TR-49 By Inkle Headed to Nintendo Switch + New Book On the Horizon!

A voice is saying your name. A WWII-era machine, long hidden in a church basement, whirs to life. Through a crackling speaker, a man asks you to find a stolen book. He only knows the title. Time is running out. 

The machine, created by Bletchley Park engineers Cecil Caulderly and Beatrice Dooler, contains a vast archive of obscure books, letters, and journals fed in over the span of fifty years in an attempt to crack the code of reality. As their lives fell apart, the machine kept working.

Navigate the computer’s archive. Link its obscure texts and uncover its creators’ secrets. Communicate with the man behind the speaker to figure out your role in this mystery. Destroy the book at the core of the machine — before it’s too late.

Narrative Deduction

• Deduce links through the archive to locate hidden sources.
• Unravel the stories and unearth the secrets of the books’ authors and the machine's creators.
• Map the archive and find the book that will rewrite the world.

Interactive Audio Drama

• Talk with your handler at any time, creating a dynamic audio drama that responds as you explore.
• Featuring the voices of Rebekah McLoughlin (The SCP Archives, Eternal Threads), Paul Warren (A Highland Song, Viewfinder, The Séance of Blake Manor) and Phillipe Bosher (Baldur's Gate 3, Doctor Who, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy).
• Original soundtrack by Laurence Chapman (A Highland Song, Heaven's Vault, The Mask of the Rose).

Inspiration

TR-49 takes inspiration from narrative deduction games like The Roottrees are Dead, The Return of the Obra Dinn, Type Help, and Her Story, and from audio dramas like The Magnus Archives and ars PARADOXICA. 

Written and created by the award-winning team behind Heaven's Vault, Overboard!, and A Highland Song.

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Heaven's Vault Releasing in Spring of 2019!

Uncover a forgotten past and decipher a lost language in this open-world narrative adventure game.

Join archaeologist Aliya Elasra and her robot sidekick Six as they investigate The Nebula, an ancient network of scattered moons.

Discover lost sites, freely explore ancient ruins and translate inscriptions to reveal the secrets of the Nebula’s past.

Decipher an entire hieroglyphic language in a puzzle mechanic with a unique narrative twist: every inscription you find has a meaning, and the translations you choose feed back into story, changing Aliya’s ideas about what she’s found. But be warned – you won’t ever be sure if your translations are correct.

The game has a non-linear design that allows you to approach the story in any order; backed up by inkle’s narrative engine, ink, which remembers every choice you make and every path you follow – and every path you don’t – and feeds that into what happens next.

A diverse cast of characters will react to everything you say, and change their approach depending on how you treat them. Some are kind, some are cautious, and others are out to con you – you have been warned!

Totally unique art style, blending beautiful 3D environments and hand-drawn 2D art.

• Learn and translate the ancient language of the Ancients.
• Interact with a large cast of characters who remember everything you say.
• Journey through an open world where every action counts.
• Sail on the rivers of the Nebula - and into its depths.
• Be a thief, an explorer, a detective, a seeker, a saviour, a rogue...

Heaven's Vault will be releasing in the Spring of 2019 on PS4 and Steam. Later on, the game will be released on Mac and iOS.

More information about Heaven's Vault can be found on Twitter, Facebook, and Discord. Don't forget to wishlist the game on Steam!

About Inkle Studios

Inkle was founded by Joseph Humfrey and Jon Ingold, two game developers from Cambridge that have passion for design and storytelling. Since inception in 2011, Inkle Studios has expanded their team which includes talented individuals like Tom Kail, Laura Dilloway, Prian Tremethick, and Sarah Hefford, just to name a few. The studio collaborates with a number of individuals and companies including Steve Jackson - creator of the tabletop card game Munchkin, Kelley Armstrong - a prolific YA author, Black Belt Games, and Penguin USA.

Inkle is a BAFTA-nominated Indie game developer who has released other games like 80 Days and Sorcery! Get more information about the studio on their official website.


Article by Susan N.

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