Gray Matter: Jane Jensen presents new adventure project at the Games Convention
Posted by: Aaron Lockard on August 24, 2006 10:09:33 AM
Today's ANACONDA press conference in Leipzig saw renowned adventure
game author Jane Jensen present her new project, provisionally titled
"Gray Matter", to more than 60 journalists from around the world.
The
game's story mixes eerie mysteries with supernatural events in best
Jensen-style. Neurobiologist Dr. David Styles is one of the game's
central characters: since losing his wife in a horrible accident some
several years ago, he has become a recluse, seldom leaving Dread Hill
House, his English country estate.
When student and part-time
street performer Samantha Everett shows up at his doorstep, she
unexpectedly becomes his assistant. Hailing from America, she has been
travelling through most of Europe the last couple years, making do by
performing magic tricks on street corners, so this comes as a nice
change of pace for her. But is the meeting of Sam and Styles really as
coincidental as it seems?
Her first task: finding six test
subjects at Oxford University for one of Styles' experiments. The
experiment starts off innocently enough: the subjects are tasked with
imagining different forms of physical exercise. But then inexplicable
incidents start mounting - and Styles receives visitations by his dear
departed wife. Now it's up to Sam to solve the mysteries of Dread Hill
House.
In Gray Matter, players control both Dr. David Styles as
well as Samantha Everett in their bid to uncover the secrets and find
out the truth. While Dr. Styles research leads him into an
investigation into the intricacies of the human mind, the player will
have to tackle stage magic as Sam to solve puzzles. Gray Matter tackles
questions concerning the nature of reality and the power of the mind in
constructing the world we take for granted.
ANACONDA will publish Gray Matter worldwide in the 4th quarter of 2007.