Métete en la piel de Ollie, un novato periodista que inicia sus prácticas en el periódico Signal & Echo, en Runeton, Inglaterra. Espera pasarse el día reescribiendo comunicados de prensa desde un escritorio, pero le cae un bombazo: localizar a la estudiante desaparecida Iris Wood. Esta aventura indie casual fusiona los clásicos del point-and-click con un parser de texto renovado para investigaciones más profundas.
Los jugadores usan comandos verbales e puzzles de inventario junto al parser para interrogar personajes, registrar el archivo informático del periódico y desbloquear puntos del mapa. El sistema detecta cualquier nombre propio o hotspot del juego, desde Iris Wood hasta objetos al alcance. Toma notas y aplica lógica del mundo real para resolver enigmas e impresionar a los compañeros. Los fans de las aventuras casuales que disfrutan del apuntes reflexivos y diálogos guiados por parser se engancharán con el empeño de Ollie por sacar la exclusiva.
Just gimme the gist!
Informed by the developer’s past career in journalism, you play as Ollie, a wannabe reporter on his first day of work experience at the Signal & Echo newspaper, in the fictional town of Runeton, England.
Ollie thought he’d be chained to his desk all day, rewriting press releases. Instead, he’s been given a real assignment: find out what happened to missing schoolgirl Iris Wood.
Using a unique text parser system, alongside traditional point-and-click mechanics, help Ollie impress his colleagues and break the story wide open!
What’s this about a ‘unique’ text parser?
Alongside the verb interactions and inventory puzzles found in many traditional adventure games, Signal and Echo: Iris is Missing uses an innovative text parser system—for conversations, searching the newspaper’s computer archive, and finding new locations on your map.
The system recognises any proper noun (i.e. capitalised noun, like John Smith, London, or The Beatles), so long as you’ve found it in-game. It also accepts the name of any hotspot, from any location, including inventory items.
This means you can ask anyone about any of these things. You'll need to take notes out in the real world and really think for yourself! (All the puzzles use real-world logic, as opposed to cartoon or moon logic.)
