Factsheet
Developer:
DigiTales Interactive
Based in Saarbrücken, Germany
Release date:
May 20, 2021
Platforms:
Steam
GOG
Nintendo Switch
Xbox
PlayStation
Website:
http://www.lacuna.game
Regular Price:
USD | 15,99 |
EUR | 15,99 |
Description
You are Neil Conrad, CDI agent. Awoken by the news of a murder, you rush into a case that will soon turn your life and the whole solar system upside down. Ask questions, collect evidence, and put the pieces together until the ugly truth reveals itself... or not. Lacuna's story branches and ends based on your decisions.
History
DigiTales Interactive is a small game development studio based in Saarbrücken, Germany. Our team has a diverse background in various disciplines including literature, music, marketing, pixel art, and programming. Our games employ established storytelling wisdom from various media to convey philosophical ideas and other thought-provoking subject matter without sacrificing fun and entertainment.
Features
- Real choices that change the way the story unfolds and ends
- Puzzles are directly woven into the story – no pixel hunting, moon logic, or inventory management
- Real detective work: gather evidence, question witnesses, confront suspects
- No getting stuck: solve cases wrong and suffer the consequences
- No direct feedback: Lacuna keeps you wondering if you're on the right path
Videos
Lacuna Release Date Announcement Trailer YouTube
Lacuna Release Trailer YouTube
Lacuna Consoles Announcement Trailer YouTube
Lacuna Consoles Release Trailer YouTube
Images
Logo & Icon
Awards & Recognition
- "Indie Game Fest, Game of the Night, 2nd Place" Cologne, November 2019
- "Game Award Saar: Best Prototype WINNER" Saarbrücken, December 2019
- "Game Award Saar: Special Jury Award WINNER" Saarbrücken, December 2019
- "Pixel Awards Europe 2021: Best Story NOMINEE" Warsaw, October 2021
- "Pixel Awards Europe 2021: Retro Roots NOMINEE" Warsaw, October 2021
- "DevGAMM! Awards 2021: Excellence in Narrative NOMINEE" Minsk, November 2021
- "Game Award Saar: Best Game WINNER" Saarbrücken, November 2021
- "Deutscher Entwicklerpreis: Innovation Award NOMINEE" Cologne, December 2021
- "Deutscher Entwicklerpreis: Best Sound NOMINEE" Cologne, December 2021
- ""Out of this World" Silver Aggie WINNER" Adventure Gamers, February 2022
- "Deutscher Computerspielpreis: Best German Game NOMINEE" Munich, March 2022
- "ITFS: Animated Games Award Germany SPECIAL MENTION (Lacuna)" Frankfurt, May 2022
Selected Articles
- "Lacuna is a wonderfully tense hard-boiled story set in a gorgeous jazzpunk future. Its mysteries will make you work for the answers, and will even let you fail, but either way the payoff is a sense of accomplishment that few other narrative puzzlers provide. 9/10"
- Drew Onia, Adventure Gamers - "It doesn't take a gumshoe to tell that Lacuna is a stellar, Noir-inspired adventure, that is absolutely worth investigating further. 8.5/10"
- Blake Grundman, PC Invasion - "Lacuna isn’t the first 2D noir detective game I’ve played, or even the second, but it’s undeniably the best one I’ve come across. 8/10"
- Jake Arias, Killapenguin - "An intricately crafted, perfectly paced and engrossing experience that places the story front and centre."
- Rowen Cameron, Indie Game Website
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Additional Links
Assemble Entertainment
Lacuna's publisher http:.
About DigiTales Interactive
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DigiTales Interactive is a small game development studio committed to creating modern, entertaining, and thought-provoking adventure games.
More information
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Lacuna Credits
Julian Colbus
Project Manager & Composer
Jasmin Pfeiffer
Lead Writer
Benedikt Gillenberg
Lead Programmer
Michael Hoen
Lead Artist
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