MediaWiki:Common.css

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/* CSS placed here will be applied to all skins */

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/* Font */
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@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Podkova:400,700&subset=latin-ext');
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Inconsolata:400,700');

/**************/
/* Restyling */
/**************/

body {
background-color: #242d3c;
font-family: Podkova, "Courier New", Courier, monospace;
}

.mw-body,
.parsoid-body {
background: #fff;
}

.mw-body #siteSub {
display: block;
}

/* Links */

a:link,
a:active,
div#mw-panel div.portal div.body ul li a,
div.vectorTabs li.selected a,
div.vectorTabs li.selected a,
div.vectorTabs li a {
text-decoration: none;
color: #ff8319;
}

a:visited,
div#mw-panel div.portal div.body ul li a:visited,
div.vectorTabs li.selected a:visited,
div.vectorTabs li.selected a:visited {
text-decoration: none;
color: #e77a1c;
}

a:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
}

a.new,
#p-personal a.new,
div.vectorTabs li.new a,
div.vectorTabs li.new a:visited,
div.vectorTabs li.new a,
div.vectorTabs li.new {
text-decoration: none;
color: #ba0000;
}

/**********/
/* Cursor */
/**********/

*,
.oo-ui-buttonElement.oo-ui-widget-disabled > .oo-ui-buttonElement-button,
.oo-ui-buttonGroupWidget .oo-ui-buttonWidget.oo-ui-buttonElement-active .oo-ui-buttonElement-button,
.oo-ui-popupWidget-head > .oo-ui-labelElement-label,
.oo-ui-menuSectionOptionWidget.oo-ui-widget-enabled,
.oo-ui-dropdownWidget-handle,
.oo-ui-multioptionWidget.oo-ui-widget-disabled,
div#mw-panel div.portal h3 {
cursor: url(/~donald/zero/resources/assets/cursor.png) 7 0, auto;
}

a,
a img,
div.vectorTabs ul li,
div.vectorTabs li a,
div.vectorMenu,
div.vectorMenu ul li,
div.vectorMenu li a,
.oo-ui-buttonElement > .oo-ui-buttonElement-button,
.oo-ui-optionWidget.oo-ui-widget-enabled,
.oo-ui-checkboxInputWidget.oo-ui-widget-enabled [type='checkbox'],
.oo-ui-checkboxInputWidget.oo-ui-widget-enabled [type='checkbox'] + span,
.oo-ui-dropdownInputWidget.oo-ui-widget-enabled select,
.oo-ui-radioInputWidget.oo-ui-widget-enabled [type='radio'],
.oo-ui-radioInputWidget.oo-ui-widget-enabled [type='radio'] + span,
.oo-ui-textInputWidget.oo-ui-widget-enabled.oo-ui-textInputWidget-type-search > .oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator,
.oo-ui-dropdownWidget.oo-ui-widget-enabled .oo-ui-dropdownWidget-handle,
.oo-ui-multioptionWidget.oo-ui-widget-enabled,
div#simpleSearch #searchButton,div#simpleSearch #mw-searchButton {
cursor: url(/~donald/zero/resources/assets/cursorlink.png) 5 0, pointer;
}

textarea,
div#simpleSearch input,
.oo-ui-textInputWidget.oo-ui-widget-enabled > .oo-ui-iconElement-icon,.oo-ui-textInputWidget.oo-ui-widget-enabled > .oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator {
cursor: text;
}

/*********************************/
/* Zero word effect by User:Nclm */
/*********************************/

@supports (background-clip: text) or (-webkit-background-clip: text) {
@keyframes zero {
from { background-position: -800px -83px; }
to { background-position: 0% 0%; }
}
.zero {
background-image: url(/~donald/zero/images/3/36/Zero_Fog.png);
animation-name: zero;
animation-duration: 20s;
animation-timing-function: linear;
animation-iteration-count: infinite;
-webkit-background-clip: text;
background-clip: text;
color: rgba(0,0,0,0);
}
a .zero {
background-image: url(/~donald/zero/images/e/e7/ZeroLink_Fog.png);
}
}

@supports (background-clip: text) or (-webkit-background-clip: text) {
@keyframes zerowhite {
from { background-position: -800px -83px; }
to { background-position: 0% 0%; }
}
.zerowhite {
background-image: url(/~donald/zero/images/7/73/ZeroWhite_Fog.png);
animation-name: zerowhite;
animation-duration: 20s;
animation-timing-function: linear;
animation-iteration-count: infinite;
-webkit-background-clip: text;
background-clip: text;
color: rgba(0,0,0,0);
}
a .zerowhite {
background-image: url(/~donald/zero/images/e/e7/ZeroLink_Fog.png);
}
}

/***********/
/* Footer */
/**********/

div#footer,
#footer {
background: #f0f3fc;
margin-right: 5em;
margin-bottom: 5em;
box-shadow: 4px 4px 0px #999;
margin-top: 1.5em;
}

div#footer #footer-icons li {
margin-left: 0;
}

div#footer #footer-icons li a {
margin-left: 0.5em;
}

/*************/
/* Infoboxes */
/*************/

.infobox {
background: #eee;
border: 1px solid #aaa;
float: right;
margin: 0 0 1em 1em;
padding: 0.5em 1em 1em 1em;
width: 300px;
}
.infobox-title {
font-size: 1.5em;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: center;
margin-bottom: 0.25em;
}
.infobox-image {
text-align: center;
margin-bottom: 0.25em;
}
.infobox th {
text-align: right;
vertical-align: top;
width: 120px;
}
.infobox td {
vertical-align: top;
padding-left: 4px;
}

table.ambox {
border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;
border-left: 10px solid #ff8319;
background: #fbfbfb
}
table.ambox-content {
border-left: 10px solid #f28500;
}
.mbox-small-left {
margin: 4px 1em 4px 0;
box-sizing: border-box;
overflow: hidden;
width: 238px;
border-collapse: collapse;
font-size: 88%;
line-height: 1.25em;
}
.ambox th.mbox-text,
.ambox td.mbox-text {
padding: 0.25em 0.5em;
width: 100%;
border: none;
}

/***********/
/* Tab bar */
/***********/

div.vectorTabs {
background-image: none;
padding-left: 0;
}

div.vectorTabs ul {
background-image: none;
margin-left: 0;
}

div.vectorTabs span {
background-image: none;
}

div.vectorTabs ul li,
#p-cactions {
text-transform: uppercase;
background: #fff;
height: 1.9em;
line-height: 1px;
margin-right: 0.5em;
margin-top: 0;
box-shadow: 4px 4px 0px #999;
min-width: 30px;
overflow: visible;
padding: 0;
-webkit-transition: all 0.3s;
-moz-transition: all 0.3s;
-ms-transition: all 0.3s;
-o-transition: all 0.3s;
}

div.vectorTabs ul li:hover,
#p-cactions:hover {
box-shadow: 4px 4px 0px #ff8319;
}

