"Papers, Please" was a, uh, fun little game. An article of PC Gaming site Rock, Paper, Shotgun reveals that Lucas Pope has another game in the works. Apparently you board a ghost ship? And solve mysteries with paperwork? And it looks like, really old?
A playable alpha can be found
here.
Straight out of the gate, there’s more to Lucas Pope’s new first-person mystery-solver than one might assume. The above image isn’t some stylisation or striking image meant to attract attention without explaining the game, but an actual example of how he plans for it to look. The man behind Papers, Please is building the tale of an investigation into an abandoned ship and planning an art style reminiscent of the earliest games, something he’s termed “1bit rendering.” We’ll play as an “insurance adjustor for the East India Company’s London Office” with the intent to “find means to board the ship and recover the captain’s logbook for assessment.” Interesting, original, but a little more standard than his previous fares. Have a click through for more details and a gif that makes the art style a little easier to understand.
Return of Lucas Pope, Return of the Obra Din
