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Family is a 2020 puzzle video game by Sheinman Games, the studio of independent British developer Tim Sheinman. Described by the creator as a "unique detective game of musical genealogy", players piece together information from radio interviews, music and written notes to identify a series of band members in a fictitious music scene, the 'London Pop Scene', displayed on an incomplete family tree from 1985 to 1995. The game contains short recordings from each fictional artist evocative of real-world counterparts in 80s and 90s indie and alternative music.

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Family

Date
2020
Language
English
Genre
puzzle video game · adventure video game

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Family is a 2020 puzzle video game by Sheinman Games, the studio of independent British developer Tim Sheinman. Described by the creator as a "unique detective game of musical genealogy", players piece together information from radio interviews, music and written notes to identify a series of band members in a fictitious music scene, the 'London Pop Scene', displayed on an incomplete family tree from 1985 to 1995. The game contains short recordings from each fictional artist evocative of real-world counterparts in 80s and 90s indie and alternative music.

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