Knee Deep: A Swamp Noir Adventure
Indie developer Prologue Games takes us to a backwater Florida town for a melodrama in three acts. First up: Act 1 – Wonderland
Having been born and raised in Florida (where I still live), I’m quite familiar with backwater towns, swamplands and suicides. So imagine my glee at discovering that a game is being developed by Prologue about these very things in this very state.
Welcome to Cypress Knee and a tacky resort/roadside attraction called Chief Roadside’s Wonderland. The resort has a tower from which, at the moment, hangs the body of a has-been actor.
You will investigate this apparent suicide as three different characters: blogger Romana Teague, local newspaper reporter Jack Bellet and private eye K.C. Gaddis. All three characters will have to be clever and use skills of observation and deduction to get to the bottom of things.
Conversations will progress according to players’ choices. Critical decisions will have consequences, both good and not-so-good.
In a unique presentation, the game will unfold as a stage play. You’ll see characters move from scene-to-scene and sets put into place. You’ll hear music from an honest-to-goodness orchestra.
Knee Deep will be released on Windows, Mac and Linux. A release date for Act 1 – Wonderland is TBD.
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