Echo: Route 65
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
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The story of the Echo: Route 65 visual novel is centered on the protagonist, Chase, a teenager in the rural southwest whose parents just found out he was gay in a less-than-dignified way. After getting off the bus from school, he flees facing his new reality as an outed individual and goes a nighttime adventure along a stretch of road called Route 65.
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Is this the first one?
I really want to play it but I can't can you please fix the android version please.
Even when the andriod ver was way out of dTe it still worked for me i enjoy this prequel
Be nice to have an update for the Android version :(
S23 Ultra here
The android version does not appear to work on modern phones anymore :(
so, i loved this, but there is one thing chase said that is stuck in my troath ".....predators...." otters are predators, and for me makes absolutly no sense for him to say that specifically. even though this is just a prequel to a horror visual novel, it's something that sounded very wierd in it, and i know you are not going to change that now, and i'm not saying to do that, however i hope this comment helps not to make a that "mistake" in future projects. keep up good work
look, im going to explain something, i said "mistake", as it is'nt correct but tolerable because it's just a freakin story, it's an information i gave hoping to help, but have noticed alot of deslikes or what ever you call it here, and feel like people are seeing my comment in a negative way, it's just a fact i gave that for anyone that studies biology and etc is questionable. however i do admit to the mistake that i dont know wich species of otter he is, sea otters are not so prone to violance, and have sharks and killer whales as predators, and north american river otter is said to have some predators, but there is alot of otters, and i know that some species can fight of jaguars for example, and im not talking about the giant river otter, im talking about smaller species
because otters are predators.
that's what i said
I mean, other animals eat Otters.
he could just be commenting on how scary predators can look as well. After all otters are seen as cute in Echo, not scary predators.
I find wolves cute and cool as well as otter, and btw, wich otter species are you talking about getting eaten by other predators?? because i have seen otters kicking jaguars buts, and bullying other animals
When will you pay the next update for this VN here on itch.io?
good, but i suggest remaking leo's sprite. unless he dyes his fur like chase, he isn't accurate to the main game. looks more like a fox...
Microsoft Defender SmartScreen really dosen't like this .exe
Doesn't even want me to make an exclusion.
Had to go to the .exe properties and unblock the file.
ah, seems like it most definitely is, after reading the wiki, based loosely off of Echo, UT lol
Just a hunch, but is this game based on the town of Echo, Utah? It was founded in the 1800s and today is very, very small, so based on some of the lore I've read on these itch.io pages, it seems like it would fit, and there's a town not too far from it called Payson, so to me, it just kinda makes sense. Plus, with the Mormon references, I immediately think Utah lol. Then again, I'm not really super far into the game just yet.
hmm idk. I was thinking this was in Arizona because the city of "Echo" is near Pueblo.
Yes I do believe it is based on Echo in Utah. There is Coalville and the Echo Reservoir right next to it as well as the locations general look/feel and various aspects of the town.
Not to mention the Wikipedia page on Echo does mention the VN and how it is 'loosely based on Echo and the surrounding area'.
Just remember it is a fictional town so doesn't necessarily have to be based on real location, even if we would like it to be ;)
Just finished and as usual great VN. Want to make sure i have not missed something thou, do we ever find out what was happening in the Van and why Leo was recording at the party? Or is that still to come?
you can find that out in jenna's route!
thats my next route then! thank you
ok i finished all routes and I think im just a bit stupid would you be able to explain, were they like filming sex or something?
Yeah Leo was having sex with Micha (the bat dude) and filmed the whole thing with a camera that Micha stole from the school the grossest part is both are obviously underaged and Micha is a full 3 years younger than Leo and I'm 90% sure wasn't even a teenager yet when it happened
Leo also wanted to film more stuff with Chase but never did
Leo is disgusting
ya because i think Micha was 14 at the time and Leo was 17
Echo: Route 65 is a great little prequel to the main game, Echo. It sets up part of the story nicely and offers a bit of secrets that 1) lure you into the main game and 2) provide a bit of insight into Echo's secrets itself. I'm definitely glad that I played it before Echo!
Hey i'm playing this for the first time and Jenna's sprite is her one from Echo? And all my saves from the original Echo also show up? The saves aren't a big deal but is that supposed to be her sprite?
Yeah that's the correct sprite. I'm pretty sure it was initially developed for Route 65 actually but was then also used as her sprite in the main game since her old sprite didn't match with the current art style.
Yeah, thats the right sprite.
Its even mentioned in Echo that Jenna looks the same as she did when route 65 happened.
The mobile version keep randomly closing out
wonderful story as always, i love all the little hints and reveals about the characters that we constantly are given. it really is such fantastic writing
I'm playing this again after months and months.
Its so nostalgic and reminds me of my adventures with my friend group when I was a teen... Also its just a somber mood overall and yeah.
