HPP: During my GDC adventure I was lucky enough to meet up with some very cool indie developers, one of which being the very cool Francisco González. Francisco is the creator of Lamplight City, a game that I feel is palatable to those who aren’t even fans of adventure games. Fun fact: Francisco and I had to use Twitter at one point to find each other during the busy hours of GDC – good times. Lamplight City didn’t leave that much of an impression on me till a few hours after the demo I saw. It was lingering in my mind and the more time I had it burned in my thoughts, the more I wanted to know about the game.
Lamplight City is a point and click style mystery where you play as a detective out to discover his partner’s killer. The big twist is that cases can be truly failed, with no “game over” instance, which can drastically change the outcome of the case.
A Lamplight City commentary track is coming to Grundislav Games' newest adventure game in an update, though it's best avoided for the first playthrough.
MonsterVine sat down with indie adventure game designer Francisco González of Grundislav Games at GDC this year to discuss the recent Lamplight City release as well as have a first look at his new project, Rosewater.
