Turn-based RPG Bloomtown: A Different Story announced for consoles, PC
Something's not right in 1960s Americana.
Publisher Twin Sails Interactive and developers Different Sense Games and Lazy Bear Games have announced Bloomtown: A Different Story, a Japanese RPG-esque turn-based RPG for consoles and PC (Steam). Specific consoles and a release date were not announced.
Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page:
About
Bloomtown: A Different Story is a narrative JRPG mixing turn-based combat, monster taming, and social RPG set in a seemingly pleasant 1960s Americana world.
Play as Emily and her younger brother Chester sent on their summer holiday to their grandpa’s cozy and quiet town. May be too quiet… Children starting to disappear, nightmares getting more real… Something’s not right, especially for a 12-year-old girl with an adventurous mind!
It is up to you to solve this mystery and free Bloomtown and its inhabitants from a glooming fate!
Key Features
- A Tale of Two Worlds – Bloomtown is a quiet and cozy American town with its cinema, grocery shops, library, parks… But this is only a façade! A demon world is growing on the underside, children are disappearing, and it is up to you to save the town!
- A Different Story – Embark on mysterious adventure to save the townspeople from their own demons: Fear and vices have taken monstrous life form in the Underside. Follow Emily and her group of friends, figure out the mysteries of the mystical disappearances and save Bloomtown’s inhabitants souls!
- Teamwork Makes the Dream Work – In the turn-based tactical battles against giant demons and dungeon bosses from the Underside, Emily is not alone! Use each character abilities and strengths to come out victorious. Summon your own inner demons as well as the captured ones to set up devastating combos.
- Tame Demons from the Underside – During combat, catch weaken creatures to add them. With loads of unique creatures and a deep fuse system, create hundreds of synergies and your own demon-hunting squad.
- Make the Best of the Time You Have – Time in Bloomtown is continuous and cannot be stopped. Explore the town’s secret areas, strength your physical abilities at the gym, gain pocket money working at the grocery store, make resourceful friends, or do some relaxing gardening. You decide what is the most useful for your adventure.
Watch the announcement trailer below. View the first screenshots at the gallery.