Developer The Chinese Room shows off its upcoming narrative horror game Still Wakes the Deep, published by Secret Mode. The developers explored the narrative behind the game and the research that drives development.
In that documentary about the construction of the world, they showed how the environment will evolve over time, as well as the main inspirations on which the horror of the game is based. Elements such as the time and the geographical location of the oil platform where the game takes place play a crucial role in this horror story. The team developed a fascination with cranes and scoured British Petroleum's documentary archives while striving for an authentic depiction of a Scottish oil rig in the 1970s.
An oil rig horror game in Still Wakes the Deep
Still Wakes the Deep will be released in 2024 for PC, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and PlayStation 5. It will also be available on Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass. Still Wakes the Deep is A return to the first-person narrative horror genre part of The Chinese Room. They created critically acclaimed games like Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, the first game in the Amnesia series developed by an outside original team; Everybody's Gone to the Rapture and Dear Esther.
In the game, we will play an offshore oil rig worker fighting for his life in the midst of a ruthless storm. It will be a dangerous environment due to the dark and icy waters of the North Sea. All lines of communication are down. All exits have disappeared. All that remains is to face the unknowable horror that has come aboard. So, you have a game that unconsciously drinks from the works of HP Lovecraft and the film The Thing, by John Carpenter.