#p-search {
margin-left: 0.25em;
}

div#simpleSearch {
background: #fff;
border: none;
box-shadow: 4px 4px 0px #999;
height: 1.9em;
margin-top: -0.4em;
-webkit-transition: all 0.3s;
-moz-transition: all 0.3s;
-ms-transition: all 0.3s;
-o-transition: all 0.3s;
}

div#simpleSearch:hover {
box-shadow: 4px 4px 0px #ff8319;
}

div#simpleSearch #searchInput {
padding: 0.6em 0 0.6em 0.5em;
font-family: Podkova, "Courier New", Courier, monospace;
text-transform: uppercase;
}

div#simpleSearch #searchInput:focus {
text-transform: none;
}

div#simpleSearch #searchButton {
margin-right: 0.5em;
}

#right-navigation {
margin-right: 4em;
overflow: visible;
display: inline;
}

#mw-page-base {
background: transparent;
opacity: 0;
}

/* More button */

#mw-head .vectorMenu h3 {
background: none;
}

.vectorMenu .menu {
border: none;
box-shadow: none;
margin-top: -10px;
margin-left: 1px;
padding-top: 5px;
width: 50px;
}

/*
.vectorMenu .menu {
border: 1px solid #999;
box-shadow: none;
left: 0px;
margin: -1px 0 0 0;
}
*/

.vectorMenu li > a {
text-transform: uppercase;
color: #000;
}

.vectorMenu li > a:hover {
text-decoration: none;
color: #ff8319;
}

.vectorMenu .menu li:not(:first-child) {
background: #fff;
padding-right: 10px;
width: min-content;
}

.vectorMenu h3 span,
.vectorMenu h3:hover span,
.vectorMenu h3:focus span,
#p-cactions-label span {
color: #ff8319;
}

.vectorMenu h3 span:after {
background-image: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent), url('data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="12" height="12" viewBox="0 0 12 12"> <path fill="%23ff8319" transform="rotate(180 5,5)" d="m0.0,9.5l5,-8.828127l5,8.825l-10,0z"/> </svg>');
opacity: 1;
height: 8px;
top: 1em;
}

/* Echo extension (aptly named...) */

#pt-notifications-alert .mw-echo-notifications-badge.mw-echo-notifications-badge-all-read,
#pt-notifications-notice .mw-echo-notifications-badge.mw-echo-notifications-badge-all-read {
opacity: 1;
}

#pt-notifications-alert .mw-echo-notifications-badge:after,
#pt-notifications-notice .mw-echo-notifications-badge:after,
#pt-notifications-notice .mw-echo-notifications-badge.oo-ui-flaggedElement-unseen:after,
#pt-notifications-notice .mw-echo-notifications-badge.mw-echo-unseen-notifications:after {
background-color: #fff;
color: #ff8319;
}

#pt-notifications-alert .mw-echo-notifications-badge:focus,
#pt-notifications-notice .mw-echo-notifications-badge:focus {
-webkit-box-shadow: inherit;
box-shadow: inherit;
}

.oo-ui-icon-bell,
.mw-ui-icon-bell:before {
background-image: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent), url('data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20"> <title> bell </title> <path fill="%23ff8319" d="M16 7a5.38 5.38 0 0 0-4.46-4.85C11.6 1.46 11.53 0 10 0S8.4 1.46 8.46 2.15A5.38 5.38 0 0 0 4 7v6l-2 2v1h16v-1l-2-2zm-6 13a3 3 0 0 0 3-3H7a3 3 0 0 0 3 3z"/> </svg>');
transform: scale(0.75);
}

.oo-ui-icon-tray,
.mw-ui-icon-tray:before {
background-image: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent), url('data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20"> <title> tray </title> <path fill="%23ff8319" d="M3 1a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v14a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h14a2 2 0 0 0 2-2V3a2 2 0 0 0-2-2zm14 12h-4l-1 2H8l-1-2H3V3h14z"/> </svg>');
transform: scale(0.75);
}

#p-personal #pt-notifications-alert,
#p-personal #pt-notifications-notice {
margin-right: 0em;
margin-left: 0.25em;
}

#pt-userpage {
margin-right: 0.25em;
}

/* Search box */

#searchInput:focus,
#simpleSearch:hover #searchInput:focus {
outline: 0;
border-color: #ff8319;
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px #ff8319, inset 0 0 0 2px #ffffff;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px #ff8319, inset 0 0 0 2px #ffffff;
}

#p-search form {
margin: 0.4em 0 0;
}

div#simpleSearch #searchInput {
border: none;
}

/***********/
/* Sidebar */
/***********/

#p-logo {
margin-top: -12em;
box-shadow: 4px 4px 0px #ff8319;
border: 4px solid #fff;
height: 152px;
width: 152px;
}

#p-logo a {
height: 152px;
width: 152px;
}

#mw-panel {
background-color: white;
max-width: 9em;
width: 9em;
margin-top: 12em;
margin-left: 0.8em;
padding: 1em 1em 1em 0em;
box-shadow: 4px 4px 0px #ff8319;
}

#left-navigation,
div#footer,
.mw-body,
#mw-head-base {
margin-left: 12em;
}
/* also changed 11em -> 12em in skins/Vector/screen-hd.less */

.mw-body {
border: none;
min-height: 53px;
margin-right: 5em;
box-shadow: 4px 4px 0px #ff8319;
}

.mw-wiki-logo {
background-size: 152px;
}

#t-print {
display: none;
}

/*********************/
/* Custom tag styles */
/*********************/

.poem {
width: 95%;
border: 2px solid #d6d2c5;
background-color: #f9f4e6;
padding: 1em;
font-family: monospace;
font-size: 1.15em;
}

.inconsolata {
font-family: 'Inconsolata', monospace;
}

/*****************/
/* TOC limit tag */
/*****************/

/* Allow limiting of which header levels are shown in a TOC;
<div class="toclimit-3">, for instance, will limit to
showing ==headings== and ===headings=== but no further
(as long as there are no =headings= on the page, which
there shouldn't be according to the MoS).
*/
.toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,
.toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,
.toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,
.toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,
.toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,
.toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul {
display: none;
}

/************************/
/* Template:Feature box */
/************************/

.featurebox {
-webkit-transition: all 0.3s;
-moz-transition: all 0.3s;
-ms-transition: all 0.3s;
-o-transition: all 0.3s;
transition: all 0.3s;
}
.featurebox:hover {
box-shadow: 4px 4px 0px #ff8319 ! important;
}
.featurebox-link a {
color: #fff !important;
}

