And, amazingly enough, we have the luck of having actress Cissy Jones as the voice of Norah. We adored her acting in Firewatch, especially her ability to create a strong presence with only her voice, conveying emotions to make the character feel so alive and close. That is what we wanted for our main character Norah, because we want you as a player to care for her and share her emotions. We are striving for a calmer, deeper and more intelligent love story between Norah and her husband, a relationship that we feel is too rarely portrayed in games.
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Games like Firewatch, Subnautica, Red Matter, Myst, Soma, and Obduction were definitely sources of inspiration for us. You might say that Call of the Sea is our love letter to the genre and a way of deepening our own experience and adding new dimensions to it. We hope to create a game for everyone out there that carries a nostalgic torch for the genre and for new players that have yet to discover the joy of adventure games with puzzle solving.
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/05/07/otherworldly-adventure-awaits-in-call-of-the-sea/
