Solo Developer Releases Murder Mystery – Alaska

<p>The latest release from Wreck Tangle Games&comma; a development studio comprising of a sole individual&comma; is <em>Alaska<&sol;em>&period; This story-driven game from the mind of Orion Moon centers around a murder mystery&period; <em>Alaska<&sol;em> gives players a week to experience the life of a small town Alaskan man in the mountains&period; With the town only housing five families&comma; the game begins intimately before the second half turns into a murder mystery&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The protagonist&comma; Blake&comma; spends the first half of the game living his day-to-day&period; This day to day includes activities like ice skating and fishing until a body is discovered on the town&&num;8217&semi;s airstrip&period; These tonally disparate halves are supposed to lull the player into a false sense of security before introducing the proper narrative impetus&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Alaska<&sol;em> emphasizes character interactions&period; In this attempt to connect with the town&&num;8217&semi;s inhabitants&comma; Orion Moon wants players to bond and feel the pain expressed by characters&period; Challenges in the form of mini-games are found throughout the game world&period; Some of these challenges include hunting&comma; fishing&comma; and chainsawing a tree&period; <em>Alaska<&sol;em> is available for &dollar;7&period;99 on <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;gamejolt&period;com&sol;games&sol;alaska&sol;267915" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">GameJolt<&sol;a> and <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;store&period;steampowered&period;com&sol;app&sol;800490&sol;ALASKA&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Steam<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;136155" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-136155" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-large wp-image-136155" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;02&sol;27122750&sol;ss&lowbar;229a962e8d01acd3d2a945137ecffb9e06ec0818&period;1920x1080-1024x577&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-136155" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Alaska&comma; Wreck Tangle Games<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><em>Alaska<&sol;em> currently has only one user review on Steam with a recommended rating&period; User Takeo states&comma; &&num;8220&semi;<em>The gameplay is pretty much nonexistent with the exception of some hard mini-games<&sol;em>&&num;8220&semi;&period; The user concludes his review by stating&comma; &&num;8220&semi;<em>The character interactions are where this game shine&period; Some of the dialogue and twists really grabbed hold of me&period; This game gets really dark and with pretty depressing stuff&period; It is by no means a perfect game but it surely has character&period; I think I spent my money well<&sol;em>&&num;8220&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>More about Wreck Tangle Games&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Wreck Tangle Games comprises of one individual&&num;8211&semi;Orion Moon&comma; who has a history of music&comma; directing&comma; and writing&period; Orion wanted to combine all the skills he had learned into one art form&period; This is where he started learning game development&period; Wreck Tangle Games was born&period; Alaska is their second release&period; <&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;