Krankel likens Jonas to River Phoenix in Stand By Me. Oxenfree opens the night Alex meets Jonas for the first time. was trying to find a sense of self at the time that we all do. "Think of Lindsay, where she was testing her boundaries," he said. Krankel compares Alex to Freaks and Geeks' lovable misfit heroine, Lindsay. While she's working through her problems, she's also getting used to having a new family member in the form of her step-brother, Jonas. A year ago, her brother was killed in a car accident on the way to pick her up, for which she carries a great deal of guilt. Alex is a senior in high school whose parents have divorced her mother is remarrying. It's called Oxenfree - an adventure game Krankel describes as Freaks and Geeks meets Poltergeist, with a little bit of Stand By Me and The Goonies mixed in.Īt first blush, Oxenfree looks like your typical modern, coming-of-age teen drama. They're working on a new game, the kind they've wanted to make for years. Cousins and creators from well-know developers - Krankel formerly of Disney, Hines from Telltale - the two left their jobs and formed a company called Night School Studio. Sean Krankel and Adam Hines have been making "stupid movies" together since they were five years old.
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