Lamplight City
Release Date: September 13, 2018
Adventure, point-and-click, detective, 2D, indie games, 19th century, singleplayer
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Lamplight City is a classic point-and-click adventure game developed by Grundislav Games in cooperation with Wadjet Eye Games. The game’s visuals follow the retro pixel-art convention. In Lamplight City, the player gets to explore a fictional city of New Bretagne, which features a setting resembling Victorian England.
Lamplight City for PC is a classic point-and-click adventure game developed by Grundislav Games and published by Wadjet Eye Games, known for working on popular titles such as Primordia and Technobabylon.
Plot
In Lamplight City for PC, a player gets to explore a fictional city of New Bretagne, which with its setting resembles Victorian England. The main protagonist of the game is Miles Fordham – a private detective with experience of a police investigator, who is trying to solve the mysterious murder of his former partner, who in turn talks to Miles from beyond the grave.
When working on the game, the developers drew their inspirations from the works of both Charles Dickens and Edgar Allan Poe.
Mechanics
The story campaign has been divided into five diverse cases. Each one is filled with false evidence and potential suspects. Player's decisions might have certain long-term consequences and lead to different story endings. The gameplay mechanics featured in Lamplight City for PC does not deviate much from the standards players know from other adventure games. The clear and intuitive interface is accompanied by the absence of the inventory menu, in which one usually stores the evidence – instead, the both the pieces of information and clues are saved in the special notepad.
The gameplay revolves around exploring the streets and houses located in the titular city, questioning the witnesses, and collecting pieces of evidence. A player is encouraged to explore numerous locations by the diverse styles of particular districts: the rich area of Gascoigne is inspired by the French Quarter in New Orleans, while the Worcester is inhabited by the working class.
Technical aspects
Lamplight City for PC stands out from similar games with its unique retro visuals following the pixel-art style. Despite its simplicity, both the elements of the environment and the character models are rich with details.
Last updated on August 28, 2017
Videos and Screens
[1:30] Lamplight City launch trailer (Nintendo Switch)
[1:25] Lamplight City launch trailer
Destructoid: 8.5 / 10 by Kevin McClusky
Lamplight City offers an intriguing set of mysteries and stands as a great throwback to titles like Monkey Island and Sierra's Gabriel Knight series. The cases aren't especially taxing, but the well-realized setting and characters add plenty of flavor and help the game feel like something more than the sum of its parts. Fans of classic adventure games should definitely give Lamplight City a look.
Gameplanet: 9 / 10 by Ben Wilson
Do you want to feel like a detective? Do other games keep giving you ‘all-seeing vision'? Do you wish you could actually solve problems on your own (more-or-less)? Look no further.
Jump Dash Roll: 8 / 10 by Rob Kershaw
Lamplight City is an atmospheric murder-mystery which provides plenty of intriguing plot twists, all delivered by a talented voice cast.
Lamplight City Summary
Platforms:
PC / Windows September 13, 2018
Switch June 2, 2022
Apple iOS October 28, 2020
Developer: Grundislav Games
Publisher: Wadjet Eye Games
Age restrictions: 12+
Lamplight City System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: Intel Pentium 4, 1 GB RAM, graphic card Intel HD or better, 2 GB HDD, Windows ME