Independent Florence-based studio LKA.it has revealed its first game, The Town of Light

New Psychological Thriller The Town of Light Announced 6 IMAGES

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The first-person psychological thriller title takes place in an abandoned psychiatric asylum, Volterra. You play as Renee, a then-16-year-old who'd been a resident at the hospital when she was experiencing schizophrenia.Though Renee is fictious, the press release confirms the game is inspired by "true stories that happened in one of the biggest asylum[s] in Europe", and extensive research - including real clinical documents and interviews with patients and doctors - has been conducted to carefully and authentically recreate the 7000 square meter asylum and grounds.The game offers a "nonlinear gameplay experience [to] allow different evolution of the main story" and will ship with native support for Oculus Rift.“You do not know where you are, who you are and what’s going on," says LKA.it founder, Luca Dalcò. "Are you imprisoned, or are you ill? One thing for sure is that you are alone in one of the creepiest place[s] in the world, often named 'the place of no return'.”The Town of Light will be coming to PC, Mac and Linux in Q3 2015.For more, visit the official website at www.thetownoflight.com The Deep End Games -- a new studio composed of developers who worked on Bioshock and Dead Space -- recently secured $150K to develop its upcoming horror Perception , a first-person horror told through the perspective of a blind woman.

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