Kentucky Route Zero is an point-and-click adventure interactive fiction game developed by Cardboard Computer and published by Annapurna Interactive. The game was first revealed in 2011 via the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter and is separated into five acts that were released sporadically throughout its development; the first releasing in January 2013 and the last releasing in January 2020. The game was developed for Linux, Windows, and macOS, with console ports for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One under the subtitle of “TV Edition”, coinciding with the release of the final act. The game was released for Android and iOS on December 13, 2022, in partnership with Netflix. Wikipedia
Research exclusive to this game
Mitchell, Alex. “Defamiliarization and poetic interaction in Kentucky route zero.” Well Played Journal 3, no. 2 (2014): 161-178.
Research that includes this game in its sample
Kway, Liting, and Alex Mitchell. “Emotional agency in storygames.” In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, pp. 1-10. 2018.
Kway, Liting, and Alex Mitchell. “Perceived agency as meaningful expression of playable character personality traits in storygames.” In Interactive Storytelling: 11th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2018, Dublin, Ireland, December 5–8, 2018, Proceedings 11, pp. 230-239. Springer International Publishing, 2018.