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Lovely puzzler Inked: A Tale Of Love has sketched out a re-release on PCThe new version of Inked arrives this month
The new version of Inked arrives this month
IfInked: A Tale Of Lovelooks familiar, it may be because it had already caught your eye, like mine, when it originally launched on PC back in 2018. The lovely, colourful ballpoint pen artwork is hard to forget. After feeling that they didn’t nail their vision at its initial launch, Somnium Games have been working on a re-release of the game with an “upgraded storyline, better controls, and more immersive graphics.” The upgraded Inked, with all those new niceties, launches on August 27th.
Inked (2021) - Official Launch TrailerWatch on YouTube
Inked (2021) - Official Launch Trailer
Sin’s opinion on it seems to have been in good company. The developerswrote a postearlier this year explaining the history of Inked’s development, saying that perhaps they’d overscoped the initial version and that adding neat new features may have been a detriment to the whole.
“People primarily had problems with controls and punishing platforming/timed sections, which were so big for some it took away from any positives the game had-even if they found them really good,” say Somnium Games. “Some also found the story too confusing, the pacing too slow, and some puzzles too repetitive.”
Somnium apparently never quite gave up on really nailing Inked, according to their retelling of events. The developersannounced last summerthat they’d signed with a new publisher Pixmain who have assisted them with the re-release along with bringing Inked to new platforms. It launched on mobile platforms earlier this year and will have console versions launching alongside the PC re-release this month.
“All of this meant that we got our second chance at a first game, we just had to stick the landing,” they say.
Somnium aren’t extremely specific about exactly how the game’s controls and puzzles have changed, but those seem to be the main area of focus along with the upgraded visuals. It really is quite pretty. With any luck, the puzzles underneath the artwork will only have improved since 2018.
Inked: A Tale Of Love returns to saleon Steamon August 27 for $10.
