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Press release:
Frankfurt, Germany, 24.04.2017 – Victorian developer Rumpus Animation and Publisher Deck13 are proud to announce the release of the official Un-Demo for Bertram Fiddle – A Bleaker Predicklement. And it’s a meaty one.

Last year Rumpus Animation released their first game – The Adventures of Bertram Fiddle – A Dreadly Business. A classic point and click romp around Victorian London which soon became a cult classic. Albeit a very small, secretive cult that hardly anyone has heard of. To spread this cult, a meaty Un-Demo for the game has now been released, truly unveiling flesh and bones.

The second exciting installment of the dark humoured murder mystery was announced for a November 2016 release but is now set for May 2017. Why? Well, mainly because the developer’s Victorian style workhouse was hit by Brexit and he had to throw some of his urchins on the furnace to keep the Game Development cogs turning.

A Bleaker Predicklement is a far more ambitious project than the first game and is almost quadruple the size. That means: More puns, more weirdness, more everything. More Bertram!

The Demo can be found on the following sources:

Gamejolt

Itch.io

Bertrams official website

Deck13 official website

Rumpus official website

Steampage

About Deck13:
Deck13 Interactive is one of Germany’s leading developers. Employing more than 60 and with studios located in Frankfurt and Hamburg, Deck13 Interactive has developed over 20 titles, including major releases such as Lords of the Fallen. With the “Deck13 Games” label the team established a publishing service in 2014 to help independent developers bring their projects to wider audiences. With an experienced team and access to the major console markets Deck13 Games is a growing division, with more than 10 published titles in which Deck13 has managed Producing, Localization, QA, Marketing, PR & Distribution.

About Rumpus:
Rumpus was set up as an animation studio in 2011 by Joe Wood and Seb Burnett. They have since worked on their own short films, commercials and series work for CBBC, Google Japan and Aardman.

In 2013 they started developing a point and click game based on the adventures of one of their original characters. From here The Adventures of Bertram Fiddle was born and Rumpus released the first episode, A Dreadly Business, on mobile in December 2014 and on Steam in March 2015. After a successfully funded Kickstarter campaign in October 2015, Rumpus were able to begin development on Episode 2, A Bleaker Predicklement.

The team now also includes lead programmer and technical artist Dan Emmerson, lead animator Luke Hyde and background painter Jessica Wong.