Frank et Drake partagent un appartement à Oriole City, entraînés malgré eux dans une conspiration orchestrée par des forces invisibles. Frank gère de jour cet immeuble délabré, luttant contre sa perte progressive de contact avec la réalité. Drake ne sort que la nuit en raison de son allergie au soleil. Ils communiquent par Post-it, tissant peu à peu une confiance indispensable à leur survie.
Les joueurs guident les deux protagonistes dans des explorations distinctes de la ville aux détails foisonnants, résolvant des énigmes et collectant des indices sur leurs passés. Une narration à embranchements modifie le cours des événements selon les choix, incitant à plusieurs parties pour découvrir de nouveaux angles, des puzzles inédits et des mini-jeux. Le style artistique en rotoscoping restitue leurs existences oniriques et troublantes au cœur d'un monde banal. Les fans d'aventures indie friands de récits profonds et d'énigmes y trouveront leur compte.
Frank and Drake are brought together by unknown forces in a conspiracy that threatens them both. Sharing the same apartment, though destined never to meet, they must work together to uncover the mystery shrouding both their existences.
Frank is the super of a run-down apartment block in Oriole City, worried he is losing his mind and what little remains of his connection to the world around him. Drake is allergic to sunlight and operates by night. Their split existence means they must communicate via sticky notes left around the apartment. Despite this separation, they must forge a relationship, uncover the truth and survive.
The game is set in Oriole City, a richly detailed and beautifully illustrated setting, with remarkable characters, and secrets to unearth. Frank and Drake must explore these surroundings, solve puzzles and discover clues that will help them find the answers they desperately seek, to their respective troubled pasts. Though they must work separately, their fates are intertwined and depend on the trust and friendship they forge together.
The mystery unfolds via a branching narrative, where the choices you make will have a profound impact on the events both protagonists experience. Multiple playthroughs will be rewarded with the discovery of new perspectives on the story, as well as unique puzzles and mini-games. Which path will you choose? Will you discover all the secrets hidden in the world?
Frank and Drake employs a beautiful graphical style that represents the unnerving and dreamlike existence that both characters feel with the world around them. The rotoscoping style is a painstaking process of hand drawing frames over filmed footage. The uncanny result reflects Frank and Drake’s realities: two extraordinary characters trying to blend into an ordinary world.
