Abstract
Out there now on XBOX Sequence X|S and PC.The subsequent chapter within the Japanese psychological horror sequence and plans for future updates.How we sort out numerous social points by way of the horror recreation medium.
Hi there all at XBOX!
My title is Sebastiano Serafini, and I’m the CEO and Founding father of Serafini Productions – the workforce behind the BrokenLore universe. At present, we’re very excited to announce the discharge of the most recent addition to the BrokenLore sequence, BrokenLore: Don’t Lie. In addition to being a standalone title, Don’t Lie is an element of a bigger narrative thread that shines a light-weight on totally different views of sure social points.
BrokenLore: Don’t Lie
BrokenLore: Don’t Lie is a couple of younger hikikomori named Junko who should navigate her traumatic previous earlier than her actuality slips from her grasp. For these unfamiliar, hikikomori are reclusive people who withdraw from social life, searching for isolation for a wide range of social or psychological causes.
Because the boundaries between reminiscence and actuality start to fracture resulting from Junko’s withdrawal from the skin world, acquainted locations remodel into reflections of her previous. Steadily, she should confront the individuals, experiences, and feelings she has spent years suppressing earlier than she loses herself.
How Does This Hook up with BrokenLore: Don’t Watch?
Junko and Shinji (The protagonist of Don’t Watch) met in a rehabilitation centre within the 12 months 2020. They have been each present process therapy for his or her totally different psychiatric issues, which in flip led them to turn out to be hikikomori. Don’t Watch covers Shinji’s story, and the origins surrounding his personal isolation.
Don’t Lie is Junko’s story.
The place Did the Thought for the BrokenLore Sequence Come From?
The thought behind BrokenLore got here from our need to create an interconnected narrative universe that would discover totally different social points that really feel related to us.
I preferred the thought of telling a fragmented story: every recreation can stand by itself and discover its personal characters and themes, however gamers who’re curious sufficient to look deeper can regularly join these fragments.
From the start, we wished BrokenLore to be greater than only a sequence of horror video games. Horror is the medium we use to inform these tales, however on the core of every recreation are very human experiences.
The subject of hikikomori was notably attention-grabbing to me as a result of I’ve lived in Japan for a few years and have seen how social withdrawal is mentioned and perceived right here. In fact, isolation and social withdrawal are not at all completely Japanese points, however Japan was the angle by way of which I first grew to become notably within the topic.
The Subsequent Chapter in The BrokenLore Universe
With this latest chapter, we’re additionally exploring one other phenomenon that we’ve got more and more seen round us: individuals’s relationships with AI companions. Increasingly more individuals are turning to AI instruments to not solely to search out info, but in addition to debate private issues or search recommendation. That commentary was a part of the inspiration behind our character in Don’t Lie – Miki-chan.
What you have got seen to this point is de facto solely the start. We have now many extra tales that we wish to inform inside this universe, which is why we’re very joyful to have companions equivalent to Wired Productions and Shochiku supporting us on that journey. Hopefully these collaborations can proceed as BrokenLore grows, as a result of there are nonetheless many themes, characters and tales that we wish to discover. Having the chance to inform them by way of video video games—and probably have these tales imply one thing to the individuals who play them—is without doubt one of the most satisfying elements of making BrokenLore for me.
Thanks to all who’ve performed BrokenLore: Don’t Watch, and I hope you get pleasure from BrokenLore: Don’t Lie. You possibly can choose it up right this moment on XBOX SERIES X|S and PC.
BrokenLore: DON’T LIE
Wired Productions
$15.99
$14.39
BrokenLore: DON’T LIE is a Japanese psychological horror recreation exploring trauma, isolation, and a fractured actuality the place notion turns into more and more unreliable.
Step into the lifetime of Junko, a hikikomori whose rigorously managed world begins to unravel because the previous resurfaces in methods she will be able to not ignore.
Raised by a father who was all the time current however by no means actually there, Junko discovered early to retreat inward. When her few makes an attempt at connection have been met with rejection and humiliation, she shut herself away from the skin world.
Because the boundaries between reminiscence and actuality start to fracture, acquainted locations remodel into reflections of her previous. By way of exploration, unsettling encounters, and the gradual unravelling of Junko’s story, she should confront the individuals, experiences, and feelings she has spent years attempting to flee earlier than she loses herself utterly.
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Japanese First-person psychological horror: Discover, examine, and survive inside a grounded, slow-burn descent into paranoia and notion.
Confined exploration: Search Junko’s house and surrounding distorted areas by way of messages, recordsdata, and environmental clues to uncover hidden truths.
Stress: Keep out of sight and transfer rigorously as an unseen presence begins to trace your behaviour.
Fractured actuality: Shift between acquainted environments and warped liminal areas formed by Junko’s reminiscences, the place her reminiscences and fears manifest.
BrokenLore Sequence: DON’T LIE is a part of the “BrokenLore” sequence of video games that may be performed and loved as a standalone story.
Wired Productions: Produced by psychological narrative specialists, WP, including further layers of narrative and depth, for a richer expertise.
