Joe wrote about this one a couple of days ago but I’ve just finished Silence, the first episode of The Lion’s Song [official site] – a point-and-click story about a young composer who heads to the Alps to deal with writer’s block/composer’s block.

I figured I’d write a quick post about what I liked – I mean, the story itself is sometimes clunky or the dialogue doesn’t feel natural but it does some interesting things trying to navigate the sense of music/sound through written language and the art style is great.

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The Lion’s Song [official site] is a wonderful point-and-click adventure that began life as a Ludum Dare 30 entry almost two years ago. It tells the splendid tale of Wilma, a talented but struggling musician, who retreats to a friend’s cabin nestled in the Austrian Alps in a bid to kickstart her creative side which, besides her scant possessions, offers little in the way of furnishings besides one of the first ever telephones. One day, an inventor calls to test this new fangled contraption and so unfolds a charming narrative between you, Wilma, and the man on the other end of the line.

The Lion’s Song is now being expanded into a four part episodical series, it seems, the first of which is out now on Steam. For free! Here’s the episode one ‘Silence’ launch trailer that landed this week:

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