Papers, Please Dev Announces Return of the Obra Dinn

Developer Lucas Pope has released a playable demo for the follow up to the indie hit Papers, Please.

Return of the Obra Dinn is a first-person adventure-mystery set in 1808. Not much is known about the story so far, but what do know is the ship – the Obra Dinn – appeared to be lost at sea some six-years earlier and it's up to the player to find out what exactly happened.

The game is set to a simple-yet-effective dot matrix art style – or in simpler terms, think a GameBoy title made with today's technology.

Return of the Obra Dinn

Pope advises that the demo of Return of the Obra Dinn isn't a finished product. Content is missing, it hasn't been tested, and progress is not saved.

"This is a very early playable build. There's not much content and it hasn't been tested," Pope wrote.

"Progress is not saved. Quit and re-run to restart. Join the devlog or find me on twitter for comments and suggestions."

While there isn't much there, the downloadable demo is enough to get an idea of what Pope is hoping to achieve. If you haven't had a chance to play Papers, Please, don't forget it's one of the big indie games heading to PS Vita this year.

Wesley Copeland is a freelance news writer, but you probably already guessed that. For more obvious statements, you should probably follow him on Twitter.