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Description
The Town of Light is a first-person psychological thriller adventure set in a former psychiatric hospital based on real events and places. The game has been Greenlit by the Steam community in few weeks and has been awarded in “Story and Storytelling” at the Game Connection in Paris.
History
The game aims to explore what’s really happened inside those wall in the fictional eyes of Renée’s, an imaginary 16 years old girl that suffers from mental illness. The adventure starts at present days, near the Asylum. Renèe’s voice will guides the player, which will try to find her forgotten and blurred memories through her eyes, her fears and her personal drama whilst exploring an environment full of realistic documents and locations as they were back in time as well as they are today. The Town of Light is a game that want to keep memories of what’s happened alive, focusing on mental illness issues that exists in our society. The Town of Light has been developed with Unity game engine for PC, Mac, Linux and will be release in Fall 2015.
Features
- Inspired by true stories
- Set in one of the biggest asylum in Europe
- Over 7000 square meters of the real Volterra asylum carefully recreated
- Rich bibliography about the history of mental institutions based on extensive research
- Nonlinear gameplay experience will allow different evolution of the main story
- Native support for Oculus Rift
- Best Story and Storytelling award at Paris Game Connection 2014
- Geekie Awards Los Angeles 2014 finalist
http://www.thetownoflight.com/
Sul sito il diario della protagonista prima di essere internata nel manicomio, viene aggiornato ogni mercoledì fino al day della release.
http://www.thetownoflight.com/diary
pagina di steam
LE RECE:
http://kotaku.com/a-game-that-remembers-how-we-locked-up-the-mentally-ill-1725015025
http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/12/09/town-of-light-blurs-the-line-between-real-virtual-horror
http://www.pcgamer.com/the-town-of-light-trailer-is-predictably-dark/
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tag/the-town-of-light/
IT:
http://www.tomshw.it/news/the-town-of-light-il-gioco-horror-italiano-perfetto-per-l-oculus-rift-67829
http://multiplayer.it/articoli/150091-the-town-of-light-la-follia-della-memoria.html