/********************/
/* Template:Highway */
/********************/
.highway-box-top {
background: #000 url("/~donald/zero/images/8/8f/0_notebook_top.png") no-repeat left top;
border-top-right-radius: 10px;
width: 350px;
height: 9px;
padding-left: 24px;
margin-left: 10px;
float: right; /* make sure to clear: both; after all of these */
}
.highway-box-bottom {
background: #000 url("/~donald/zero/images/f/ff/0_notebook_bottom.png") no-repeat left bottom;
border-bottom-right-radius: 10px;
width: 350px;
height: 20px;
padding-left: 24px;
margin-left: 10px;
margin-bottom: 14px;
float: right;
}
.highway-box-main {
background: #000 url("/~donald/zero/images/9/94/0_notebook_spine.png") repeat-y left top;
color: #fff;
border-radius: 0;
width: 350px;
padding-left: 24px;
margin-left: 10px;
float: right;
}
.highway-title {
font-family: 'Inconsolata', monospace;
text-align: center;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-size: 24pt;
position: relative;
z-index: 1;
}
.highway-image {
text-align: center;
margin-top: -30px;
}
.highway-line1 {
border: none;
border-bottom: 1px solid #fff;
color: transparent;
background-color: transparent;
margin: 17px auto 12px;
width: 75%;
}
.highway-line2 {
border: none;
border-bottom: 1px dashed #fff;
color: transparent;
background-color: transparent;
margin: 16px auto 12px;
width: 75%;
}
.highway-routeno {
text-align: center;
font-size: 14pt;
text-transform: uppercase;
margin-bottom: 8px;
color: #fff;
-webkit-transition: none;
-moz-transition: none;
-ms-transition: none;
-o-transition: none;
transition: none;
}
.highway-routebox {
text-align: center;
font-size: 12pt;
width: 100%;
white-space: nowrap;
}
.highway-neighbors {
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: middle;
text-transform: uppercase;
width: 75px;
white-space: pre-line;
line-height: 1.1em;
color: #fff;
-webkit-transition: none;
-moz-transition: none;
-ms-transition: none;
-o-transition: none;
transition: none;
}
.highway-arrow {
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: middle;
margin: 0 15px;
}
.highway-truck {
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: middle;
}
.highway-routeno a:hover,
.highway-neighbors a:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
color: #fff;
}

/*****************/
/* Template:Acts */
/*****************/
.white,
.white a,
.white a:link,
.white a:hover,
.white a:visited {
color: #fff;
}
.white a.mw-selflink.selflink {
text-transform: uppercase;
}
.white a:hover {
text-decoration: underline overline;
}
.white a.mw-selflink.selflink:hover {
text-decoration: none;
}

/***********/
/* Cleanup */
/***********/

div.tleft{
margin: 0.5em 1.4em 0.6em 0;
}

div.tright{
margin: 0.5em 0 0.6em 1.4em;
}

body.page-Main_Page #ca-delete,
body.page-Main_Page #ca-move,
body.page-Main_Page #deleteconfirm,
body.page-Main_Page #siteSub,
body.page-Main_Page #contentSub
/* body.page-Main_Page h1.firstHeading */ {
display: none !important;
}

.noscript {
display: none;
}

.nowrap,
.nowraplinks a,
.nowraplinks .selflink {
white-space: nowrap;
}

MediaWiki:Sidebar

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Eli:

MediaWiki:Sidebar

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Fonts

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__NOTOC__
{{Resources|skinny}}
{{Materials}}
Various '''fonts''' and '''typefaces''' are used in {{KRZ}} and its promotional materials.

== List of fonts ==

=== Fonts appearing in-game and on official material ===

[[File:Krz-pc-edition-title.png|thumb|150px|left|DM Serif]]
'''DM Serif'''

Game logo and title card. Also used for act & scene location cards. The game's [[:File:Krz-pc-edition-title.png|logo]] is modified so the uppercase K is disconnected and the serifs joined. Cardboard Computer switched to using this font as a nod to the opening sequence of [[wikipedia:Chris Marker|Chris Marker]]'s 1983 documentary on human memory ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaDaGtM6xWU Sans Soleil]''.
{{clear}}

[[File:Apologiesbox.png|thumb|150px|left|Letter Gothic]]
'''Letter Gothic'''

In-game dialogue text. Originally designed by Roger Roberson at IBM's Lexington, KY typewriter manufacturing plant where it was used in the Selectric electric typewriter. Commonly mistaken for Inconsolata.
{{clear}}

[[File:Karla.png|thumb|150px|left|Karla]]
'''Karla'''

Act & scene number cards.
{{clear}}

[[File:Motor4F.png|thumb|150px|left|Motor 4F]]
'''Motor 4F'''

Game icon "Kentucky Route Zero," "PC Edition," and "TV Edition" texts.
{{clear}}

[[File:Game-by-cc dark.png|thumb|150px|left|Select Mono Italic]]
'''Select Mono Italic'''

"A game by cardboard computer." heading; temporary developer branding. Designed by Michael McMaster and inspired by IBM's "Light Italic" font used in the Selectric electric typewriter.
{{clear}}

=== Previously-used fonts ===

[[File:KRZ title.png|thumb|150px|left|Podkova]]
'''Podkova'''

Game logo and title card (act/scene screens), 2013–2019. Romanization of ''подкова'', meaning "horseshoe" in Russian.
{{clear}}

=== Other fonts ===



[[File:Karaokefont.png|thumb|150px|left|"Karaoke"]]
The "[[Too Late to Love You]]" karaoke sequence in [[Act III]] features a font called "Karaoke" in the game files.
{{clear}}

[[File:Terminalfont.png|thumb|150px|left|"Terminal"]]
Computer text, such as on [[XANADU]] or [[Joseph]]'s, is displayed in a font called "Terminal." Displays with a screen-flickering effect.
{{clear}}

[[File:Naivefont.jpg|thumb|150px|left|"Naive"]]
A font called "Naive" was introduced in the 2018 "public-beta" branch on Steam, replacing Podkova for title cards and act screens. Based on the font "Archer Hairline". Features an effect similar to the "'''{{Zero}}'''" text shader. Was replaced due to readability issues.
{{clear}}

=== Icon fonts ===

[[File:Fontsymbols 96ppm.png|thumb|150px|left|"Symbols"]]
"Symbols" found in clickable pop-ups for inspecting objects or speaking to characters, and lower-screen action buttons such as for controlling flashlights, umbrellas, and degaussing. [[Act V]]'s "meowroglyphics" are not included in this.
{{clear}}

[[Category:Real world]]

The crystal

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{{Highway
| Title = {{PAGENAME}}
| Image = 0_crystal.png
| Route = 65
| Direction = clockwise
| Left = Bureau
| Left link = Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces
| Right = The feather
| Right act = II
| Right2 = The tree
| Right2 act = III
| 2Route = 65
| 2Direction = counterclockwise
| 2Left = The bottle
| 2Right = Bureau
| 2Right link = Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces
| 3Route = 8192
| 3Left = Self-Storage
| 3Left link = Random Access Self Storage
| 3Right = Self-Storage
| 3Right link = Random Access Self Storage
| Height = 621px
}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a stop along the {{ZeroLink}}. It is located [[Route 65]], clockwise between the [[Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces|Bureau]] and [[the feather]] (Act II) or [[the tree]] (Act III), and counterclockwise between [[the bottle]] and the Bureau. It serves as the on-ramp to [[Route 8192]] where it is located – in all directions – next to the [[Random Access Self Storage|self-storage facility]].

[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Zero stops]]

Elmo

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{{todo}}
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Un Pueblo De Nada]]
[[Category:Act V]]

Lem Doolittle

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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is one of the [[Strangers]] who acts as Shannon and Joseph's "guide" at the [[Hard Times Distillery]]. He appears as a glowing skeleton and works as a copywrighter at the Distillery.

