Tales of the Neon Sea

Platform(s): PC
Genre: Adventure
Developer: Zodiac Interactive
Release Date: April 30, 2019

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'Tales of the Neon Sea' Shows Off 13 Minutes of Gameplay

by Rainier on April 16, 2019 @ 11:44 a.m. PDT

Tales of the Neon Sea is a cyberpunk pixel art point-and-click detective adventure set in an indeterminate point in the future where skyscrapers and neon lights draw impressive aesthetics all throughout the cityscape.

Welcome to a world of intrigue and suspicion. In a world in which humans & robots contend with escalating tensions, mutual distrust, and where gangster felines scheme their way to the top of the food chain, you will have to harshly explore each neighbourhood in town and unveil the whole plot through intriguing dialogues with the characters you meet up with.

Welcome to the Tales of the Neon Sea!

Boasting stunningly detailed pixel art, and featuring a twisting story of mystery and suspense, Tales of the Neon Sea is an exciting new adventure from Chinese indie studio Palm Pioneer. Set in a fully realized cyberpunk cityscape, use your wits and puzzle-solving skills to determine the course of this unique tale.

The new gameplay preview shows our protagonist, Mr. Mist, helping out the police with a crime scene investigation and follows on from the gameplay found in our Steam demo.

"We love the idea of a detective/crime type story within a cyberpunk setting. Like those classics, we’ll be looking at the relationship between humans and AI/robots, with the player solving crimes as part of the core gameplay. Of course, how we differentiate our narrative from those that have come before us will ultimately characterize Tales of the Neon Sea, and in this regard we’re taking a more light-hearted, humorous, and quirky approach to the genre." says the producer, Tian Chao, "Creating detailed and attractive pixel-art and lighting it in unique ways is one of our skills. Cyberpunk and pixel-art tend to be a good match, so it made sense for us to proceed in this direction with Tales of the Neon Sea."

Key Features

  • Cyberpunk noir pixel-art universe
  • Old-school point-and-click playability
  • Detectivesque exploration adventure starring Mr. Mist
  • Vibrant plot and unpredictable ending

Tales of the Neon Sea is scheduled to release on Steam for PC on April 30th, 2019.


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