Developers Julian Cordero and Sebastian Valbuena announced Despelote at Day of the Devs 2021, the event organized annually by Double Fine and iam8bit. Nearly two years later, the title is back (via Eurogamer) due to its appearance at the Tribeca Game Festival, taking place from June 7 to June 18 (where The Expanse: A Titled Series and Stray Gods will also be present, and One Thing by Hideo Kojima).
The duo, who run the project with producer Gabe Cuzzillo, sound engineer Ian Berman and programmer Niall Tessier-Lavigne, have secured a publisher for the game: panic, who published Firewatch and Untitled Goose Game, and created the Playdate handheld console. will arrive in 2024 For PC (Steam and Epic Games Store), PlayStation 5 (PlayStation Store) and Xbox Series X / S (no tabs on Microsoft platforms yet).
flash is a Story-driven, first-person exploration adventure Where players will relive the experience of Julian Cordero Eight years, although with a fantasy touch, through the streets of Quito Ecuador, in 2001, a period in which the city changed scenes due to two events: The country was close to qualifying for the World Cup While coming out of deep economic crisis.
A city full of activity and conversation with the ball at your feet
The synopsis reads, “Immerse yourself in the streets and parks of Quito through the eyes and ears of eight-year-old Julian.” “Dribble, pass and shoot your soccer ball across town, and see what happens when you hit it in front of someone”, The developers promise the depiction of Quito “bursting with activity, conversation, and mischief,” a place to have funny and genuine conversations with lots of “characters.”
The title also promises to stand out for its visual representation. Quito is built using black and white photographs, to later adapt them to the three-dimensional world With a sepia tone that may be reminiscent of Return to the Obra Dinn. should be added to dubbing in spanish and audio they recorded on the streets from the city