== ''The Entertainment'' ==

Doolittle is the is the writer of ''A Reckoning'' and ''A Bar-fly'', two plays which were together adapted by [[Joseph]] for simultaneous performance as [[The Entertainment]].

In real life, ''A Reckoning'' is based on playwright Eugene O'Neill's ''[[wikipedia:The Iceman Cometh|The Iceman Cometh]]'', featuring a similar story and characters (this play, in turn, is thought of as inspired by Maxim Gorky's ''[[wikipedia:The Lower Depths|The Lower Depths]]'', after which the tavern [[the Lower Depths]] is named.

''A Bar-fly'' is based on Samuel Beckett's ''[[wikipedia:Act Without Words I|Act Without Words]]'', a playwright whose play ''[[wikipedia:Waiting for Godot|Waiting for Godot]]'' is quoted and referenced multiple times throughout {{KRZ}}.

== Name ==

His name is a reference to [[wikipedia:Oliver Lynn|Oliver "Doolittle" Lynn]], the husband of [[wikipedia:Loretta Lynn|Loretta Lynn]] (on whom [[Junebug]] is based). Doolittle Lynn was also known as "Mooney," due to the fact he made a living selling moonshine, illegally-distilled [[Hard Times Distillery|alcohol]]. His name is also a possible reference to Hilda "H.D." Doolittle, an American Imagist poet.

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Hard Times boys]]
[[Category:Act III]]
[[Category:The Entertainment]]

Silo of Late Reflections

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[[File:Silo.png|thumb|right|A view looking down the cylindrical interior of the Silo.]]
The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a mail stop along the underground [[Echo River]]. It consists of a platform at the base of a tall [[wikipedia:Silo|silo]] with a winding spiral staircase leading to the top. The top is open, forming a hole at the center of a [[town]].

In [[Act IV]], [[Cate]] reveals that [[Dogwood Drive]] is located near the Silo mail stop.

== Gallery ==

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Act V

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[[File:Act V poster.png|right|200px]]
'''Act V''' of {{KRZ}} was released on January 28, 2020. It is the final act.

Developer [[Jake Elliott]] has stated that "The story's a tragedy; it's a tragic ending. Hopefully it won't be too bleak, but it's in that tradition."<ref>[http://www.pcgamer.com/kentucky-route-zero-episode-2-descends-in-april-leading-up-to-tragic-finale-in-january/ PC Gamer: Kentucky Route Zero Episode 2 descends in April, leading up to "tragic" finale in January]</ref>

== Synopsis ==

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The final act begins after [[Shannon]] and the group have hauled the contents of [[Conway]]'s truck to the top of the [[Silo of Late Reflections]], which turns out to be a well at the center of an effigy mound in a small [[town]], in which is located [[5 Dogwood Drive]]. The house at the address stands new and pristine (albeit without two walls), though the remaining town has been washed away by a flash flood that occurred the night prior during the cast's underground travels on the {{ZeroLink}} and the [[Echo River]]. The travelers meet and converse with the residents of the town, and learn about its history and landmarks, including a graveyard, a library, a waffle restaurant, a hangar and airstrip, and a [[WEVP-TV|public-access television station]]. Both the travelers and the residents weigh whether they will try to stay and rebuild the community, or leave in hopes of better lives. One of the residents, [[Ron]], digs a grave to bury "The Neighbors," two horses that were fixtures of town life and who died in the flood. An impromptu ceremony is held in honor of the horses; town resident [[Nikki]] reads a poem, and [[Emily]] sings a song, "[[I'm Going That Way]]." The [[5 Dogwood Drive#Appearance|final view]] is of Shannon and the group having moved the items from Conway's truck into 5 Dogwood Drive, completing his delivery, and gathering in the house.

== Locations ==

* A [[town]]

== References ==
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Roberta

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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is one of [[Donald]]'s research assistants, working on [[XANADU]]. She studies fairy tales.

== Locations ==

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== Name & references ==

Roberta is named after [[wikipedia:Roberta Williams|Roberta Williams]], following the trend of Donald's research assistants having interactive fiction writers as namesakes.

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Talks

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[[Cardboard Computer]] have given '''talks''' and lectures at various events.

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== 2013 ==

=== ''Designing for Mystery in'' Kentucky Route Zero ===
Given at Game Developers Conference 2013 in San Francisco.
* Viewable on the [http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1018063 GDC Vault] ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLYAxYGzhBw YouTube mirror])

=== WordPlay Discussion ===
Given at WordPlay 2013 in Toronto.
* Viewable on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-fXrj2bhYg YouTube]
* [http://handeyesociety.com/event/wordplay-schedule-announcements-a-brick-sandwich/ Event page]

== 2014 ==

=== ''The Half Asleep Moments'' ===
Given at PRACTICE: Game Design in Detail 2014 in New York.
* Viewable on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPpvlKjK0eA YouTube]
* [https://gamecenter.nyu.edu/events/practice/practice-2014-2/#elliot Event page]

=== ''Scenography of'' Kentucky Route Zero ===
Given at Game Developers Conference 2014 in San Francisco.
* Viewable on the [http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1020596 GDC Vault] ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh_o8JEmVdw YouTube mirror])

== 2015 ==

=== ''The now Now NOW – realtime text & type'' ===
Given at A MAZE. / Berlin 2015 in Berlin.
* Viewable on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBHq56hB3BU YouTube] ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mm3Qn7udHI camera view])
* [https://voicerepublic.com/talks/from-pies-to-virtual-reality Audio recording]
* [https://amazeberlin2015.sched.com/event/32NP/ Event page]

=== ''Behind The Scenes Tour Of Kentucky Route Zero'' ===
Given at the UCLA Game Lab in Los Angeles.
* [http://games.ucla.edu/resource/behind-hide-scenes-tour-kentucky-route-zero Event page & photo gallery]

=== UCLA Design Media Arts lecture ===
Given as part of the DMA 2014-15 Lecture Series (with UCLA Game Lab) in Los Angeles.
* Viewable on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQJore7OrAU YouTube] ([http://media.dma.ucla.edu/vod/mp4/021715_jake_elliot.mp4 HQ video])
* [http://games.ucla.edu/resource/jake-elliot-tamas-kemenczy Event page] / [http://games.ucla.edu/resource/behind-hide-scenes-tour-kentucky-route-zero Related event page]

== 2017 ==

=== Industry Talk, Louisville Makes Games! ===
Given at Louisville Makes Games! 2017 in Louisville.
* About {{HATATE}}. Viewable on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRhauKQo0SE&t=698 YouTube]

=== ''Playful Text'' ===
Given at Konsoll 2017 in Bergen.
* Viewable on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws0kCn0A5HY YouTube]

== 2018 ==

=== ''Strange Interludes'' ===
Given at PLAY ME! in Copenhagen.
* [https://www.dfi.dk/branche-og-stoette/creative-europe-desk/play-me-programme Event page]

