Daedalic Entertainment announces A New
Beginning, a 2D adventure game with an ecology theme planned for release on PC,
Wii, and DS by the end of next year. There are some screenshots from the game on
FileFront, and here's the announcement:
Hamburg, Germany: August 21,
2007. Telling emotionally captivating stories is the declared aim of Daedalic
Entertainment. At this year’s Games Convention, the publisher unveiled the first
internally developed project.
A New Beginning is a cinematic, interactive eco-thriller. In the classic
adventure game an impending global climate cataclysm threatens the world, in a
story ripped from today’s headlines, dealing with the defining issue of our
time. At locations all around the globe, players will have to try and stem the
tide – with the whole world hanging in the balance.
In A New Beginning, players take control of two protagonists and explore the
detailed, hand-painted backgrounds. The more than 30 characters are rendered in
a realistic 2D style and are painstakingly animated by hand in feature film
quality. Many challenging puzzles and adventurous situations have to be overcome
to prevent the impending climate chaos. The ambitious adventure game project is
in development for PC, Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii.
Scientist Bent Svensson has had to give up on his life’s work of trying to
engineer an eco-friendly alternative energy source. But his existence as a
reluctant retiree is interrupted by a most peculiar visitor: The young Fay
claims to have been sent from the future to prevent an impending environmental
catastrophe. The only remaining hope is Bent’s research which is about to fall
into the hands of an unscrupulous energy magnate. Bent decides to trust the
young woman – but is she really telling the truth?
Daedalic Entertainment will present A New Beginning exclusively at this year’s
Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany (August, 22-25) to international press and
trade visitors.
Overview
Title: A New Beginning
Format: PC / Nintendo DS / Nintendo Wii
Developer: Daedalic Entertainment
Publisher: Daedalic Entertainment
Release Date: Q4/2008