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|engine = [[wikipedia:Unity (game engine)|Unity]]
|platform = Windows, macOS, Linux
|release = 2013–2018 ([[Act I]]: December 2012<br />[[Limits & Demonstrations#Development|L&Dinfo]]: February 2013<br />[[Act II]]: May 2013<br />[[The Entertainment|TE]]: November 2013<br />[[Act III]]: May 2014<br />[[Here And There Along The Echo|HATATE]]: October 2014<br />[[Act IV]]: July 2016<br />[[Un Pueblo De Nada|UPDN]]: January 2018<br />[[Act V]]: 2018 (forthcoming)
}}
{{title}} is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway in the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it. The game is developed and published by [[Cardboard Computer]], an independent studio consisting of [[Jake Elliott]], [[Tamas Kemenczy]], and [[Ben Babbitt]]. It follows an episodic format, mirroring the dramatic structure of a five-act play. The project was first revealed on January 7, 2011 on Kickstarter. By the end of the campaign, the game had acquired USD $8,583 from 205 backers, exceeding its original goal of $6,500. A heavily-revised trailer with an updated visual style was released on October 17, 2012.
== Gameplay ==
[[File:Apologies.png|thumb|right|Players are able to choose between two dialogue options.]]
''Kentucky Route Zero'' is point-and-click game. There are no traditional puzzles or challenges; instead, the game focuses on storytelling and atmosphere. Players are able to control Conway (and other characters) by clicking on the screen, either to guide him to a location or interact with other characters and objects. Players are also able to choose characters' dialogue during in-game conversations, which are text-based. These choices do not impact the storyline as in a branching narrative, but rather influence the poetic dialogue of characters later on, affect aspects of stories that are told to the player, or change which characters may be encountered.
== Development ==
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! Titre !! Medium !! Release date
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| [[Act I]] || Video game || January 7, 2013
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| ''[[Limits & Demonstrations]]'' || Video game<br />Art exhibition || February 8, 2013 <br/>October 4–10, 2013
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| [[Act II]] || Video game || May 31, 2013
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| ''[[The Entertainment]]'' || Video game, Play || November 22, 2013
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| [[Act III]] || Video game || May 6, 2014
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| ''[[Here And There Along The Echo]]'' || Video game, [[wikipedia:Interactive voice response|IVR system]] || October 30, 2014
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| [[Act IV]] || Video game || July 19, 2016
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| [[WEVP-TV]] || [[wikipedia:Web television|Web television]] || Summer 2016
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| ''[[Un Pueblo De Nada]]'' || Video game, [[wikipedia:Video art|Video art]] || January 25, 2018
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| [[Act V]] || Video game || {{n/a}}
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== Synopsis ==
