Two-part Mr Pancake flipping into view soon

Written by Peter Mattsson — October 27, 2013 at 15:29

Ever wanted to go back and revisit key moments in your past? Is there never a time-travelling DeLorean or a mad scientist around when you need one? Thomas Pancake – Mr Pancake, to you – feels your pain.

In Mr Pancake: How I learned to stop worrying and go back in time, from new Polish developer Robot Gentleman Studios, you're pulled into Thomas's life. All of it. You see, he's had a long life but not a happy one, and now, in his dotage, his regrets drive him into the world of his memories. More fantasy than sci-fi, there are hints that "not everything will make sense, not everything will be real." But whether real or imagined, your decisions will have consequences and the story will adapt accordingly. As well as discovering what made Thomas the man he is today, you'll have to talk to people from his past, intervene at decisive moments in his life and make both trivial and life-changing choices.

If all this sounds singularly serious and melancholic, there will also be a healthy dose of humour in the game, the "funny kind. A gorilla, a plumber and a princess walk into a bar..." kind. Not surprisingly, Mr Pancake will have a definite retro sensibility and you can expect a classic point-and-click game with hand-drawn 2D art and an original score, featuring "more than one real instrument."  

Mr Pancake: How I learned to stop worrying and go back in time is to be released for PC in two parts, with Episode I tentatively scheduled for late 2013 and Episode II to follow in 2014. You can find out more at the official website or the developer's Facebook page.