Scanner Sombre
| Scanner Sombre | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Introversion Software |
| Publisher(s) | Introversion Software |
| Platform(s) | macOS, Windows |
| Release | 26 April 2017 |
| Genre(s) | Exploration |
Scanner Sombre is an exploration video game developed by Introversion Software.
Scanner Sombre is exploration video game played from a first-person perspective. The player awakens in a tent inside a cave; after finding a virtual reality headset and a LIDAR scanner, the player can then illuminate the surrounding environment using dots. As the protagonist traverses the cave, they note that no one has gone this deep into the mine before; they find evidence of a cultist monastery who performed sacrifices as well as witch hunts, as well as various remnants of mining expeditions, a lot of which ended in tragedy. When approaching such scenes, the protagonist's vision occasionally glitches out, which the protagonist attributes to hardware failure, but also notes that there have been rumors about the cave containing ghosts. Occasionally the player can find upgrades to the scanner that unlock various features, such as more dense scanning or a map.
As the protagonist progresses, their memories begin to recollect, and it is eventually revealed that the traversal isn't actually deeper into the mine, but out of the mine: the protagonist ventured so deep into the mine that they eventually died there, and they're now reliving their dying memories while their family mourns them on the surface. Once the protagonist encounters their family, they're slowly transported back down through the cave they explored all the way to the starting tent, and the dots placed across the mine slowly drift back into darkness. The player then regains control and can go and pick up the scanner again, but this time the protagonist is shocked to learn that their arm is made entirely of glowing dots.
Restarting the game in "New Game+" mode and using the "material scanner" mode now available on the scanner at the start, the player can find the dead body of the protagonist that was otherwise blending into the terrain in "distance scanner" mode.
Scanner Sombre was developed by Introversion Software. A prototype of the game was showcased at EGX Rezzed in early 2016. The prototype was developed in one month during 2015 by several members at studio while they were working on content updates for their previous game Prison Architect. The game released for macOS and Windows on 26 April 2017.
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