Culture Select Announces Dead End Junction Localization and Greenlight Campaign

WILMINGTON, Del. – July 26, 2016 – Yeehaw! Culture Select, an up­and­coming localization & publishing start­up, today announced the start of a Steam Greenlight campaign for the English localization of Japanese indie developer 773's Dead End Junction. A “digital dime novel” written and directed by Hidume, the sole member of 773 and creator of the acclaimed Cherry Tree High series, it captures the aura of the Wild West while addressing social issues from that era which are just as relevant to contemporary society today. Pending Greenlight approval, Dead End Junction will be released in September 2016 for Windows PC. The Greenlight page can be found at: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=728993422

About Dead End Junction
Adventure. Gunslingers. Outlaws. Shoot­outs. War.

You'll find none of those things in the one­horse town of Cow Stone Bell, as Jo will be the first to tell you. Raised by her slob of an uncle on the far edge of the Wild West, she suffers from endless boredom and longs for the action and excitement on display in the “dime novels” she spends so much of her time reading. But after a letter arrives from the President addressed to her no­good and nowhere to be found father, fate conspires to give her exactly what she wished for—wrapped up in a journey that will take her farther from home than she ever expected. Unfortunately, Jo is about to learn that a life of adventure may not be all it's cracked up to be.

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Being set primarily in an alternate universe version of the Wild West, Dead End Junction hits on themes relevant to the setting, such as treatment of the Native American population and the scars left by the Civil War (represented in­universe by the Fuuro and the Border War respectively); many of which are applicable to life in the world today.

The soundtrack is heavily influenced by music of the era as well, with a mix of original tunes and arrangements of classics like "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" and "Home on the Range."

About 773 ("Nanami")­ (atelier773.dojin.com)
Dead End Junction was written and directed by Hidume, the sole member of 773, creator of the acclaimed Cherry Tree High series and fan of old Westerns like The Magnificent Seven and The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Their usual sharp sense of humor is on full display here, though they do an excellent job proving they can write a serious story with this title as well.

About Culture Select ­ (www.cultureselect.com)
Culture Select is a Delaware, USA based digital publishing and localization start­up crewed by a tight­knit international team. Empowered by this diverse partnership of authors and travelers, we seek to bring both established and undiscovered titles to new markets and to people who couldn't enjoy them before, in your language and for your platform of choice! Interested in the latest updates or just want to shoot the breeze? Follow Culture Select's Twitter account at www.twitter.com/culture_select and like Culture Select's Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CultureSelect.