Players can now experience the detective adventure at home or on the go.
Francisco Gonzalez – creator of the Ben Jordan Series, A Golden Wake and Shardlight – designed a detective game, Lamplight City, that allows the player to fail. Getting things wrong doesn’t mean “game over,” but will affect aspects of the story.
Expect intense interviews with witnesses and suspects, collect your clues and draw your conclusions.
About the game
The Gateway to Vespuccia, the City of Air and Light, Lamplight City – the thriving port city of New Bretagne is a beacon of progress and industrial advancement in the New World. Yet beneath the promises of a shining 19th-century future, the city rests upon foundations of poverty, class struggle, and crime.
For police detective turned private investigator Miles Fordham, Lamplight City‘s shadowy corners are just part of the territory. But with his former partner constantly speaking to him from beyond the grave, his grip on sanity is slowly loosening. Can Miles find justice for his clients and track down his partner’s killer before his entire world comes apart?
Lamplight City is a detective adventure set in an alternate steampunk-ish “Victorian” past.
Developed by Francisco Gonzalez, an indie developer with over two decades of experience making point and click adventure games. Francisco is based in Brooklyn, NY, and is currently developing Rosewater, a Western set in the same alternate 19th century world of Lamplight City.
Lamplight City Features
- Be the detective you want to be. But prepare to face the consequences. – Investigate crime scenes, interrogate suspects, get information by any means necessary. Follow the law or make your own rules, but how you choose to act will affect people’s attitudes towards you.
- Five cases to solve, with multiple suspects, false leads, and different outcomes. – Never find yourself stuck in a dead-end situation. If the case becomes unsolvable, simply move on to the next one. The story will adapt based on your choices.
- Single tap interface with no inventory. – Gather clues and documents in your casebook for review.
- A fictional city with four boroughs to explore, each with their own unique flavor. – Players will visit each of these boroughs throughout the game, exploring themes such as class divide and the public’s fear of emerging steam tech.
- Inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe and Charles Dickens.
- Meet over 50 professionally voiced characters.
- Original score by Mark Benis.
Release Details
- Lamplight City will release June 2nd 2022 for Nintendo Switch for a price of 14.99 • Euro 14.99 • £13.49.
- Supported features: Handheld mode, Tabletop mode, TV mode, Save Data Cloud
- Compatible controllers: Nintendo Switch Pro Controller
- Languages: English, German
- Voice Over: English