‘Nour: Play With Your Food’ Will See a PS5 Release

I was on Kickstarter a few years back and stumbled upon the campaign page for Nour, the experimental food art game / interactive food sim. With a wacky premise, really cool visuals and finding out that a Black creative was the mind behind it all, I gladly pledged. Originally shooting for a 2018 release, I patiently waited for this fun looking, do-just-about-anything with ramen, toast, ice cream, and boba tea in this strange and unconventional food game. This morning I caught a trailer from the Playstation store with the big news: Nour, the interactive exploration into the aesthetics of food – developed by Tj “Terrifying Jellyfish” Hughes and published by Panic, who brought you Untitled Goose Game and Firewatch–will be released on the upcoming Playstation 5. Next Gen, baby!

The Kickstarter page elaborates that Nour “is an interactive exploration of the aesthetics of food. The game doesn’t limit your play with goals or objectives; you’re free to have open-ended fun while you play with your food, without the mess to clean up afterwards. You are presented with scenes full of ramen noodles, boba tea, popcorn, and you mash buttons at will to interact with the food in curious and unconventional ways.”

Yes, that’s a meat grinder and everything you SHOULDN’T put in one! OR should you? (Screenshot Courtesy of Kickstarter Page)

The game’s creator Tj Hughes who was born and raised in St. Louis, grew up playing Sega Genesis and Gamecube. He had been w…