Papers, Please creator's next game revleaed

Lucas Pope, the creator of the superb Papers, Please, has announced his next game, Return of the Obra Dinn, a first-person mystery game set on a merchant ship back in 1808.

"I want to challenge myself so this'll be a very different game from anything I've done before, including Papers Please," Pope said on the <a herf="http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=40832.0">TIGSource Forums</a> where the announcement was made. "There'll be less creativity with the gameplay and instead I want to experiment with the rendering, story, and a few technical features."

"Right now I have only a rough idea about the narrative. I'm hoping to capture a compelling mystery with suspense and twists in the limited space of an old merchant sailing ship. It won't be the typical "collect items and look for clues" structure. There's a slightly cool gameplay hook but I won't go into details on that until much later."

Pope then offered a few plot details to whet our appetite: "In 1802, the merchant ship "Obra Dinn" set out from London for the Orient with over 200 tons of trade goods. Six months later it hadn't met its rendezvous point at the Cape of Good Hope and was declared lost at sea."

"Early this morning of October 14th, 1808, the Obra Dinn drifted into port with sails damaged and no visible crew. As insurance adjustor for the East India Company's London Office, find means to board the ship and recover the captain's logbook for assessment."

It certainly sounds intriguing, and given the strength of Papers, Please we can't wait to see what Pope comes up with here.