== 2019 ==

=== ''How to Listen to a Cave'' ===
Given at IULM University in Milan.
* [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-listen-to-a-cave-tickets-55699947041 Tickets page]

=== ''How to Get Lost in a Cave'' ===
Given at IULM University in Milan.
* Viewable on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai2vmGqwHPU YouTube]
* [http://gamedesign.university/elliott-kemenczy Event page]

=== ''FEAR AND WONDER II: An Expedition through the Landscapes of Fiction'' talk ===
Given as part of "Musical Imaginaries, Writhing Bodies and Costumed Cultures" at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles.
* Viewable on [https://livestream.com/sciarc/events/8683101/videos/192240941 Livestream] (from 17:15 to 36:35)
* [https://www.sciarc.edu/events/events/fear-and-wonder-ii-an-expedition-through-the-landscapes-of-fiction Event page]

== 2022 ==

=== ''The Craft of Writing for Games - Expert Panel'' ===
Part of LudoNarraCon 2022.
* Viewable on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-rgqptI6hI YouTube]

== 2025 ==

=== Jake Elliott, Tamas Kemenczy, and Ben Babbitt: ''Kentucky Route Zero'' ===
Part of Conversations at the Edge (CATE) at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
* [https://www.sciarc.edu/events/events/fear-and-wonder-ii-an-expedition-through-the-landscapes-of-fiction Event page]

=== Year of Games Symposium ===
At the University of Chicago.
* [https://voices.uchicago.edu/yearofgames/symposium/ Event page]

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Maps/Town

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James (Museum of Dwellings)

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Sam and Ida

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Music

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{{Materials}}
The '''music''' of {{KRZ}} consists of an ambient soundtrack composed by [[Ben Babbitt]] with bluegrass tracks performed by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]. Each of the game's acts saw a corresponding album release on Ben's [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/ Bandcamp], along with the remastered full-game soundtrack, a one-song ''[[The Entertainment]]'' soundtrack, and album by [[Junebug]].

Inspirations for the score include [https://hedia.bandcamp.com/ Hedia], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneohtrix_Point_Never Oneohtrix Point Never], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Monroe Bill Monroe], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Scott Raymond Scott], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Messiaen Olivier Messiaen], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_(musician) GAS].

Players who have purchased the game are able to access the soundtrack audio files for Acts I–V in the game's installation folder.

Physical copies of a vinyl version of the soundtrack and the Junebug LP were previously available to be pre-ordered at the [https://www.iam8bit.com/collections/krz iam8bit website].

== Original Soundtrack ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero Original Soundtrack
| albumart = KRZ OST album art.jpg
| title1 = Stars Drop Away
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = Ghosts In the Static
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = You've Got To Walk
| note3 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length3 = 2:20
| title4 = Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces
| length4 = 4:24
| title5 = Julian
| length5 = 4:52
| title6 = Long Journey Home (Solo)
| note6 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length6 = 3:17
| title7 = Nameless Interiors
| length7 = 2:04
| title8 = Hall of the Mountain King
| length8 = 3:42
| title9 = Xanadu
| length9 = 2:44
| title10 = Weird Vector
| length10 = 3:07
| title11 = Too Late To Love You
| note11 = by [[Junebug]]
| length11 = 5:57
| title12 = What Would You Give
| note12 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length12 = 3:27
| title13 = Hold Music
| length13 = 4:24
| title14 = Dark Rum Noir
| length14 = 1:57
| title15 = My Light Heaven
| length15 = 3:49
| title16 = Riverworld
| length16 = 4:19
| title17 = Echo River Central Exchange
| length17 = 4:24
| title18 = Angel Wings
| length18 = 5:52
| title19 = This World Is Not My Home
| note19 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
| length19 = 3:27
| title20 = Un Pueblo De Nada
| length20 = 2:59
| title21 = To Love A Red Moon
| length21 = 3:20
| title22 = The Arrival
| length22 = 1:36
| title23 = The Library
| length23 = 2:15
| title24 = 5 Dogwood Drive
| length24 = 4:01
| title25 = I'm Going That Way ft. Emily Cross and The Town Choir
| length25 = 3:09
| title26 = The Clearing
| length26 = 3:18
}}

{{clear}}

Released January 28, 2020. Contains 23 songs from the prior soundtracks and 3 previously unreleased songs. On vinyl, Side A: 1-6; Side B: 7-12; Side C: 13-19; Side D: 20-26. Music by Ben Babbitt. Mastered by [[Theo Karon]] at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. "Dark Rum Noir" and "My Light Heaven" are performed in-game by [[Cyrano Cole]] but are not credited as such on this release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-original-soundtrack here].

== Memory Overflow ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero Memory Overflow
| albumart = KRZ Memory Overflow album art.jpg
| title1 = The Flood
| length1 = 1:10
| title2 = Last Look
| length2 = 2:54
| title3 = April 2017
| length3 = 2:10
| title4 = (270) 301-5797
| length4 = 0:42
| title5 = 65 at Night
| length5 = 2:15
| title6 = Public Transportation
| length6 = 2:54
| title7 = For LME
| length7 = 3:25
| title8 = Lunar Landing
| length8 = 2:15
| title9 = CA Video Music
| length9 = 3:26
| title10 = Mireya's Show
| length10 = 0:56
| title11 = Top Shelf Drone Tape
| length11 = 3:27
| title12 = Organ Music
| length12 = 2:47
| title13 = Hangar Guitar
| length13 = 1:41
| title14 = Quiet Funeral
| length14 = 1:17
| title15 = Xanadu Minimix I
| length15 = 3:49
| title16 = Xanadu Minimix II
| length16 = 3:55
| title17 = Weather Report
| length17 = 2:27
| title18 = Hotmk 2013
| length18 = 2:27
| title19 = Radio 92.2
| length19 = 2:46
| title20 = Night Out
| length20 = 3:36
| title21 = Long Journey demo
| length21 = 3:54
| title22 = UPDN outtake
| length22 = 2:17
| title23 = Radio Cluster
| length23 = 3:11
| title24 = Underworld Drift
| length24 = 6:09
| title25 = Mound Builders
| length25 = 10:57
| title26 = Rolling Credits
| length26 = 2:24
}}

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Released April 2, 2021. Music by Ben Babbitt, spanning work from 2011 to 2020. Comprises music from the game's interludes, radio music, videos, cutouts, extended drifting mixes, and others. Mastered by Theo Karon at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. "Weather Report" is performed in-game by Cyrano Cole but is not credited as such on this release.

Four songs were originally released with different titles: "65 at Night" was "FM Picker"; "Public Transportation" was "Mels"; "Hotmk 2013" was "Hotmk outtake"; and "Radio 92.2" was "FM Dance". These titles were changed within hours of release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-memory-overflow here].

== Act I ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act I
| albumart = Act I soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = The Stars Drop Away (Equus Oils)
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = Ghosts in the Static (Márquez Farm)
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = You've Got to Walk
| note3 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length3 = 2:20
| title4 = Animal Bones (Exit)
| length4 = 2:29
}}

Released January 27, 2013. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by [[Jake Elliott]]. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen. The subtitles for each song were removed for the remaster.

