On Monday, Failbetter Games announced an official launch date for its upcoming romance/murder thriller game set in the Fallen London universe, Mask of the Rose. The sport will launch on June 8, 2023.
According to Failbetter Games, Fallen London is “a darkly hilarious gothic underworld the place death is a brief inconvenience, the rats speak, and Hell is just a stone’s throw away.” Because of a mysterious bargain, Victorian London is now in an enormous, subterranean cavern, with Parliament sunken into the Thames and the solar never shining.
Since death in this universe is just “a short-term inconvenience,” Mask of the Rose follows the case of first homicide sufferer in London because the Fall, who’s now feeling much better after the attempt on their life. Unfortunately, the final one that cared for them — a well being care provider who also happens to be the participant character’s roommate — is now the prime suspect for the crime.
To help resolve all this, the participant character will interact with the world and characters of Fallen London, who will reply in one other way depending on who your character is and the way they dress. Your roommate, Griz, has gotten you a job as a census taker for the city’s new Masters, so you get to interact with of us around town and pursue additional platonic or romantic relationships with them based mostly on what you discover out. Depending on what you wear while you’re out and about, you will be able to entry completely different story routes and alternatives.
To kind by way of both murder theories and potential matchmaking marks in the recreation, gamers will use a “story-crafting” mini-game. If you don’t like the way the tale is currently unraveling, or if the twists aren’t to your tastes, you can change the motive, location, and/or victim to see how that changes the story.
