Developed in 1990 by the Lankhor studio, Maupiti Island is the sequel of their precedent game, the manor of Mortevielle.
Tilt d’or Canal+ and Génération 4 “best game of the year”, nominated in several countries, with tens of thousands of copies sold across Europe, Maupiti Island is still one of the biggest French adventure games ever made.
30 years later, it’s hard to find games that put as much energy to emerge the player in a deep, complex and captivating story. Productions with that level of quality can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
Which led us to wonder: What if we rethink Maupiti, keeping his soul, while endowing it with today’s technologies? To allow old and young players alike, to (re) immerse themselves in its complex narration within a reworked, re-sounded, re-adapted environment?
The starting point of a trip already started.
The Story
After Mortevielle, Jérôme Lange is back.
Fleeing a bitter Paris, the detective accepts the invitation of an old friend and embarks for Japan, aboard the sailboat of a client. But a hurricane interrupts his trip in the middle of the Indian Ocean, and forces him to dock on Maupiti, an island with paradisiacal landscapes, well known to sailors.
A lull of short duration : right after waking up, a woman, Maggie, comes to ask for help. One of her employees has disappeared!
Jerome decides to postpone his holidays to lead the investigation…
And begins to understand that Maupiti, his natives and his regulars hide many secrets. An investigation that will include a brothel, a murder, pirates, opium, weapons traffickers… And the “Bamboo”, a fishing boat arrived during the night to escape the storm, whose crew seems suspicious.
The investigation is going to be hectic…
Key Features
While keeping the main characteristics of the original game, many new features will improve your experience, making it even more immersive and enjoyable!
Lead your investigation in an exotic and mysterious 3D environment
Use your magnifier glass to reveal hidden clues
Use your flashlight to light up dark areas
Establish peoples schedules, remember previous answers and confront suspects
Collect information and objects, and combine them to find new leads
Live score progression : any action will have an impact on your overall score.
Hide and wait at the right place and time, and wait for interesting things to happen
Follow characters around
Corrupt suspects !
Convoke everybody at Maguy’s house when you are ready to reveal the truth
You have 3 days to solve the case !
Platforms:
The game will be delivered on PC, MAC, and Android and IPAD tablet. Depending on the reached goals, the game could be available on Switch, PS4, XBOX and VR Devices.
Languages:
Voiceover and subtitles options include French and English. And depending on the reached goal, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and German will be added.
Estimated release: June 2020
The Team
An experienced studio of developers, a galaxy of French and European talents.
The project is initiated and piloted from the South of France by the studio Milleniumprod, a team of experienced developers and graphic designers, used to working together for decades on the most varied projects.
A development undertaken under Unity for several months, with one goal: to offer players a lucid experience, mesmerizing and unmatchable, worthy of the original!
Different partnerships with experienced French and European talents, sensitive to the mysterious atmosphere of Maupiti and able to give the game a new breath, have also helped to lay a solid foundation for the project, both technically and artistically.
With one goal: to give Maupiti the prestige it deserves!
Why Kickstarter
Currently, we are five members working on the game. Enough to start the project, and put it on the right path, but we will need more people to complete each of the next steps. The money raised during this campaign will give us the opportunity to create a game that lives up to our ambitions with higher quality. This campaign will also allow the studio to create a community around the project, and get everybody feedback during the development.
The Campaign
You will find our campaign page here: www.kickstarter.com we wanted to contact and alert the retrogaming community of our project, so if you like what you see, please support us and diffuse the videos to the whole world.
Jean-Bernard Gevaert
Cup Of Games
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