Recently I've been looking at a lot of Indie Games. Trying to find some that are truly unique and awesome. Thanks to a friend of mine I stumbled upon Karmaflow.

As the title suggests it's a rock opera video game. What does that mean? It means the story is spoken through song, that's right it's literally sung to you. 

The story of Karmaflow revolves around the Karmakeeper, a being who's tasked with keeping balance in the Multiverse. Something went wrong though and the worlds have fallen into chaos, it's your job to fix the balance by restoring the karmaflow. As you progress through each world you will hear about each world's downfall via the guardians of the world. Also you'll meet very interesting creatures as you explore the unique worlds.

The gameplay is action/adventure mixed with platforming and puzzles. As you traverse through the worlds you'll be able to upgrade the Karmakeeper and give him new abilities. Much of what the Karmakeeper is and what he is about is being kept a secret right now but I'm sure it'll be worth the wait.

One of the most interesting things as I've said is that the story is sung to you, but what's REALLY interesting is by who. The team creating Karmaflow has brought together a very unique group of singers from the Metal genre.

Some singers they've unveiled so far is: Marc Hudson (Dragonforce), Henning Basse (MaYaN, Uli John Roth), Elize Ryd (Amaranthe), Mark Jansen (Epica, MaYaN), Simone Simons (Epica), Dani Filth (Cradle of Filth, Devilment), Mariangela Demurtas (Tristania), and Alissa White-Gluz (The Agonist)

Each will playing as a character (hero or villain) and will sing out the story. Many of the characters are being modeled after the singers voices so that they resemble the style that's being sung.

The music of the worlds is also going to be unique. The team behind Karmaflow has hired the Dutch Metropole Orchestra to assist in the creation of music but they're also invoking the style of rock and metal into it. Many times during the game the music will change based on either what you want or what you're doing at the time.

Speaking of altering music, the story, which again is sung to you, has the power to change based on your actions. The story will diverge and thus give you alternate endings. This encourages multiple playthroughs to see how different you can make the story.

Karmaflow is totally worth a look. You can check out their main site here, listen to an interview with the creator Ivo van Dijk here, and if you like what you see and hear please donate to the Indiegogo campaign they're doing right now. It's in its last week though so please hurry. No matter how much is raised it goes to them once it's completed, guaranteed. And like other fundraising sites you get rewards based on how much you donate. Check out the main video to see the first gameplay footage of Karmaflow, Ivo says it's early alpha-stage but honestly it looks amazing already.

Karmaflow is doing something that truly hasn't been done more, incoporating music into the story and gameplay like nothing else before it. Please check it out and spread the word.

Here is the link to the debut trailer. The song is being sung by Marc Hudson of Dragonforce.

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/karmaflow-the-rock-opera-videogame

The Indiegogo page is here, there's five days left to donate.

Offtopic :

So is kickstarter becoming to mainstream so they're using Indiegogo?

On topic that really reminds me of a very underrated game called El Shadai , that game was just awesome in it's blend of music and gameplay.

Off-topic: No, I think it's because you HAVE to raise the full amount on Kickstarter to get the money where as on Indiegogo you get whatever you raise. it's riskier but it's better than nothing. Right now they have 27,000 Euros and they'll get all of it and make a great game with what they have, it may not be everything they want but they'll do what they can.

On topic: I heard of El Shadai and heard a lot of people say good things about it. Hopefully Karmaflow will be liked the same.

Middle of the topic: If you like Karmaflow please spread the word about it.

There's still time to be part of the first Rock Opera video game. Check out the link below to find out more about Karmaflow!

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/karmaflow-the-rock-opera-videogame

By the way here's the ACTUAL trailer for Karmaflow, sorry about the wrong link....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSze51a4U60

As I write this now there's about 40 hours left in the Indiegogo campaign for Karmaflow. They've raised almost 30,000 Euros which is not bad at all.

Remember all money donated goes straight to the developers after the project completes, it's not a "you must raise you're entire goal to get the money" sort of deal like Kickstarter.

So if you like music games and want to see an interesting take on check out Karmaflow. I have links above and in my signature where you can get more info and go to their Indiegogo page.

Let's help make the first Rock Opera video game!

They just crossed the 30,000 Euro mark, very impressive. Time is still available to donate to this epic project, click the links to go their Indiegogo page!

Personally I wish I had more money to give, there's this epic jacket reward but I can't afford it.....

will it be more like Tommy or mor like The Wall

Not sure what you mean (I only know of Tommy) but if you wish to know what it'll sound like check out the teaser video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSze51a4U60

Or check out the Indiegogo page where they have a character singing a brief number: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/karmaflow-the-rock-opera-videogame/x/4545111

I know it'll be heavily influenced by Rock and Metal music.

You have to from UK or US for kickstarter, wich is the main reason people use indiegogo.

Tough most project were under 10k, since "noobz" got a million trough the platform there may be bigger project on it now.

That said, I don't like either rock opera or Dragonforce.