dtp entertainment announced they will publish their new PC adventure So Blonde worldwide under the Anaconda label, with a November release date set for German-speaking territories. Renowned adventure game writer Steve Ince (of Broken Sword fame) is responsible for the game’s unusual story…
She is young, she is pretty and she comes from rich parents: Sunny Blonde has little to worry about in her life. Especially not today: the 17-year-old American beauty is on a luxurious Atlantic cruise with her parents, celebrating their wedding anniversary. But it’s not really a party after Sunny’s taste — she’d rather be getting down with her friends. That’s why she uses every chance she gets to get away from her parents and explore the ship. Just when the ship passes by the Bermuda Islands, the inevitable occurs: a heavy thunderstorm rolls in, the cruise ship is overwhelmed by the sea. Sunny passes out and is transported into one of the vessel’s lifeboats…
Sunny comes to on a gorgeous sandy beach on an island covered with palm trees. She can barely recall what happened. Still slightly dazed, she does register that there are no other passengers anywhere near — she seems to be stranded on the island all by herself.
But an involuntary stay on a completely unfamiliar island, with no way of knowing how she will ever leave it, is one thing. More severe for Sunny is that all of a sudden she will have to make do without all her luxurious accessories: her cell phone gets no coverage, her make-up is all messed up, and there doesn’t appear to be a shopping mall in walking distance. And her troubles are only getting started: through some freak of time and space, she seems to have been transported several centuries back and landed in the middle of an age ruled by pirates and buccaneers.
Quite a problem for Sunny Blonde — and it’s up to PC gamers to solve it in the crazy adventure game So Blonde. Gamers will not only be faced with adventure and puzzling riddles but will see the protagonist grow from rich, spoiled luxury girl to a courageous survivor.
Beautiftul background drawings will guarantee Bermuda-like and pirate atmosphere. Tropical beaches, simple thatched huts, but also mystical, dark voodoo temples, in which the natives worship a god who’s apparently not that pacific, are seen on the island, which is Sunny Blonde’s new home for now. It’s her task to master lunatic adventures — and to save, for example, her MP3 player from the depths of the scary voodoo temple. Seems easy, but the natives regard it as a holy gift from the gods…
So Blonde, developed by French team Wizarbox has it all: a beautiful (anti-)heroine, jet black humor that goes far beyond trite cliches, gorgeous cartoon graphics and a ton of gameplay surprises.