The Second Guest is a spooky crime adventure in a modern 2D-look that is graphically inspired by the works of Tim Burton. The developer promises to provide a dense atmosphere, funny dialogues and characters that bring a new shine to the flair of mystery thrillers of the 20’s.
The game is being developed by Twice Effect, an independent studio with adventure game experience reaching back to the 80’s. The team has worked on adventure classics such as Jack Orlando and The Whispered World.
Here’s some information on the storyline:
Our saga begins in London in 1923 when the young student Jack Ice receives a mysterious telegraph in which he is invited to an opening of will at the old Grace Castle. Thing is: Jack did not even know the deceased Lord Averton… However, Jack sets out – although slightly irritated - to Little Grace, a small village on the east coast of Cornwall. After he and the other heirs have arrived at the castle it becomes more and more a scary certainty that the old Lord was murdered. And even worse: the murderer now targets all the heirs…
Shortly after the arrival of the heirs a violent thunderstorm breaks and the castle gets cut off from the outside world by a landslide, Jack has no choice but to get to the bottom of things. If he and the others want to survive this night, he will have to reveal the mystery about Grace Castle and also a big mystery about his own past…
