News of upcoming eco-thriller A Poison Green leaks out
Some preliminary news has emerged about an upcoming point-and-click thriller called A Poison Green, as the newly-christened Faraway Industries has released a few details concerning the story and gameplay we can expect once the game is completed.
The year is 2070, and the conditions of Earth’s air have deteriorated to the point that protective gas masks are a must to keep from inhaling hazardous environmental diseases. In the face of an ineffective government, ordinary citizens must resort to extraordinary measures, even violence, to make a difference in the world. In Washington D.C., three people’s paths are about to cross in this story of espionage and eco-terrorism.
Alternately controlling William, an investigative journalist, Mia, an unemployed and impressionable woman, and Elijah, an idealistic history professor, players will control both the hunter and the hunted. As a terrorist attack looms close, some characters will join in the anti-government movement while others will actively try to uncover their plans and warn authorities. Switching control from one character to another at pre-set points during the narrative, players will have to help one side evade capture while helping the other to foil their plans.
A sample from A Poison Green’s soundtrack
Each character will have a distinct inventory to use for solving traditional adventure puzzles. But the developers are quick to point out that the gameplay isn’t so much focused on puzzle solving, instead offering players opportunities to make choices via conversation or actions that directly affect the story and character behaviors. The six-person studio is promising that potentially everything you say or do can have consequences for your character and the world around you.
The game’s city setting of “perpetual rain, sickness and misunderstanding” is hand-drawn, and its characters will be fully voiced. An exact release date has not been announced for this third-person game, though the developers have called a 2014 release “unlikely”.
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