LAKE
Getting away from it all in small-town ‘80s Oregon
Post isn’t the only thing you’ll be asked to deliver. An encounter with the local cat lady results in a trip to the vets. This is optional, in theory, but what kind of monster says no to a cat with a dodgy tum?
Developer Whitethorn Digital
Publisher Gamious
Format PC, Xbox One
Origin Netherlands
Release Spring
All
the
Americana
touchstones
you’d
expect
are
present
and
correct:
picket
fences,
grills
in
the
yard
and,
yes,
the
roadside
diner.
Robert
here
is
one
of
two
potential
love
interests,
along
with
Angie
the
video
store
owner.
Bouman
wants
to
leave
Meredith’s
sexuality
open
for
you
to
decide.
The
initial
pitch
for
Lake
consisted
of
a
single
image:
a
vehicle
by
the
side
of
a
lake.
Gamious
has
certainly
stuck
to
that
vision.
Lake
might
be
a
game
about
doing
your
job,
but
you
needn’t
always
be
on
the
clock.
Grab
a
bench
and
watch
the
world
go
by
Here’s a novel concept in 2020: a moment of calm. It’s an increasingly elusive feeling that, even in the slightly wonky early preview build we play, Lake is already very good at evoking. As we chug around in our white post van to a soundtrack of gentle country music on the radio and distant crickets, syrupy autumnal sunlight breaking through the trees, the effect is like taking deep, slow breaths of pine-tinged mountain air.