The Case of Charles Dexter Ward - the first game under the license from H. P. Lovecraft, has been Greenlit on Steam within just 7 days! Senscape studio responsible for the game (as well as for Scratches, Serena and Asylum) has just announced The Grand Adventure Game Quiz to thank community for their support and invite them to have even more adventure games related fun!
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward invites you to explore mystery-laden Providence and uncover its enchanting secrets, research ancient history of witchcraft and occultism in shadow-blighted Salem, and sneak into an eerie Pawtuxet farm to meet unspeakable horrors lurking underneath in one of the most memorable sequences in Lovecraft’s oeuvre. Take the role of both the inquisitive Charles Dexter Ward and Dr. Marinus Willett in a race against time to save Providence (and possibly humankind) from the evil warlock Joseph Curwen, who has made a pact with powerful forces of ineffable cosmic hideousness to exert his abhorrent influence across centuries.
From visits to dusty libraries where awaits the hideous Necronomicon, through excursions to nightmarish cemeteries where time-worn bones tell of horrible past events, to sojourns in the old Salem-Village of crumbling gables and clustered gambrel roofs where wizards of yore still prowl, this is a blood-tingling project bound to stimulate the pineal glands of fans of adventure games and supernatural horror alike.
Game Main Features:
- The most faithful adaption of a story by H. P. Lovecraft
- Take the role of two characters: Charles Dexter Ward and Dr. Marinus Willett
- Enter a thrilling story involving occultism, witchcraft and the mysteries of immortality
- Explore a beautifully recreated Providence, including many of Lovecraft’s favorite locations
- Unlock the secrets of the Necronomicon in a recreation of the book following Lovecraft’s original notes
- A painstakingly researched project with the assistance of the greatest Lovecraft scholar, S. T. Joshi
- Offering around 10 hours of gameplay
The game will be released on Windows, iOS and Linux. Intrigued? Visit the studio official website: http://www.senscape.net/, Facebook and Twitter profiles.
"the first game under the license from H. P. Lovecraft" - except he's been dead for decades and couldn't have licenses it. I've never seen a company so blatantly try to mislead people in it's press releases in ways that any HPL fan would know is absolute nonsense. These people have no shame.