Catholic Guilt released a new EP This Is What Honesty Sounds Like on Friday (Wiretap Records) and, in preview, also shared a free 8-bit gamification of the band called "Furrend Finder." The game can be played in-browser.
A 3-level game, the press release states:
‘Furrend Finder’ sees you play the part of kitty ‘Lucy Furr’ as she goes on a quest to find and rescue her furrends from the cage of loneliness. Be sure to avoid those dangerous pitfalls and cucumbers, as you shoot love hearts at the bad dogs and birds trying to keep Lucy Furr from freeing her furrends.
What's that got to do with an Australian punk band? It's based on the single "A Boutique Affair" from their new record--a features an alternate version of the song during gameplay.
Vocalist Brenton Harris says:
The inspiration for the game was one of those moments of creativity and necessity colliding. I was trying to think of fun ways to engage with our fans during lockdown, and the idea of making a game based on one of our songs just popped up one day while I was playing my old SEGA. As soon as the idea was born, I was all in. The lyrical focus of "A Boutique Affair", the increased difficulty of making friends, seemed a perfect fit for an old-school 8-Bit platformer, so I ran the idea by the guys, got the heads up and many fun and frustrating hours later, with a little help from some talented friends, Furrend Finder was alive. It's cute as hell and I hope it provides a bit of a happy distraction for our fans during a pretty dark and tedious time.
