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Comic-turned-TV show Invincible’s first PC game will be ‘visual novel RPG’ Atom EveFeaturing a branching narrative and turn-based combat
Featuring a branching narrative and turn-based combat
Image credit:Skybound
Image credit:Skybound
Invincible, the comic book-turned-animated TV series from Walking Dead co-creator Robert Kirkman, is being turned into a fully-fledgedvisual novel. Attached toInvincible Presents: Atom EveareShadow of the Tomb Raider,Mothergunshipand Assassin’s Creed devs, who will centre the single-player game around the superhero from the original series.
Invincible Presents: Atom Eve – Announce TrailerWatch on YouTube
Invincible Presents: Atom Eve – Announce Trailer
Leading development on the visual novel will be creative director Jill Murray, the co-writer of Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation and Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Joining Murray will be art director Rossi Gifford, who has worked on projects forLeague of Legendsdevs Riot Games, as well as comics giant Marvel and Invincible publisher Skybound. Murray and Gifford will work with developers Terrible Posture Games, who handled The Walking Dead: Last Mile - a sort of blend of ARG and TV show based on the hugely popular zombie franchise - and, unexpectedly, bullet-hellFPSMothergunship.
Image credit:Skybound
According to Kirkman, the visual novel will put a “fresh spin” on Eve’s appearance in the comics, while managing to stay true to the character’s comic-book origins; the game’s announcement trailer shows comic book-like boxouts and speech bubbles. Murray added that the story will give Eve’s “complexity, creativity, and wry sense of humour” a chance to shine alongside her superpowers.
Invincible Presents: Atom Eve will bereleased on Steamlater this year.
