- LCB Game Studio’s third Pixel Pulp, is out now on Xbox.
- Unique interactive fiction expertise merging Twentieth-century ‘Pulps’ with 80s recreation aesthetics.
- A charming fusion of undercover cop drama, supernatural beliefs, and tornado-chasing street journeys.
Bahnsen Knights is the third Pixel Pulp launched by LCB Game Studio. A Pixel Pulp is our personal manner of understanding interactive fiction, attempting to convey collectively two distant parts such because the style narratives of the early twentieth century— the so-called ‘Pulps’—and the pc video games of the 80s, with their restricted palettes and with an entire historical past of prospects forward as a medium.
But what we time period “Pixel Pulps” just isn’t mere nostalgia; it’s a glimpse right into a previous which may have been.
History of Bahnsen Knights
In Bahnsen Knights, gamers assume the function of Boulder, investigating the disappearance of a fellow Agency member by infiltrating the Bahnsen Knights—a cult led by Toni, a former used automobile salesman. Toni believes that hell is above us, and tornadoes are the satan’s doing. With his Bahnsen Knights, Toni drives his Sierra to conduct ‘street exorcisms’, as a approach to combat F5 tornadoes.
As with all Pixel Pulps, Bahnsen Knights goals to craft a gripping narrative expertise paying homage to tales printed in pulp magazines from the primary half of the Twentieth Century—tales that refuse to launch their grip on readers.
Art of Bahnsen Knights
The place to begin was the colour palette of the ZX Spectrum console, restricted to 6 colours plus black and white with two ranges of brightness. Although the palette will be strident when utilized in its entirety, that is a part of its attraction and nostalgia.
To create distinct identities for every recreation, we decreased the palette to a few colours for every Pixel Pulp. Drawing parallels with journal printing methods—mixing small dots of two colours to create the phantasm of a 3rd shade—we aimed to realize this impact.
In Bahnsen Knights, centered round an undercover cop, saturating all the things in pink felt applicable, making a steady sense of alertness. Combining it with magenta provides the visuals a vibrant neon 80s high quality that enhances the story completely.
Input in Bahnsen Knights
Our Pixel Pulps use a choice-based enter system, extending past choose-your-own-adventure choices to manage mini-games. In Bahnsen Knights, that is no totally different. This system not solely aligns with sure recreation genres we love but in addition permits us to experiment with recreation design parts akin to time, muscle reminiscence, and reflexes. And like our different Pixel Pulps, Bahnsen Knights features a variant of a solitaire we designed… Cross Solitaire!
Time in Bahnsen Knights
Time is an important factor that enhances the gripping nature of the story. As an infiltrated agent, Boulder is at all times on the verge of discovery, leaving no room for relaxation.
Experimenting with quick-time occasions, counters, and different recreation design sources, we goal to interrupt the passivity of studying an interactive fiction, the place time is normally on the participant’s aspect—one of many achievements of the sport has to do with this, particularly with the studying time… are you able to unlock it?
What Could Have Been and What Might be
Our Pixel Pulps – rooted in pulp-like narratives, pixel aesthetics paying homage to a Nineteen Eighties which may have been, and a management system that enables itself to experiment as if the online game business hadn’t already calcified some design practices – are usually not merchandise of a previous we yearn for, however of a previous but to return. We hope you take pleasure in discovering this little universe of ours!
Bahnsen Knights
Chorus Worldwide Games
$9.99
In a world of spiritual fanaticism, F5 tornadoes and Ford Sierras you might be Boulder, an spy. Your task sees you infiltrate the Bahnsen Knights, a lethal, supercharged cult with an enigmatic chief. In this murky and harmful world you will need to maintain your wits about you and keep alive to unravel the thriller behind an previous buddy’s disappearance.
Who are the Bahnsen Knights?
The Bahnsen Knights are the quickest cult within the land. Powered by non secular fanaticism and supercharged Sierras they comply with their charismatic chief Toni as they unleash hell upon earth. What are their goals? Why are they performing ‘route exorcisms’ and babbling about ‘miracles on the street’? And including to the enigma: Why are they holding paranormal investigator Lou Hill captive in a trunk?
An enigmatic chief
The Bahnsen Knights’ highest authority, Toni, is an ex-car salesman preaching that Hell just isn’t beneath however above us all. He was being investigated by agent Cupra, one in all your oldest pals within the Agency. But now Cupra’s gone. Does Toni have one thing to do together with his disappearance?
An spy
You thought you had seen all the things in all of your years working for the Agency, however this task is one thing else, one thing private, one thing darker… and it scares you. Will you have the ability to maintain it collectively for lengthy sufficient to uncover what occurred to Cupra and take down Toni and the Bahnsen Knights as soon as and for all? Danger lies round each nook and each dialog. You simply want to remain alive!
Features
– Immerse your self within the story with its wealthy, branching narratives and evocative illustrations
– Decide the destiny of characters in ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ type gameplay
– Earn the belief of the Bahnsen Knights to outlive the investigation
– Piece collectively extra of the interconnected world of Pixel Pulps
– Accessible, brain-tickling puzzles all through the story… together with the return of solitaire!
A Pixel Pulps journey
Bahnsen Knights is a standalone expertise and the third within the Pixel Pulps collection of interactive adventures. Created by novelist Nico Saraintaris and artist Fernando Martinez Ruppel, Pixel Pulps fuse distinctive writing and beautiful illustration, impressed by mid-Twentieth century pulp fiction and 80s residence laptop graphics. The first quantity contains three video games: Mothmen 1966, Varney Lake, and Bahnsen Knights.
Bahnsen Knights, like all of the Pixel Pulps, is made to be performed by anybody who enjoys effective storytelling.
