Photographs

Photographs

Released Apr 2019

Photographs is a Narrative Tragedy Puzzle Game? What the hell does that mean

83% positive · 165 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Evaluation

Photographs launched on April 3, 2019 as a self-contained narrative puzzle game. The developer shipped two post-launch patches: a bug fix and developer commentary update on May 29, 2019, followed by a hint system and puzzle-skip feature on October 15, 2019. There have been no developer communications of any kind since October 15, 2019, no DLC has ever been listed, and the store description presents the game as a complete, intentionally compact experience ("just over three hours"). The developer has never announced future content or expansions. The game launched as a finished product and its post-launch patches were quality-of-life improvements, not content additions. With no post-launch content pattern, no unreleased DLC, and nearly seven years of silence since the last update, Photographs is a complete, standalone game.
Evidence
Photographs launched on April 3, 2019 as a finished game
news post · Apr 3, 2019 source content shipped
high
v1.1 patch added a hint system and puzzle-skip option. This is the last developer communication on record.
news post · Oct 15, 2019 source content shipped
medium

Media

Details

Publisher
EightyEight Games
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

I think you should play Photographs.

I tried to make it a little bit different from most games. It sort of mixes puzzle and narrative in a ( hopefully ) interesting way. You might get stuck on some puzzles, but you should never not know what you need to do to proceed.



So what do you actually do? Well, you search around and solve puzzles, and as you do so you'll be developing a scene in front of you and hearing a story. I want to the story to really stand out, so the game has got really beautiful pixel art and top notch music, combined with gameplay and narrative beats that individually would do a pretty good job of telling that story, but come together to really make something special.

It's a pretty short game too. I would say just over three hours. There are loads of games these days and who has time to play them all? I've tried to keep things as condensed as possible rather than add filler, to be as respectful for your time as I can be.



Each story is in a different setting and has completely different gameplay mechanics. It ended up being a LOT of work, but It's kind of necessary: The gameplay itself has a hand in telling the story, so what works for one tale wouldn't work for another.



I don't think there's anything else like it out there, so if nothing else, It should give you a unique experience.

So yeah. That's my pitch, If that sounds interesting to you, give it a shot!

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