Abstract
- Out there now on XBOX Collection X|S and PC.
- The subsequent chapter within the Japanese psychological horror sequence and plans for future updates.
- How we deal with varied social points by way of the horror recreation medium.
Whats up all at XBOX!
My identify is Sebastiano Serafini, and I’m the CEO and Founding father of Serafini Productions – the staff behind the BrokenLore universe. As we speak, we’re very excited to announce the discharge of the most recent addition to the BrokenLore sequence, BrokenLore: Don’t Lie. In addition to being a standalone title, Don’t Lie is a component of a bigger narrative thread that shines a lightweight on totally different views of sure social points.
BrokenLore: Don’t Lie
BrokenLore: Don’t Lie is a couple of younger hikikomori named Junko who should navigate her traumatic previous earlier than her actuality slips from her grasp. For these unfamiliar, hikikomori are reclusive people who withdraw from social life, searching for isolation for quite a lot of social or psychological causes.
Because the boundaries between reminiscence and actuality start to fracture attributable to Junko’s withdrawal from the skin world, acquainted locations rework into reflections of her previous. Steadily, she should confront the individuals, experiences, and feelings she has spent years suppressing earlier than she loses herself.
How Does This Connect with BrokenLore: Don’t Watch?
Junko and Shinji (The protagonist of Don’t Watch) met in a rehabilitation centre within the yr 2020. They had been each present process remedy for his or her totally different psychiatric issues, which in flip led them to turn into hikikomori. Don’t Watch covers Shinji’s story, and the origins surrounding his personal isolation.
Don’t Lie is Junko’s story.
The place Did the Concept for the BrokenLore Collection Come From?
The thought behind BrokenLore got here from our need to create an interconnected narrative universe that would discover totally different social points that really feel related to us.
I favored the thought of telling a fragmented story: every recreation can stand by itself and discover its personal characters and themes, however gamers who’re curious sufficient to look deeper can progressively join these fragments.
From the start, we needed BrokenLore to be greater than only a sequence of horror video games. Horror is the medium we use to inform these tales, however on the core of every recreation are very human experiences.
The subject of hikikomori was notably fascinating to me as a result of I’ve lived in Japan for a few years and have seen how social withdrawal is mentioned and perceived right here. After all, isolation and social withdrawal are under no circumstances solely Japanese points, however Japan was the attitude via which I first grew to become notably within the topic.
The Subsequent Chapter in The BrokenLore Universe
With this latest chapter, we’re additionally exploring one other phenomenon that we’ve more and more seen round us: individuals’s relationships with AI companions. An increasing number of persons are turning to AI instruments to not solely to search out info, but in addition to debate private issues or search recommendation. That statement was a part of the inspiration behind our character in Don’t Lie – Miki-chan.
What you’ve gotten seen up to now is admittedly solely the start. We’ve many extra tales that we wish to inform inside this universe, which is why we’re very glad to have companions similar to Wired Productions and Shochiku supporting us on that journey. Hopefully these collaborations can proceed as BrokenLore grows, as a result of there are nonetheless many themes, characters and tales that we wish to discover. Having the chance to inform them via video video games—and doubtlessly have these tales imply one thing to the individuals who play them—is without doubt one of the most satisfying elements of making BrokenLore for me.
Thanks to all who’ve performed BrokenLore: Don’t Watch, and I hope you take pleasure in BrokenLore: Don’t Lie. You’ll be able to choose it up immediately on XBOX SERIES X|S and PC.
BrokenLore: DON’T LIE
Wired Productions
$15.99
$14.39
BrokenLore: DON’T LIE is a Japanese psychological horror recreation exploring trauma, isolation, and a fractured actuality the place notion turns into more and more unreliable.
Step into the lifetime of Junko, a hikikomori whose rigorously managed world begins to unravel because the previous resurfaces in methods she will now not ignore.
Raised by a father who was all the time current however by no means actually there, Junko realized early to retreat inward. When her few makes an attempt at connection had been met with rejection and humiliation, she shut herself away from the skin world.
Because the boundaries between reminiscence and actuality start to fracture, acquainted locations rework into reflections of her previous. Via exploration, unsettling encounters, and the gradual unravelling of Junko’s story, she should confront the individuals, experiences, and feelings she has spent years making an attempt to flee earlier than she loses herself utterly.
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Japanese First-person psychological horror: Discover, examine, and survive inside a grounded, slow-burn descent into paranoia and notion.
Confined exploration: Search Junko’s condo and surrounding distorted areas via messages, information, and environmental clues to uncover hidden truths.
Stress: Keep out of sight and transfer rigorously as an unseen presence begins to trace your behaviour.
Fractured actuality: Shift between acquainted environments and warped liminal areas formed by Junko’s reminiscences, the place her reminiscences and fears manifest.
BrokenLore Collection: DON’T LIE is a part of the “BrokenLore” sequence of video games that may be performed and loved as a standalone story.
Wired Productions: Produced by psychological narrative specialists, WP, including extra layers of narrative and depth, for a richer expertise.
