Hi there, folks! It’s been a minute since we’ve shared new information with you all about OXENFREE II: Lost Signals. Today we are sharing new details and images about the game, focused on our protagonist, Riley Poverly.
WHO IS SHE?
You first met Riley in our teaser trailer earlier this year. Previously in OXENFREE, our characters were just finishing high school, and entering that period of time in their lives when they get to decide who they really want to be. Riley had that moment long ago, and is now grappling with the repercussions of post-adolescence. Were the choices she made the right ones for her? Is she who she really wants to be?
Born and raised in Camena to a veteran father and an absent mother, Riley moved away at the first opportunity, bouncing around between cities and jobs in an attempt to conjure up some direction in her life. Now, a recent change has pushed her to return to her old hometown, to take an entry-level job as an environmental researcher.
MYSTERIES OF CAMENA
The last couple of months have been odd ones for Camena. Unnaturally occurring electromagnetic waves have been interfering with the electrical and radio equipment around the small coastal town. TVs have been turning on and off. Planes have lost radar. Stations can’t transmit their signals through static.
A research group from a nearby college has been contracted to study the phenomena and to trace the source of whatever’s causing the interference. Riley’s job, as a new, freshly hired research assistant — is to do the grunt work: plant radio transmitters in prescribed areas and report back the data those transmitters collect. Easy!
STAY TUNED
In OXENFREE II, you’ll use much of the same tools as the original OXENFREE, a narrative game revolving around a robust conversation system and a radio that tunes into supernatural signals. We can’t wait to share more about that… but at another time in the near future.
About the future: Our team is eager to share OXENFREE II with the world, and are hard at work making the best game we can. With that in mind, we have moved the launch window to early 2022 for all platforms to ensure it's the experience we believe it should be. Thank you for your patience and support and stay tuned.