BLUE PRINCE
The draughtsman’s contract
Developer Dogubomb Publisher Raw Fury Format PC Origin Release US TBA 2024
An immutable rule in fiction says that any eccentric old person who passes away at the story’s outset must never bequeath a property to a relative without first drawing up a will insisting they fulfil a specific condition to get their hands on it. For the protagonist of this firstperson puzzler, the catch sounds relatively straightforward. On Herbert Sinclair’s Mount Holly estate sits a 45-room mansion; his grandnephew Simon must find the hidden Room 46, within which is the physical deed to the property. A simple enough task for a brilliant young mind such as Simon’s, the dead man suggests – though there’s another catch. “Do not assume the rooms you find today will be the same rooms you find tomorrow,” reads Sinclair’s welcome letter. As in many a Roguelike, the walls are shifting – but here that goes for the floors, furniture and decor, too.