"You've Got to Walk" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on upright bass.

Listen to selected tracks from this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-i here].

== Act II ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act II
| albumart = Act II soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Nameless Interiors
| length1 = 2:04
| title2 = Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces
| length2 = 4:24
| title3 = The Zero
| length3 = 3:33
| title4 = Work and Need
| length4 = 4:10
| title5 = Long Journey Home (Solo)
| note5 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| length5 = 3:17
| title6 = Julian
| length6 = 4:54
| title7 = Long Journey Home
| length7 = 1:58
| note7 = by The Bedquilt Ramblers
}}

Released June 14, 2013. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces" was recorded by Ben Babbitt and Andy Spillman at Highland Park Presbyterian Church in Highland Park, IL. "Long Journey Home" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on double bass. The original release of the song featured a four-count and a brief snippet of studio room tone, and is 2:02 in length. These are edited out for the remastered version, which has a length of 1:58. The "Solo" version of the song originally came with roughly 23 seconds of silence at the end of the track, giving it a length of 3:40; this was trimmed out for the 2020 remaster.

Listen to selected tracks from this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-ii here].

== ''The Entertainment'' ==

{{Tracklist
| title = The Entertainment Soundtrack
| albumart = The Entertainment soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Letter Full of Promises
| length1 = 3:28
| note1 = feat. [[wikipedia:Juanita Rogers|Juanita Rogers]]
}}

Released November 26, 2013. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/the-entertainment-soundtrack here].

=== Sound cues ===

The various sound effects featured in ''The Entertainment'' were made available on May 12, 2017 as part of the [https://kentuckyroutezero.com/the-entertainment/vr.txt updated "VR version" instructions] (which ask the player to print out the script, download the sound cues, and stage their own version of the play). "Letter Full of Promises" is listed here as "Jukebox Love Song".

{{Tracklist
| title =  
| albumart = EntertainmentHead.png
| title1 = Distant Highway
| length1 = 1:02
| title2 = Drone 1
| length2 = 0:32
| title3 = Glasses Clinking
| length3 = 0:01
| title4 = Car Passing By
| length4 = 0:09
| title5 = Distant Highway
| length5 = 1:02
| title6 = Nature Program
| length6 = 1:42
| title7 = Drone 2
| length7 = 0:32
| title8 = Door Opening
| length8 = 0:01
| title9 = Door Closing
| length9 = 0:01
| title10 = Car Passing By
| length10 = 0:09
| title11 = Distant Highway
| length11 = 1:02
| title12 = Drone 3
| length12 = 0:32
| title1 = Distant Highway
| length1 = 1:02
| title14 = Jukebox Love Song
| length14 = 3:28
| note14 = feat. [[wikipedia:Juanita Rogers|Juanita Rogers]]
| title15 = Disconcerting Hum
| length15 = 0:22
}}

Download and listen to the sound cues [https://web.archive.org/web/20230725054424/http://kentuckyroutezero.com/the-entertainment/TheEntertainment_SoundCues.zip here] (ZIP file).

== Act III ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act III
| albumart = Act III soundtrack album art.jpg
| title1 = Xanadu
| length1 = 2:44
| title2 = Weird Vector
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Hall of the Mountain King
| length3 = 3:42
| title4 = Too Late to Love You
| length4 = 5:57
| note4 = by [[Junebug]]
| title5 = What Would You Give
| length5 = 3:27
| note5 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
}}

Released May 6, 2014. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Too Late To Love You" features lyrics by Jake Elliott. The original release of ''Act III'' included the in-game vocal take and a short ambient section after the first chorus (the same found in-game when taking time to decide on a lyrical option), and is 6:14 in length. The newer master by Theo Karon features a different vocal take and is the same version found on Junebug's album ''[[Music#Too Late to Love You|Too Late to Love You]]'', with a length of 5:57. This release does not credit the song to Junebug, unlike the ''Original Soundtrack''.

"What Would You Give" features vocals by Emily Cross, with Bob Buckstaff on upright bass.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-iii here].

== Act IV ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act IV
| albumart = Krz-act4-full.jpg
| title1 = Dark Rum Noir
| length1 = 1:57
| title2 = My Light Heaven
| length2 = 3:49
| title3 = Glowing Arms
| length3 = 3:31
| title4 = Riverworld
| length4 = 4:19
| title5 = Angel Wings
| length5 = 5:52
| title6 = Echo River Central Exchange
| length6 = 4:24
| title7 = This World Is Not My Home
| length7 = 3:27
| note7 = by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]
| title8 = Music for Rivers
| length8 = 3:05
}}

Released August 5, 2016. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Jake Elliott. A remastered version was released on January 28, 2020, produced by Ben Babbitt and mastered by Theo Karen.

"Dark Rum Noir", "My Light Heaven", "Glowing Arms", and "This World Is Not My Home" mixed by Theo Karon. Album artwork by [[Tamas Kemenczy]]. "Dark Rum Noir", "My Light Heaven" and "Glowing Arms" are performed in-game by Cyrano Cole but are not credited as such on this release.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-iv here].

== Act V ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Kentucky Route Zero, Act V
| albumart = Act V poster.png
| title1 = The Arrival
| length1 = 1:40
| title2 = The Library
| length2 = 2:15
| title3 = 5 Dogwood Drive
| length3 = 4:01
| title4 = I'm Going That Way ft. Emily Cross and The Town Choir
| length4 = 3:09
| title5 = The Clearing
| length5 = 3:18
}}

Released January 28, 2020. Written and produced by Ben Babbitt. Mastered by Theo Karon at Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA.

"I'm Going That Way" performed by Emily Cross, with Ben Babbitt, Nikole Beckwith, Alex Rose, Walt McClements, Alina Cutrono, Anna Ialeggio, Theo Karon, and Thomas Carroll appearing under the name The Town Choir.

Listen to this album [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-act-v here].

== ''Too Late to Love You'' ==

{{Tracklist
| title = Too Late to Love You
| albumart = Junebug - Too Late to Love You.jpg
| title1 = Intro
| length1 = 1:11
| title2 = Static Between Stations
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Poison Dream
| length3 = 3:37
| title4 = Lighter Than It Feels
| length4 = 3:12
| title5 = Too Late To Love You
| length5 = 5:55
| title6 = Interlude
| length6 = 1:37
| title7 = Out Here
| length7 = 4:37
| title8 = Deeply In Mind
| length8 = 4:35
| title9 = Sky Remains
| length9 = 3:17
| title10 = Next Time
| length10 = 3:20
| title11 = Night Surrounds Us
| length11 = 5:02
}}

Released October 2, 2020. Written and produced by Ben Babbitt in 2014–15 at the Coach House in Chicago, IL and Hotel Earth in Los Angeles, CA. Artwork and design by Camilo Medina. On vinyl, Side A: 1-6; Side B: 7-11.

The title of "Intro" was changed to "Overture" on Junebug's Bandcamp page on or before October 7, 2025.

