This week, developer Cobalt Lane announced that their latest up-and-coming narrative-driven psychological thriller ‘Imprinted’ will launch on PC via Steam later this year.
Imprinted puts players in the studio chair of Vincent Brandt, a talented but jaded audio engineer. Vincent is brought in to restore the lost recordings of Viola Fossati, a mysterious 1970s experimental musician whose story ended far too abruptly. At first, Vincent thinks he’s simply fixing up broken tapes and repairing the audio, but something inside those recordings starts pushing back.
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In Imprinted, players will:
- Restore corrupted and incomplete recordings from Viola’s archives
- Use Vincent’s audio tools to uncover hidden details buried in the noise
- Explore a relationship between two artists, separated by decades
- Assemble unfinished songs and decide what gets brought back to life
- Experience an original soundtrack created by award-winning composer Filippo Beck Peccoz and ambient/post-folk musician Charlotte Oleena
“The core of our story grew from this idea that human experience gets imprinted upon everything – including sound,” said Filippo Beck Peccoz, Creative Director at Cobalt Lane. “Vincent and Viola never share a room, never speak face-to-face, but through these broken tapes they form a strange, intimate connection. This “conversation” sparks Vincent’s creativity to a degree that throws Vincent into a spiral of obsession and loss of control.
Ultimately, Imprinted is a ghost story about creativity.”
Imprinted is for fans of slow-burn horror and rich narratives. If you love analog horror, audio-driven gameplay, stories told through artifacts, logs, and recordings, and a beautiful, unsettling atmosphere, then Imprinted is made for you.
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