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Announcing Backbone - A Noir Detective Adventure

Posted By: BrownEyedTigre

Announcing Backbone - A Noir Detective Adventure - 02/18/20 02:44 AM

Backbone is a noir dystopian adventure. As raccoon PI, sniff out clues, interrogate witnesses, and explore pixel art version of Vancouver, BC.

Check out the game on Steam.

Play the Free Prologue Here.

View the Official Website here.

Watch the Prologue Demo here.

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Backbone is a pixel art noir detective adventure. Step into the shoes of Howard Lotor, a raccoon private eye. Interrogate witnesses through branching dialogues inspired by classic CRPGs, sneak through diverse districts of a now walled-off dystopian Vancouver, sniff out clues, and choose which leads to follow.

Gameplay: cinematic detective adventure with stealth, puzzles and branching dialogues
Inspiration: Vancouver, film noir, modern dystopian political regimes
Main themes: power, systemic discrimination, mortality


Main Features

Backbone is a dark story set in dystopian anthropomorphic animal society, where social class is dictated by species.
As a detective, sniff out clues and evidence, interrogate witnesses, solve stealth puzzles, and choose which leads to follow.
Stunning combination of high resolution pixel art and Unreal Engine tools like volumetric lighting, particle effects and custom materials.
Non-linear conversations with a diverse cast of characters inspired by old school CRPGs.
Detailed environments are modeled after the real streets of Vancouver, BC.
Original doom jazz OST.
You get to play as a highly relatable raccoon in a trench coat.



Happy Gaming!
Posted By: oldbroad

Re: Announcing Backbone - A Noir Detective Adventure - 02/18/20 03:40 AM

Thanks Ana!
Posted By: connie

Re: Announcing Backbone - A Noir Detective Adventure - 02/18/20 12:08 PM

Thanks Ana.
Posted By: Winfrey

Re: Announcing Backbone - A Noir Detective Adventure - 02/18/20 01:04 PM

Thanks, Ana.
Posted By: Mad

Re: Announcing Backbone - A Noir Detective Adventure - 02/18/20 01:43 PM

thanks BrownEyedTigre smile
Posted By: Cathy1

Re: Announcing Backbone - A Noir Detective Adventure - 02/23/20 05:37 AM

Looks interesting.
Thanks Ana.
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