When I play this game, my antivirus is flogging it up as malware, and saying to delete it. What's this all about?
Its nothing to worry about its just because its not a regular program. So your computer has no way of knowing what it is. But it does not have malware or anything. I already played the game it safe.
I approve of getting ricketyrolled at the end. *chef's kiss
Kinda wish you could skip the parts in a route you have already read in another without having to risk using the skip unseen dialogue option
Wow Finished all echo Route's... Im Super Dissapointed how Short this was! Was looking forward for more! ;w;
*SPOILER ALERT FOR THIS GAME AND ECHO*
Really short but nice prequel. TJ is such a cute snowflake. And playing this right after finishing Leo's route in Echo is cute but kinda sad too.
Just like a comment below said, i wish Chase could have fixed Leo's manipulative attitude, but yeah, that breakup was neccesary, and the damage for both was already done.
Here's hoping that in Arches we can see them both talking happily and cracking jokes in Payton while they share a meal, like really good friends (like, to show they both moved on already) :3
-somewhat spoilery, I guess-
Such a sweet little prequel, even knowing what happens in the main game, and the heavy implications it leaves here. It actually cheered me up and warmed my heart a little after finishing the main.
Is this written by the same folks who did the main game? Cuz... there's a lot of distractingly obvious british-isms that don't fit the setting, and there weren't any of those in Echo
Yep, though I wrote it right after writing a shit ton of college essays for my senior year and while I was doing a lot of WoW RP, so the dialogue kind of reflected that. No worries, though, a revised version of R65 is coming soon. - McSkinny
haha, thanks for the reply, just made me curious. there were, like, 3 in the opening few lines but the rest of the vn didn't feel out of place again 😅
i love echo! thanks for your hard work 😸
is it based on real facts? (because I know the city exists)
based on real facts?
this game is canon prequel to Echo, idk if it is also based on someone real story :/
This is not what I am saying, but Echo itself is real town and that guy might ask if (for example) the murder in the mines was real as well (in this town).
so... big buff werewolf men too? :3
Sign me up rn
Echo is a real town in Utah, with the lake and motel and yadda yadda, also only has like 50-100 people. Apparently Howley went to the town and got inspiration for the game. Aslo some of the BG photos for Echo are from the actual place. Pretty sure anyway.
Why does Leo look like a rabbit?
Why does Leo look like a rookanga?
the linux file has an .exe, is it possible you put the windows version in the linux link ?
you can run the .exe in wine or simply run the .sh file (right click to menu or copy the .sh file to terminal)
wine is hard to control tho, running the .sh is better.
just curious, is this game finished? I haven't played it yet.
I believe it is! This is only a short story, so it doesn't have as much content as Echo.
This is a very good prequel! I played it after the smoke room and before echo. I wanted to do them in order. Too bad Tj is under that blanket the whole time though, I bet he would be very cute as a young guy, he sure acted cutely!
Why most of the characters look different than in the main echo game?
'cause of the timelapse I think (sorry my bad english but I hope u understand, I mean the years they stand from each other, Chase in the college, Leo in echo and stuff)
Different artists, I guess.
well for one thing, Echo takes place like 5 something years after route 65. so it's only natural they'd look different
The description "a clap and a cry" makes it even scarier. Nice job tho
So is it recomended to play this if you have already played the main game? I'll be honest, I feel kinda hesitant because the character design looks so different from Echo...
I would get caught up with the main game (finish / catch up with the dev's on all the routes). Narratively this game will make a bigger impact on you if you do.
Main game isnt finished yet
thus why i say caught up
Thank you for making this, it really made me appreciate the main story and even made me satisfied on the Leo endings, in which I experienced harsh anguish for, for the original. This series means a lot to me now, and thus I can't show my appreciation enough. I'm very excited to see where this series goes next!
Im confused. Right after they are abort to listen to chase parents voicemail the game just ends. Is that it?
Yup. It's a short VN prequel to the visual novel Echo. If you haven't already, I'd recommend checking that out for the continued story.
I played the Android version and it have only a single end in...? They both ... ?
No matter what I choose have only one single end?
Rio de Janeiro, February 29th 2020
I don't remember playing a prequel before. So it must be it. I just expected a little more from it.
This remind of some of my long dreams. So short to be real and so long to not be.
Thank you.
Mews,
Pandrine
my only complaints why is there no good endings, like okay this was the order i play threw the game Jasmin, TJ, Leo into carl, Carl, and Flinn, and like Jasmin freaked me out like their was no tomorrow, then TJs was like a death threat from anonymous over here, then like bad dragons but good, into deleting history? like what
I keep getting app not installed even though it Is. I need help!
I'm talking about the other echo game
How ironic ur username is Leo