ON YOUR TAIL
Sandbox sleuthing with a coastal Italian flavour
Developer
Memorable Games
Publisher
Humble Games
Format PC, Switch
Origin
Italy
Release 2024
From a curious deer in Beacon Pines to a raccoon PI in Backbone – and not forgetting, of course, everyone’s favourite amphibious investigator, Frog Detective – animals solving videogame crimes is becoming something of a trend. Perhaps they’re simply better at it. In the case of Memorable Games’ narrative adventure, it’s a chamois journalist, Diana, who’s tasked with solving a string of mysteries in the fictional Italian coastal village of Borgo Marina – a veritable hotbed of creature criminality.
Borgo Marina represents Italy at its most picturesque and idyllic. “We really wanted to make a game that is unapologetically Italian,” creative director Mauro Fanelli tells us. “A version of Italy filled with the most Italian, most relaxing activities, and the charm of the Italy of our youth.”