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Still Wakes The Deep
''Still Wakes the Deep'' is a 2024 psychological horror video game developed by The Chinese Room and published by Secret Mode. The story follows an electrician named Cameron "Caz" McLeary (Alec Newman), who is trapped on a damaged oil drilling platform in the North Sea in the 1970s, having no way to escape while being pursued by mysterious monsters under harsh weather conditions. Played from a first-person perspective, the game does not feature any combat system, and players must rely on stealth and solving simple puzzles to survive. As the player continues the story, the oil rig will gradually evolve and change, though the game itself is largely linear. Studio co-founder Dan Pinchbeck first pitched ''Still Wakes the Deep'' as "'' The Thing'' set on an oil rig", and served as the game's director until his departure in mid-2023. The studio, which previously released '' Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs'' (2013) and '' Everybody's Gone to the Rapture'' (2015), announced ''Still Wake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chinese Room
The Chinese Room (formerly Thechineseroom) is a British video game developer based in Brighton that is best known for exploration games. The company originated as a mod team for ''Half-Life 2'', based at the University of Portsmouth in 2007, and is named after John Searle's Chinese room thought experiment. In August 2018, it became a subsidiary of Sumo Digital. History Early years (2007–2017) Thechineseroom's first three projects were two mods for ''Half-Life 2'', named ''Antlion Soccer'' and ''Dear Esther'', and a ''Doom 3'' mod titled ''Conscientious Objector''. The modding project was backed by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Of these, ''Dear Esther'' became a cult hit. In 2009, Thechineseroom developed '' Korsakovia'', which was a survival horror mod. After ''Korsakovia'', Thechineseroom worked with Robert Briscoe to develop a remake of '' Dear Esther'', this time as a full-fledged video game title, distributed through Valve's Steam distribution service. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |