After years of toiling behind the scenes on both the Fogtown TV series and the game, were finally able to reveal some screenshots and talk about our new title: A Rum Case in Fogtown!
We also have a demo thats just a few days away from debuting at the Adventure Game Fan Fair this weekend, which will (eventually SOON!) make its way online for all to try, once weve ensured it plays nicely across a wide range of systems.
A Rum Case in Fogtown is a mystery/comedy prequel to the Fogtown TV series, taking place in the early days of Sherblock & Blocksons partnership. When a mysterious saboteur strikes their favorite pub (upending the livelihood of its beloved proprietor), our lads leap into action to find the culprit or perhaps they do a terrible job and end the game in hilariously premature fashion your choice, players!
Gameplay is entirely FMV-based, with frequent choices that shape your experience: some with far-reaching consequences, and some just with fun bits of flavor that personalize your playthrough. Due to all the branching possibilities, we like to think of it as a highly replayable experience, but for those who just like to complete games once, were confident the story will be satisfying either way.
Well have more to share in the coming weeks, but in the meantime we just wanted to spruce up this Steam page, reveal the game title, and thank you for your interest in this delightfully fun little passion project of ours. So thank you! And talk soon!
Guide the brilliant (but easily distracted) Sherblock and his stalwart companion Blockson through a madcap mystery where you control the outcome! Will you solve the case or plunge the city of Fogtown into chaos?
FOGTOWN: Mystery of the Missing Crime is a modern take on the old-school FMV genre, and the first of its kind made with puppets. Rather than direct control over the characters, you'll regularly pick from a series of options that branch the story into fun new directions. The result is a rollicking, madcap adventure that's great for solo or group play. It's like an interactive, replayable episode of quality comedy television. (With PUPPETS! What's not to like?)
Fogtown features a voice cast of legendary adventure game actors such as Dean Erickson (Gabriel Knight himself from 1995's The Beast Within), Lenval Brown (narrator of Disco Elysium) and Rupert Booth (Inspector Jenks from Contradiction and DuPont from The Shapeshifting Detective)!
Zany, fast-paced antics unlike any FMV game you've played
The same quality writing from the Fogtown TV show that no one's seen yet
Short enough to complete and then get a refund from Steam!