventure, full of magic and darkness. On her journey, Prim repeatedly has to switch between the Realm of the Dead and the Land of the Living, where she faces demons, real ones and ones within herself, while always being accompanied by her sidekick, an eye with spider legs.
FACT SHEET
- Developer: Common Colors (formerly known as CMMN CLRS)
- Genre: 2D point and click adventure game
- Platforms: PC, Mac, Linux
- Release Date: Demo release: Feb 2, 2021; Projected full game release: Dec 2022
- Availability: Digital download (Steam and DRM-free)
- Awards: "Best prototype" - German Computer Game Award 2020 (nominee)
KEY FEATURES (FULL GAME)
- Hand drawn HD artwork and traditional frame-by-frame animation
- Simple one-click interface
- 6-8 hours of varied gameplay
- Atmospheric orchestral soundtrack
- Control multiple characters
- In-game hint system, hot-spots and fast-travel
- Mini games, such as a deck-building card game
THE FREE DEMO...
- can be downloaded on Steam (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1510470/PRIM/) and itch.io (https://common-colors.itch.io/prim)
- has a playtime of 30-60 minutes
- has texts in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Russian and Brazilian Portuguese
- has English and German voice over
ABOUT COMMON COLORS
- Located near Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Founded in 2020
- Started out as CMMN CLRS, but the name was changed to increase readability
- Created three short game jam games before working on PRIM: The Diary of a Roadie (2016), Sidekick High (2017) and door (2018). (https://gamejolt.com/@CMMN_CLRS)
CAN A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER BECOME A GAME DEVELOPER?!
Jonas Fisch (34) from Germany is the founder of Common Colors. And he's also a teacher by-day, teaching English and Philosophy at a German high school.
He fell in love with the point and click genre as a kid, after playing "Day of the Tentacle" for the first time. Although he had always dreamt of making an adventure game, it wasn't until 2016 that he started making this dream become a realilty. Since then, he's published 3 short freeware games: The Diary of a Roadie (2016), Sidekick High (2017) and door (2018). PRIM is Fisch's first full-length title and to make it a reality, he teamed up with a lot of talented freelancers, some of whom he's worked with before (see "Team").
WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA
https://www.prim-game.com/ (official website)
Videos
PRIM Demo Gameplay Teaser
PRIM Announcement Teaser
Photos
PRIM Demo Main Artwork
PRIM Demo Screenshot 1: Gameplay
PRIM Demo Screenshot 2: Gameplay
PRIM Screenshot 3: Cutscene
PRIM Demo Screenshot 4: Mini Game
PRIM Logo White Cut-out
PRIM Logo Black Cut-out
PRIM Characters Cut-out
Common Colors Logo White Cut-out
Common Colors Logo Black Cut-out
PRIM Concept Art (Skyscraper Format)
PRIM Character Cut-out
Press coverage
www.thegamer.com
"The constant Halloween backdrop is aesthetically pleasing and doesn’t distract from the humanity at the heart of the game."
www.alphabetagamer.com
"All in all, it’s shaping up to be the best point and click adventure we’ve seen in years."
www.gamestar.de
"Das handgezeichnete Point-and-Click-Adventure des deutschen Entwicklers Common Colors kommt ohne viel Hektik und komplexe Steuerung aus und setzt stattdessen auf eine spannende Geschichte und einen fantastischen Soundtrack."
www.as.com
"Pero sin duda por lo que mas destaca este esperadísimo título es por su soberbia puesta en escena."
www.adventuregamers.com
"Fresh and fun. The writing felt akin to the punnery of classic adventure titles."
www.gamebyte.com
"Featuring beautiful black and white art and promising to retain its creepy-but-cute aesthetic through the narrative, PRIM is looking like the perfect game for point-and-click fans."
Press releases
Team
Steffi Kick
Concept artist
Steffi lives in Hamburg, Germany and used to work for Daedalic Entertainment, where she did character- and background art for the "Dark Eye" series and "Chaos on Deponia". She made the menu art work for the PRIM demo.
Lukasz Rusinek
Character & animation artist
Lukasz, who comes from Lędziny, Poland, is the team's animation artist. Before working on PRIM, he's made a couple of animated music videos.
Friedel Morgenstern
Prim's German voice
Friedel (living in Berlin, Germany) is Prim's German voice actress in the demo. If you're German-speaking, you might know her as Alex Dunphy from "Modern Family" or Margo from "Despicable Me".
Michael Kenny
Character artist
Michael Kenny from Perth, Australia has not only drawn additional character art for our demo, apart from burtonizing people, he's also made a great animated short film called "Red Earth" to raise awareness for the Australian wildfires.
Jonas Fisch
CEO, writer, programmer
Jonas lives near Frankfurt am Main, Germany and is the founder of Common Colors. Since starting game development in 2018, he's made 3 short adventure games. PRIM is his first full-length title. He's also a high school teacher by-day.
Maria Pendolino
Prim's English voice
The American voice actress from Buffalo, NY gives Prim her sassy yet likable voice. You might have seen her on Netflix's Army Wives and recently she has started a video series on her Instagram in which she helps aspiring voice actors and actresses.
Bryan Atkinson
Composer
Bryan comes from Mesa, AZ (USA) and has made the music for "Sidekick High" and "door". Furthermore, he's just composed a track for the Guild Wars 2 trailer.
Sascha Schneider
Background artist
Sascha comes from Berlin, Germany. He's made all the visuals for "Sidekick High", a previous Common Colors game, and has recently published his own little freeware adventure game Rehearsal of Doom.
Oskar Alvarado
Concept artist
Oskar is a Mexican comic artist who, with his unique dark style, coined the look of PRIM's characters.
