Calm the Storm: A Branching Narrative Podcast
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 audio 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 decide on 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's demo is available on Itch.io, Steam, and for direct download below.
Calm the Storm launched as a free experiment in June, 2025. After collecting feedback from Playability, AccessAbility, and a core group of players, we relaunched the game as a free demo with new UI/UX features. We plan to release a full game in late 2026/early 2027.
*Please note, Calm the Storm contains mild profanity and low-gore violence.
Indie Game Awards Nominee!
We are so honoured that Calm the Storm has been nominated for the Indie Game Awards. It means a lot to us that we can make a game that's fun, accessible, and completely free to play. We plan to continue to grow and develop Calm the Storm, and we can't wait for you all to see it. In the meantime, good luck to all the nominees!
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 and Sound Designer
Praveen Namasivayam: UI and UX Designer
Kenneth Seto Tynan: Voice Actor (Jin-Ho)
Ayushi Singh: UI Artist
Kalev Tait: Voice Actor (Silence), Design Director, Technical Director
*Calm the Storm logo made in-house using Unsplash assets from Spencer Watson, thebrownspy and Jeremy Thomas, jeremythomasphoto.
*Music credits: "Bullet Train" by tubebackr, "Outfit" by Alex-Productions, "Caribbean Dream" by EuGenius and VikA, and "Night Sky" by Leonell Cassio featuring Julia Mihevc. To access links and license information, please see our readme page.