CONVICT GAMES'S BURN PREMIERES TODAY ON STEAM. BECOME A POP STAR LEGEND OR A MONSTER.

Convict Games :

Melbourne, Sydney, Nashville & Helsinki  –  August 9, 2024 – BURN is out now on Stem! BURN is a short and replayable popstar tragedy visual novel, where you play Nina BURN, the biggest pop star in the world at the turning point of her career at 27. Will you change pop music? Will you become a monster? You will BURN.

BURN is the next high impact and alternative story game from the creators of Aussie Stoner Noir, STONE. BURN is a story game everyone can finish at least once as the first ending arrives in 15 minutes and it is Convict Games’ most interactive story to date.

BURN - Steam Page

BURN - Launch Trailer

BURN - Making Of Chat

Press Kit

BURN is a short visual novel told over 16 endings that on replaying with different choices you can unlock the full story and endings. BURN follows Nina BURN, a Finnish pop star over 3 Acts from her DEBUT at 16, ESTABLISHMENT at 24 and CLIMAX at 27 via shuffled moments from her life which give insight into Nina on every replay. BURN's story is adapted every play where your dialogue choices change Nina’s style, her dialogue, the adaptive musical score and results in 16 potential outcomes.

“BURN is a character study and reflection of how far someone can go for their art and the cost of fame’” said writer, director and Chief Convict Greg Louden of Convict Games. “We’ve been working on BURN since the COVID lockdown started in February 2020 tapping into our passion for the stories of the music industry, pop stars, body horror and classic music bio cinema and documentaries”.

“BURN” is also purely an interactive story, so your only interaction is through choosing your dialogue choices and certain interactables. Keeping the vibe of STONE with lots more impacts on the story for players to discover and decipher Nina's story. So ”BURN” is not a 3D adventure game, but rather something entirely new with a series of high quality animations with voice-over that adjust based on your choices across the game.

A unique thing about BURN is you don’t ever hear the music Nina creates and the world worships. Instead Convict Game's BURN features a composed soundtrack of multiple genres by Joonas Turner creator of Tormentor X Punisher and audio from Broforce, Noita, Nuclear Throne and more with genres ranging from Dark ambient, Techno, Black Metal, Berlin post-wave, Russian sci-fi ambience and Hip Hop that scores your story.  Every time the story is shuffled the composed score will change genres as well giving a different atmosphere that gets lighter or darker based on your choices and replays. On unlocking each genre players can choose that score for their future replay to see the full story.

Official Gameplay Reveal

Official reveal trailer.

BURN - Steam Page.

Press Kit

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Review codes or interviews are available on request.

About Convict Games

Convict Games has been “breaking free since 2017” with its small but passionate remote team of highly-experienced developers willing to risk everything to create games like STONE and now BURN. With team members based everywhere from Australia to Finland, Convict Games boasts a global presence that it applies to its projects. Convict Games, the team boasts over 10 years of combined experience in the gaming and entertainment industries, with contributions to popular games such as Returnal, Noita, Carrion, Control, TormentorxPunisher, Quantum Break, Broforce, Nuclear Throne and films including Gravity, World War Z, Sucker Punch and Prometheus. 

BURN  core development team is 5 team members, with Gregory Louden ( Writer + Director ), Francois Bourdin ( Art + Animation ), Susanna Tikkanen ( Actor + Editor ) and Joonas Turner ( Audio + Music ).