Calm the Storm

A Branching Narrative Podcast

Theo and Kallie are on their way out for a fun night at the club. Little do they know that monsters lurk in the shadows... waiting for a patsy, a snack, or maybe a saviour. The night will tell.

Calm the Storm is a branching video game that combines the experience of a narrative podcast with the interactive decision-making of a choose-your-own-path story or visual novel, letting the listener choose their preferred outcome for the story. Will Theo unlock hidden powers? Will Kallie take arms and fight a vampire? Only you can decide.

Calm the Storm releases May 2025.

Ludic Lemur is excited to release this narrative experiment to audiences for free. And it is an experiment. We're pretty sure this hands-free, voice-controllable adventure is the first game of its kind, and we can't wait to hear what you think, get your feedback, learn, and make the next one. We hope the experience will be fully accessible for people who are visually impaired, with closed captioning for people who are Deaf and/or hard of hearing and a voice-command interface for people with manual and/or visual impairments.

We look forward to collecting your feedback about Calm the Storm and improving it in future iterations.

Meet the Cast and Crew

Vitor Amado: SFX, Ambiance, Foley

Nathania Bernabe: Voice Actor (Kallie / Gemma)

Amy Fox: Voice Actor (Theo / Harper), CEO, Artistic Director, Writer, Sound Assistant

Wren Handman: Voice Actor (Narrator), Creative Director, Writer, Sound Assistant

Jiahui Li, Sound Editor

Kenneth Seto Tynan: Voice Actor (Jin-Ho)

Kalev Tait: Voice Actor (Silence), Design Director, Technical Director

*Calm the Storm logo made in-house using assets from Unsplash:

Spencer Watson, thebrownspy

Jeremy Thomas, jeremythomasphoto