Spend a Night at The Isle Tide Hotel, a Live-Action Interactive Mystery for PC, Consoles and Mobile
Cardiff, Wales | November 16, 2022 –Wales Interactive and Interflix Media are proud to announce The Isle Tide Hotel, a live-action interactive mystery coming to PC, PS5, PS4, Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android in Q2 2023.
An absent father must rescue his teenage daughter from an eclectic cult before their final night at the Isle Tide Hotel. Players investigate the strange events that unfold to save Eleanor Malone in this live-action interactive mystery game, where every decision affects the story.
Open every three years for three nights, a strange mix of colourful characters hiding personal traumas gather to uncover the one thread binding them. Their search for the meaning of life. But tonight, this mysterious organisation must decide whether to break their own etiquettes and hand over a teenage girl to their elusive founder, Dr. Aniston, who promises her sacrifice will conclude their purpose.
How do you infiltrate the hotel? Will you coax your way into the cult? Do you discover the hidden lore, side quests and their dedicated endings or fail at any one of the ruthless narrative puzzles? Navigate a branching narrative with numerous ways to help rescue the daughter you've never met.
Main Features A live action game which responds to your choices 7 main endings available with 14 different outcomes Side quests which have dedicated endings Real-time personality and cult association tracker In-game chapter skip menu - but you have to earn it first
Narrative Features A unique cult with its own rich history and rules Paths blocked behind information Cryptic notes to hidden endings Hidden lore and 'Easter eggs' to discover Sprawling dialogue options that make you see the same character in a different light
Cast
Michael D. Xavier ("Gentleman Jack", "The Blacklist") Jemima Rooper ("Flowers in the Attic: The Origin" (2022), "Matriarch" (2022-Hulu), Amit Shah ("Happy Valley", "The Witcher") Richard Brake ("Game of Throne") Georgie Glen ("Call the Midwife") Tristram Wymark ("Pennyworth") Jessica Ellerby ("Pennyworth", "Lovesick") Joni Ayton-Kent ("The Watch")
Team Co-developed by Interflix Media and Wales Interactive Published by Wales Interactive
Harry Chadwick, Writer & Director of The Isle Tide Hotel said: "The Isle Tide Hotel is inspired by classic RPGs with branching dialogue options, allowing the audience to explore a complex cast of characters, with filmic inspiration from Agatha Christie's Crooked House and Rian Johnson's Knives Out. It's an FMV with levels, uncovering more each time you play. We wanted to make sure every decision affects the story and each story ends with a tough moral choice. It asks one key question; how will you decide to save Eleanor Malone?"
Grace Monroe Chadwick, Producer/Co-Founder, Interflix Media said: "We have relished the opportunity to work alongside Wales Interactive to bring our interactive content out of VR and into the wider market. The Isle Tide Hotel marks our entrance into the FMV space, and we are very excited about developing the medium in new and dynamic way."
Richard Pring, Executive Producer/Co-Founder, Wales Interactive said: "We are very excited to be at the forefront of the renaissance in interactive movies, and teaming up with new interactive production studios like Interflix to bring high-end value in production quality. The Isle Tide Hotel is a complex narrative driven adventure created using our streamlined Interactive Scripting Tool – WIST – that enables writers to easily create playable, multi-directional scripts."
