Frictional Games, the outfit behind the moody and atmospheric Penumbra adventures titles, have released the first artwork from their next game.
The game follows the same theme of survival horror from a first person perspective as Frictional's previous games, but this time the setting is the late 18th century and an eerie old castle.
The title previously went under the codename Lux Tenebras (Light Darkness in latin) and received funding (300000 DKK) from the Nordic Game programme earlier this year.
Comments from the press release:
"There are plenty of ideas that we never realized in the Penumbra games. We think it is possible to go a lot further in terms of evoking unsettling feelings and a sense of dread in the player", says co-founder and sound designer Jens Nilsson. The atmosphere is not the only focus of the game though and Frictional Games is determined to deliver a solid gameplay experience."
"We intend to give players a lot of freedom in our upcoming game", explains Thomas Grip, co-founder and lead programmer at Frictional Games. "Instead of following a laid out route we want players to choose for themselves how they want to progress and how deep they want explore various aspects of the game world".
Frictional Games have opened up an official website for the new game where you can sign up for a newsletter, decipher an encrypted text, and learn what little information Frictional allows you at this time.
If you are unfamiliar with the Penumbra series - check out the Penumbra Portal for more information.