Developed by Alienworks (The Human Reignition Project) and published by Sekai Project, Highway Blossoms is a short yuri story set in the American Southwest. After an old gold rush miner’s journal is discovered, a nationwide craze begins as would-be prospectors try to solve the cryptic clues it contains and discover the miner’s hidden treasure. Amber, couldn’t care less. Wandering the Southwest in an inherited motorhome, she mourns the loss of her grandfather, totally unaware of the hunt taking place around her. It’s not until she meets Marina, a young hitchhiker wandering through the deserts of New Mexico, that things start to look up.
Highway Blossoms is being worked on by a mixture of core Alienworks staff and contractors. The staff is as follows:
Syon Santeria (Writer, Director)
Raithfyre (Co-writer, Producer)
Shiyun (Character Design, Sprite and CG Artist)
Weee [Katawa Shoujo] (CG Artist)
Rosuuri (CG Artist)
Myuto (Character Design, Coloring)
Badriel (Backgrounds)
Kevin Turner (Programmer and GUI Design)
Jake Abernathie (Music)
Anna Logue [Hatsumira] (Music)
Auric Orange (Editing)
Logo by konnett
Too serious for her own good, there’s a quiet sort of cynicism to Amber. She’s always been like this, but the death of her grandfather, who she affectionately called “Gramps,” has emphasized these traits, causing her to become very detached in her mourning. Fueled by coffee and Gramps’ old cassette tapes that she plays on a constant loop, Amber is taking her time as she makes her way out to California for a music festival in Palm Springs. Having been raised by her eccentric grandfather, she spent most of her childhood traveling around the midwestern United States with him in the very motorhome she inherited. With Gramps getting up there in age, they settled down, but he always talked about starting up again, this time in the Southwest. Unfortunately, he died before that could happen. Now left alone with two tickets to the music festival that Gramps’ bought before his death, Amber has taken it upon herself to do it herself. This trip is in his honor.
All her life, Marina has lived in a small town on the outskirts of Carlsbad, New Mexico with her gigantic family. In fact, she’d never even left the state until she was drawn by the allure of the treasure. Like the rest of the country, she was captivated by the story of the miner and set out to look for the gold on her own–until her car broke down in the middle of the desert several hours into her journey. Fortunately, she was able to wave down Amber, and that’s where our story begins.
Marina has a very idealistic take on the world, her inexperience fueling her already childlike naivety. While this may cause its share of issues, her naturally upbeat and cheery personality bring out a much softer side of the slightly callous Amber, as the latter increasingly finds herself taken with Marina, despite the occasional confusion and annoyance brought on by her seemingly unlimited amount of enthusiasm.