Immortality creator teases two upcoming games, promises a ‘next level FMV’ and the ‘reinventing’ of 3rd person horror
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Sam Barlow, the creator of the critically acclaimed FMV video gameImmortality,has teased two upcoming projects and a third that is currently on hold.
The founder of Half Mermaid Productionstook to Twitterto offer a cryptic look at what he called the “Half Mermaid alphabet,” where he described his plans for the studio.
“Project A(mbrosio)- released asImmortality,Project B(astille)- paused game, the world isn’t ready for our take on the French Revolution yet,Project C- next level FMV, hold onto your seats [and]Project D- reinventing 3rd person horror again.”
Project CandProject Dalso received some very mysteriousSteamlistings, which looked more like redacted top secret documents than traditional landing pages on Valve’s popular digital PC game storefront.
Chunks of the games' descriptions and names have been redacted with big blocks, begging all sorts of questions.
The legible parts ofProject C'’s descriptionstate “Gifted with the […] kaleidoscopic […] future.” whileProject D’sreads"Something bad […] Some doors […] Some doors […] home?"
Sam Barlow’s games have a track record of providing gripping and thought-provoking storylines for players. Released in 2022,Immortalityreceived a great deal of praise from fans and critics alike. Following the story of fictional actress Marissa Marcel,Immortalitytakes players on a high-concept journey centered around a pair of immortal beings and their interactions with humanity.
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Immortalitywas nominated for Best Narrative, Best Performance, and Best Game Direction atThe Game Awards 2022, It also won the BAFTA for Narrative in March 2023 as well as the Independent Games Festival award for Excellence in Narrative in the same year.
Barlow is also known for his work onHer StoryandTelling Lies, two more FMV-focused, story-driven titles released in 2015 and 2019 respectively.
Though we don’t yet know much aboutProject CorProject D, Barlow has a proven history with the genre. Here at TechRadar Gaming, we can’t wait to see where Barlow and Half Mermaid’supcoming gamestake us.
In the meantime, our lists of thebest story gamesandbest indie gameshave plenty of tales for you to enjoy.
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