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In a dinosaur-filled high school facing an uncertain future, Fang balances friendships, band life, and choices in a narrative adventure.
Released 29 Aug 2023
Choose Fang’s Lyrics
Play Band Rhythms
Shape Friendships
Goodbye Volcano High is a cinematic narrative adventure about love, change, and the end of the world. Guide Fang through their final year of high school as they try to make things right before time is up.
Developed by KO_OP · Published by KO_OP
Goodbye Volcano High follows Fang, a non-binary dinosaur student in their final year of high school as a looming catastrophe hangs over the future. Fang is also trying to work out what they want from life and how to navigate changing relationships with friends and family.
The story unfolds through conversations and player-selected dialogue, with choices guiding Fang’s responses and relationship affinity. Players spend time with friends, family, acquaintances, and crushes as Fang handles school-life tensions and considers what comes next.
Fang’s band provides interactive rhythm performances and a system for choosing song lyrics. The game also includes dinosaur-themed social media interactions and tabletop role-playing sessions, alongside its hand-drawn, animated presentation and voiced dialogue.
Players often praise the soundtrack, art, and cast, and some say the coming-of-age story and its themes left a strong emotional impression. The rhythm sections are another recurring highlight. Others find the writing or pacing underdeveloped, and many feel that choices have limited influence on the main story or its outcome.
Fully voice-acted and starring Lachlan Watson (The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)
Meaningful choices: Make difficult decisions to navigate Fang’s life and friendships
Stunning hand-drawn art and character animations—feels like a playable cartoon
Written using the storytelling engine that powers Heaven's Vault, Sorcery! and 80 Days
Goodbye Volcano High: a hybrid cinematic narrative/rhythm game/coming of age/interactive movie visual novel experience
Just Fang’s luck: they finally figure out what they want out of life, and now the world’s about to explode.
Ok. So the world’s ending—do you tell your crush your feelings? Fix your messed-up family dynamic? Write the best song ever ever ever?? Try to do it all?
Goodbye Volcano High is a story-driven, choice-based cinematic adventure game about personal growth, acceptance, and the power of community. What will you do at the end of an era?
Your choices shape who Fang becomes, and determine your gameplay experience. Discover what the future holds as you play through your final year at Volcano High. No pressure...
Get close with friends, family, acquaintances, frenemies, crushes (crushes!?!). Figure out how you’re gonna be there for your loved ones when it matters most—it is the literal end of the world, after all. Nurturing relationships builds affinity and changes the outcome of your gameplay.
Put all the shit that’s hard to say into your music with an interactive rhythm and lyrics system. Choose what you want to say in your lyrics and then perform those original tracks throughout the story.
Immerse yourself in Fang's day-to-day through interactions and conversations. In-game dinosaur-themed social media and interactive one-offs make you a part of Fang's life.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 37 |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| Website | Official website |
