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Press release:
Hamburg, Germany, November 30, 2022 –
The dark point-and-click-adventure “Children of Silentown” will release on January 11th, 2023.

Developers Elf Games and Luna2 Studio have teamed up with publisher Daedalic Entertainment to deliver this haunting story about fear and separation to players on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch.

The story follows Lucy, a girl growing up in a village deep in a forest inhabited by monsters, as she slowly begins unraveling the mysteries that surround her. During the day, Lucy spends her time with her friends or helping her mother.

But at night she is haunted by terrible nightmares, listening to the horrible growling coming from beyond the town limits. One thing is clear to her: the dark brings terrible danger and she must never step foot in the forest. But when tragedy strikes, she has no choice but to delve into the forest and face her fears.

Children of Silentown is a dark point-and-click adventure with a unique hand-drawn and eerie art style, combined with atmospheric music to create a hauntingly beautiful world. Players have to find notes, collect items and combine them to solve puzzles and play minigames to discover the secrets of Silentown and the forest.

Additionally, learning songs is paramount to communicating with others and progressing in the game. This tool even allows players to shape Lucy’s story and experience multiple endings.

Interested players can already try out the prologue for free on Steam. The full game will be released on January 11th, 2023 on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch.

About Elf Games (Developer) and Luna2 (artists)
Elf Games is a small video game development team from Italy founded in 2014 by Piero Dotti and Fabiola Allegrone. It debuted in 2016 with Little Briar Rose, winning the “Italian Video Games Award” for best game design. The team loves creating atmospheric stories while mixing up a captivating game experience with visually peculiar environments.

Illustrators, animators and video producers Francesca Presentini (aka Fraffrog) and Riccardo Accattatis from the animation studio Luna2 have created the concept and art style of Children of Silentown for an animated short movie.

Both teams have collaborated to turn the short into a full-fledged video game, and Children of Silentown was born.

About Daedalic Entertainment
Daedalic Entertainment publishes and develops high-quality games for all platforms. The company has a diverse line-up of high-quality titles, including classic adventures, RPGs, and strategy and multiplayer games. With an international team of around 90 employees, Daedalic is currently developing a new line-up of innovative games across consoles, PC, and mobile platforms.

Based in Hamburg, Germany, Daedalic is one of Europe’s most acclaimed publishers and developers. With a total of 32 awards in the German Developers Award (including multiple accolades for ‘Studio of the Year’) and 12 German Computer Game Awards for genre-defining games such as Deponia, Edna & Harvey, Silence, Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth, The Long Journey Home, and State of Mind, Daedalic is a record holder for the two most prestigious game awards in Germany. Recent publishing hits include Barotrauma, Unrailed!, Iratus: Lord of the Dead, Partisans 1941, and more.

Daedalic is currently developing The Lord of the Rings – Gollum. The story-driven adventure tells the story of Gollum from a perspective never witnessed before in any storytelling media, all the while staying faithful to the legendary books of J.R.R. Tolkien.