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A Place for the Unwilling finds a home on Kickstarter

Ron Gilbert's "The Cave" was a living, breathing entity, but imagine if an entire city were alive – what stories it could tell! What kind of stories? To find that answer, you might want to consider backing A Place for the Unwilling, which is currently seeking crowdfunding through Kickstarter.

A Place for the Unwilling is not about one big story, but many little mysteries to uncover. There is a larger story arc involving the possible destruction of the city if you don't intervene, but you are not a mighty hero and much of your time will be spent simply exploring the city, talking with your fellow inhabitants, and making the best use of your time. Described as a "sandbox game set in an open world", the clock is always running in this city, and as "each day will last a fixed amount of time, managing your schedule will be key, as you can’t be everywhere." As a trader fortunate enough to escape the factories, you must earn money by visiting clients and closing deals, and as you do, the threat to the city will become more apparent.


Other than being inspired by Lovecraft, little more has been revealed about the story so far by Spanish developer AlPixel Games, but that's because their main focus is on establishing the setting itself. Free exploration is central to the experience, but rather than creating a huge world filled with empty travel and irrelevant characters, A Place for the Unwilling will provide a more contained environment packed full of details to discover and "around 18" people that have been carefully crafted with with own personalities and backgrounds, all presented in a gorgeous painterly style.

Another change from traditional adventures is that the game will not feature puzzles so much as organic tasks that suit your role in this city, whether haggling over products, reading newspapers for profitable tips or additional story clues, eavesdropping on important conversations from a distance, or finding directions and tracking down certain characters on a given day – that is, if you manage to accomplish your objectives in time.

Sandbox-style adventures are few and far between, so if you're interested in A Place for the Unwilling, there's still time to support its Kickstarter campaign, which has just a couple weeks left to reach its goal of €20,000 by March 16th. A €15 minimum pledge will provide backers with a downloadable copy of the game for PC and Mac upon completion, which is currently on target for April 2017.

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