The single "Static Between Stations" was released August 23, 2016 and was previously available to listen to [https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/track/static-between-stations-2 here] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20180912210619/https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/track/static-between-stations-2 archived copy]). A music video for this song is viewable [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHR0A8YYnig here]. The music video was directed by Rebecca Rau and Alex Tyson, and stars Mireya Lucio, Theo Karon, and Ben Babbitt; makeup is by Alina Cutrono with costumes by Anna Leocha and Alina Cutrono, with special thanks to Tim Horner.

"Too Late to Love You" appears in-game in ''[[Act III]]'' as an interactive scene in [[The Lower Depths]]. Players are able to choose one of three options, for each of the three verses, for Junebug to sing; one "definitive" lyric is presented on this album. "Sky Remains" and "Deeply in Mind" appear in-game in ''[[Act IV]]'', playing as background music inside of the gas station. "Deeply in Mind" can also be heard in the Act IV Observational Trailer, viewable [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bFCNFqf_-0 here].

A short teaser video, using the song "Interlude", was made available on the WEVP-TV website and can be watched [https://sloth.cardboard.computer/vdb/junebug-fog.mp4 here].

Listen to this album [https://junebug.bandcamp.com/album/too-late-to-love-you here].

== Other tracks ==

A recording of "This World Is Not My Home" performed by The Bedquilt Ramblers was released in the August 2011 [[newsletter]] and is available to listen to [[:File:This World is Not My Home by The Bedquilt Ramblers.mp3|here]]. This song was eventually re-recorded in a more somber tone for [[Act IV]] of the game. The game's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pvkCYNhf7M Kickstarter trailer] features a version of this song sung by [[wikipedia:Bill Monroe|Bill Monroe]].

An electronic version of "This World Is Not My Home" by Ben Babbitt is available on SoundCloud [[:File:This World is Not My Home (Electronic) by Ben Babbitt.mp3|here]].

A version of "What Would You Give" by the Bedquilt Ramblers, with an extended intro and outro, is available to listen to [[:File:What Would You Give (In Exchange for Your Soul) by the Bedquilt Ramblers.ogv|here]].

An ambient version of "What Would You Give", created by Ben Babbitt during the development of Act I, is available to listen to [[:File:What Would You Give (Ambient) by Ben Babbitt.ogv|here]].

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James B. Carrington

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[[File:Carrington.png|thumb|right|''CARRINGTON: Maybe they ''should'' feel lost, Joseph: just as lost then as we are always already lost. Just like poor, itinerant Silas, wandering the road, looking for a home.'']]
'''James Beckwourth Carrington''', usually referred to as just '''Carrington''', is a friend of [[Joseph]] and [[Lula]] from their college days. He is the director of the plays ''[[The Entertainment]]'' and {{DOTHM}}. [[Conway]] has the chance to meet him at [[Equus Oils]] in [[Act I]].

A [[wrongle]] of Carrington is viewable at http://kentuckyroutezero.com/phonebooth.wrongle.

== Personality and life ==

Carrington is an enthusiastic and verbose character with an impressive knowledge of and passion for dramatic works. He claims drama is only his second love; his true calling is pseudoscience. Little is known about Carrington's personal life.

== Appearances ==

Throughout the story, Carrington searches for an outdoor venue to perform his [[Death Of The Hired Man|play]], an experimental adaptation of "[[wikipedia:The Death of the Hired Man|The Death of the Hired Man]]" by [[wikipedia:Robert Frost|Robert Frost]]. At [[Equus Oils]] in [[Act I]], he asks [[Conway]] to find a venue for him, saying he hopes for "Somewhere outdoors. Somewhere intimate. Somewhere tragic."

In the beginning of [[Act II]], Carrington talks with [[Lula]] at the [[Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces|Bureau]] and quotes the French dramatist [[wikipedia:Antonin Artaud|Antonin Artaud]]. He appears later at the [[Random Access Self Storage|self-storage facility]], asking Conway for ideas as to a venue.

In [[Act III]], he will meet the group at the location suggested for the play in the previous act – either at Equus Oils, [[Elkhorn Mine]], or the storage facility. In talking with [[Shannon]], he references plays, such as ''[[wikipedia:Oresteia|Oresteia]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Goethe's Faust|Faust]]'', ''[[wikipedia:The Iceman Cometh|The Iceman Cometh]]'', and ''[[wikipedia:The Glass Menagerie|The Glass Menagerie]]''.

He appears and is the focus of the post-Act V [[Death Of The Hired Man|epilogue]], which takes the same title as his play.

== Inspiration ==

The character of Carrington was inspired by two historical figures: [[wikipedia:James Beckwourth|James Pierson Beckwourth]], an African American mountain man from the mid-19th century, and [[wikipedia:Whately Carington|Whately Carington]], an English parapsychologist.

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Gloria B.

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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a resident who lived in Munfordville. Shannon discovers a video tape of an elderly couple reading her obituary while aboard the [[Mucky Mammoth]].

== Children ==

Gloria was survived by her four children, Dakota, Montana, Minnesota, and Bobby.

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Van

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[[File:PhilMortonVanDoorside.png|right|x225px]]
[[File:JaneVeederPhilMorton.png|right|x225px]]

The '''van''' is a location on the {{ZeroLink}} in [[Act III]]. It can be found by starting at the [[Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces]], going counterclockwise to [[the TV]], then turning around and driving until arriving at the van.

At the van site, the cast meets in-world depictions of [[wikipedia:Phil Morton|Phil Morton]] and [[wikipedia:Jane Veeder|Jane Veeder]], two pioneers in the field of video [[wikipedia:Video Art|video art]]. The van is modeled after a real-life vehicle owned by Morton.

WEVP-TV

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[[File:Destroyed WEVP studio.png|thumb|right|The remains of the WEVP broadcast station]]
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a community-run television station featured in {{UPDN}}.

Its website is located at http://wevp.tv/, with an archive of videos available at http://wevp.tv/vdb/.

The remains of the physical studio can be seen in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oDurkTc6ng this video].

== Website ==

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== History ==

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WEVP-TV was started by the [[Consolidated Power Company]], who initially used it to broadcast security footage of the woods. They later broadcasted company training videos and propaganda.

Some time after the [[Out-of-Towner]]'s death, the station was fully handed over to the community, funded by a court-ordered grant from Consolidated. WEVP's studio included the set for ''The Evening Broadcast'', a projector setup for [[Elmo]]'s weather report, the Video Data Bank, a few cameras, a control board, a [[wikipedia:Sandin Image Processor|Sandin Image Processor]], a cork board, a chalkboard, a couch, and a coffee table.

By Rita's estimation, the studio had eight thousand, one hundred and ninety-two broadcasts. Its final broadcast was [[Weaver]]'s hijacked message to Shannon.

The station is destroyed shortly after the events of ''Un Pueblo de Nada''. On the morning of [[Act V]], its remains can be found next door to [[5 Dogwood Drive]]. More than half the roof has collapsed in, destroying the Video Data Bank. Emily picks through its remains to salvage surviving video tapes and equipment.

