What is S I G N A L I S?
"A classic survival horror experience with a unique aesthetic, full of melancholic mystery. Explore a world with a dark secret, solve puzzles, fight off nightmarish creatures and navigate through dystopian, surreal worlds as Elster, a technician Replika looking for a lost dream" - Rose Engine, Creators of S I G N A L I S
S I G N A L I S is a isometric (birds's eye view) si-fi horror game going over the story of a robot with a human cloned mind called a Replika, specifically the LSTR or Elster variant. Sent to a mining facility where Gestalts, the current human goverment, and Replikas work together. After landing, Elster starts experiencing memories not of her own, a love faintly remembered, horrors becoming reality, dimentional impossibilities, and a promise needing to be remembered.
How's The Gameplay?
The gameplay mirrors similar games to the original resident evil games, including puzzles, resource management, and enemies that won't take no for an answer, no matter how many rounds of ammunition you put into them. The game includes 3 endings, all of them cannon, with a secret 4th ending.
Extra Information & Interesting Facts
A TRIBUTE SONG CREATED BY HEALTH
The game goes through major story beats of "The King In Yellow", even having it play into unlocking the secret ending by not following along with the book.
The painting used as a prized artwork of the Gestalt empire and in certian cutscenes applied over Elster, is the 5 variants of the painting "Isle Of The Dead" by Arnold Bocklin, having the meaning behind the painting reflect certian aspects of the game.
The Replika's human names are all references to types of birds in different languages. Adler = "Eagle" in German, Eule = "Owl" In German, Mynah = A Songbird in Southeast Asia.
A mechanic in the game of only holding 6 items has an actual reasoning behind it beside a gameplay mechanic. The Gestalt Empire has a international law of keeping only 6 items posessed on a person at a time, sometimes even correlating to 6 prized posessions for children.