Puzzles, ghost hunting, and exploration will all intertwine in the gameplay.
Itll also make its way to nearly all the consoles on the market.
Tenebris Picturais slated for an August 31, 2023, release, barely a few weeks from now.
But what do we know of the new games story and gameplay?
Is there a trailer where you’re free to glimpse the supernatural action ahead of launch day?
Check out ourTenebris Pictura: Everything We Know article to find out.
What is Tenebris Pictura?
Tenebris Picturais an upcoming ultra-corporeal action-adventure game slated for release on August 31, 2023.
The game is currently in development by Pentadimensional Games, an indie developer best known for creatingMegaton Rainfall.
Story
Players will take on the role of a paranormal investigator in the Victorian era.
An old friend invites you to investigate his daughters disappearance.
You arrive on a misty, convoluted island with supernatural mysteries linked to a shady sect.
The story seems to offer a mix of personal interrelationships and supernatural mysteries.
Gameplay
Tenebris Picturawill have three gameplay elements: exploration, puzzle solving, and ghost hunting.
Using your psychic power, youll search for clues that give you more information about the future.
The Aether Pendulum will help you identify extra-terrestrial beings hiding in plain sight.
Floors will give way to open up faraway galaxies.
Walls will move around, creating illusions that disrupt normalcy.
New environments will form that demand entirely new ways of puzzle-solving.
All the paintings in the game are possible entryways to new worlds.
The nonlinearity can be overwhelming.
No guns or swords exist; only psychic energy blasts do, as best seen in the announcement trailer.
Using psychic powers, youll move objects within your surroundings to strategic defense positions and even conjure moving walls.
you’ve got the option to dodge incoming attacks or protect yourself from harm.
Meanwhile, youll have to separate your soul from your body to fight the supernatural.
Development
Indie developer Pentadimensional Games is currently working onTenebris Pictura.
The studio is most popular for creatingMegaton Rainfall, a superhero action hit from 2017.
Perhaps the game is most comparable toEternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem.
Pentadimensional Games will publish the game, too.
Hopefully, the game will launch on August 31, 2023, as planned.
Right off the bat, the low budget for indie developer Pentadimensional Games starts to show.
Yet it doesnt look too bad, with a peculiarly compelling charm.
Further, the trailer shows the protagonist jumping off a painting and into a large room.
A dark, misty atmosphere looms over the environment.
And then things get really weird, as an extraterrestrial being jumps off a painting.
Walls move around, and floors cave in, giving way to new worlds.
Lights and illusions disrupt normalcy, as worlds within paintings, open up the island to stranger things.
There are certainly plenty of hazy and strange happenings akin toEternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem.
He also encounters a few puzzles, with plenty more non-linear trans-dimensional ones to expect once the game drops.
Release Date, Platforms & Editions
Tenebris Picturais officially slated for an August 31, 2023 release.
As of now, we dont have confirmation of a Switch port release.
you could addTenebris Picturato your wishlist as early as now viaSteamor theEpic Games Store.
Alternatively,Xbox OneorXbox Series X/Sowners can pre-order the game.
PlayStation console users, however, will have to wait to pre-order at a later date.
As for the editions on offer, it seems only the standard edition is available and none other.
Evans I. Karanja is a freelance writer who loves to write about anything technology.
When not writing, he can be found playing video games or watching F1.