== Programs ==

* ''Night Noise''
* ''The Evening Broadcast'' – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJi33k5kznk
* ''The Swap Show''
* ''Elmo's Weekly Weather Report'' – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAfaB0KCbyw
* Video art by (''WILD'') – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANymLv0C_pU
* "Aunt Connie" public service announcements
** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftUqPQIw0z4
** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-4L_-gxuJg
** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSgC1JWe6a4
* Consolidated Power Co. security footage
* Consolidated Power Co. training videos
* Morning broadcast
* An exercise show
* A bird show
* A "naked banjo guy"

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAq_Fde6jrY Technical difficulties] are also occasionally encountered.

== Employees, volunteers & program guests ==

* [[Rita]]
* [[Elmo]]
* [[Emily, Ben, and Bob]]
* [[Slow Moe Crow]]
* [[Nikki]]
* [[Maya]]
* [[Cyrano]]
* [[James]]
* [[Ron]]
* [[Dashiell]]
* [[Mimi]]
* [[Weaver]] (formerly)

== Gallery ==

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Luis

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Attendant

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Clyde

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The Lower Depths

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'''The Lower Depths''' is a bar tended by [[Harry]]. The group travels to the bar in [[Act III]], where [[Junebug and Johnny]] perform a concert there. It is also the setting of the interludes ''[[The Entertainment]]'' and {{DOTHM}}.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:LowerDepths-Outside.png|Outside view of the bar
File:LowerDepths-Ceiling.png|"[[Too Late to Love You]]"
File:Too Late to Love You.png|Another view of the performance
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Ira

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'''Ira''' was [[Lysette]]'s husband [[Conway]]'s former boss. He owned a roofing company, and was described as wiry and irritable. His son [[Charlie]] passed away in a roofing accident while in college.

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Nikki

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Thomas

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Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces

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{{Highway
| Title = BUREAU
| Image = 0_bureau.png
| Route = 65
| Direction = clockwise
| Left = The scare-crow
| Left link = The scarecrow
| Right = The crystal
| 2Route = 65
| 2Direction = counterclockwise
| 2Left = The crystal
| 2Right = The jaws
| 2Right link = The jaws
| Height = 456px
}}The '''Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces''' is an institution that assigns new uses to spaces deemed underused. Its offices are built into the side of a cathedral with architecture partially inspired by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Bride%27s_Church,_East_Kilbride St. Bride's Church of East Kilbride]. Its location between the [[Echo River]] and the main circuit of the {{ZeroLink}} make it a hub of underground travel.

== Layout ==

=== Lobby ===
The lobby consists of a small dock with a reception desk and a waiting area. Niches in the walls contain clusters of television sets, each depicting different scenes. The [[Bureau of Secret Tourism]]'s phone, answering machine, and brochures sit on the waiting area coffee table.

Hermit crabs congregate along the edges of the dock during [[Will]]'s organ performance. Many have repurposed office supplies as shells.

=== First floor (clerks' offices) ===
The clerks' offices are a relatively average office space — desks, computers, stacks of paperwork. [[Lula Chamberlain]], [[Rebecca Metzstein]], [[Ed Böhm]], and [[Ellen MacMillan]] can be found working at their desks while [[Rick]] idles beside the elevator.

=== Second floor (conference room) ===
The conference room has a projector screen and a table of employees that watch Conway and Shannon as they pass. There's also a water cooler, coffee, and food. In the back is a small kitchen.

On a ledge across from this floor, [[Will]] can be found grilling crab beside a large pipe organ. If the player watches him, he will begin playing [[Music#Act_II|"Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces"]], and lights throughout the building will dim.

Once the lights are out, the conference begins a slideshow of "obscure corners of nameless interiors, astronomical diagrams projecting the distances between celestial bodies, a painting by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_de_Chirico Giorgio de Chirico], a list of 'unpopular anagrams.'"

=== Third floor (bears) ===
The third floor is occupied by a group of bears that may have previously lived near the [[town]]. They sit among stacks of buckets, watching Conway and Shannon as they pass.

=== Fourth floor (archives and records) ===
The fourth floor is crammed with tall stacks of filing boxes containing records beginning with A, B, C, D, E, and F. All other records are stored in unit C315 of the [[Random Access Self Storage]] facility.

=== Fifth floor (diagrams and drafts) ===
[[Greg]] can be found working on the top floor. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._3_(Beethoven) Beethoven's Symphony No. 3] plays on a skipping record in the corner.

== Employees ==
=== Current ===
* [[Mary Ann]], receptionist
* [[Lula Chamberlain]], senior clerk
* [[Rick]], ingestion clerk
* [[Wanda]], ingestion clerk
* [[Rebecca Metzstein]], junior clerk
* [[Ed Böhm]], junior clerk
* [[Ellen MacMillan]], junior clerk and "documents czar"
* [[Greg]], interior spatial analyst
* [[Luis]]

=== Former ===
* [[Weaver Márquez]], intern

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Bureau front.png|Arrival at the Bureau
File:Bureau.png|Overview of the Bureau building
File:Lula.png|Lula at work
</gallery>

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Town

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A '''town''' with no roads leading to or from it is located above the [[Silo of Late Reflections]] mail stop along the [[Echo River]]. It is the location of [[5 Dogwood Drive]] and the [[WEVP-TV]] station, and is surrounded by a forest. [[The Seer]]'s [[earthwork path]] is a recognizable landmark which encircles the hole leading to the Silo.

The town has been inhabited by several generations, the first settlers being the [[Pueblo de Nada]]. It was also in the grip of the [[Consolidated Power Company]] for a certain amount of time. The town was home to the horses known as "[[the Neighbors]]" and to the [[Out-of-Towner]]. Bears also previously lived in the town, around the time workers from the [[Consolidated Power Company]] operated in it, before moving to the [[Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces]]. The town is presently inhabited by the presence of ghosts, memories of its past.

It is the main setting of [[Act V]].

The remains of the WEVP-TV studio can be seen in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oDurkTc6ng this video].

== History ==
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== Inhabitants ==
The following characters live or have lived in the town before [[Act V]]:

* The [[Out-of-Towner]]
* [[The Neighbors]]
* [[Rita]]
* [[Elmo]]
* [[Ron]]
* [[Nikki]]
* [[Clyde]]
* Cass
* Frazier
* Isabelle
* Alex
* Chris
* Sandra
* Jorge
* [[The Seer]]
* The Diver
* The Earth Movers
* The Draftsman
* The Stoneworker
* The Deer Hunters

== Locations ==

* Dogwood Drive
** [[5 Dogwood Drive]]
** "Ethnic quarter" (formerly the "drowned quarter")
* Ash Alley
** "New quarter" (formerly the "old quarter")
** "Marsh quarter" (formerly the "new quarter")
* Dymaxion houses
* The Seer's [[earthwork path]], encircling the top of the [[Silo of Late Reflections]]
* Aircraft (Demoichelle) hangar
* [[WEVP-TV]] station
* Barn
* Houses
* Graveyard
* Bell tower
* Cafe (previously Company Store)
* Garden
* Library
* Old church
* Small cave

=== Aerial view ===
: See [[Maps/Town]]

== Gallery ==

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Tree

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