Draft:Centum (video game)

Centum
Centum
Developer(s)	Hack The Publisher
Publisher(s)	Serenity Forge
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows; Xbox Series X/S
Release	Q3 2024
Genre(s)	Point-and-click adventure, psychological horror, visual novel
Mode(s)	Single-player

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Instructions · What links here · Centum (video game) (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Bing, Wikipedia) · Submitted 3 hours ago by ThanatosApprentice (talk: D · +) · Last edited 2 seconds ago by Citation bot

Centum is an upcoming point-and-click adventure game developed by Hack The Publisher and published by Serenity Forge.

Centum is scheduled to release Summer 2024.

Gameplay[edit]

Centum is a point-and-click adventure game featuring various shifting settings and art styles. It also includes various in-game computer interfaces that continually evolve.^[1] Gameplay mostly consists of clicking on objects in the environment, navigating the interfaces, and selecting dialogue and actions from boxes.

Plot[edit]

Centum is presented a long-lost unreleased game and has an unreliable narrator. It initially begins with a prisoner attempting to escape their cell. The crux of the game revolves around an artificial intelligence adapting to the player's choices. The game will feature five main endings.

Development[edit]

The title is in development by Hack The Publisher, an independent game developer based in Tallinn, Estonia. The studio previously released two games; tower defense game Dwarven Skykeep in 2022, and side-scrolling beat 'em up Vengeance of Mr. Peppermint in 2023.^[2]

In an interview with GamingBolt, studio head Andrey Kiryushkin named The Stanley Parable, Doki Doki Literature Club, and I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream among Centum's inspirations.^[3]

Release and marketing[edit]

Centum was announced by Hack The Publisher on April 29, 2024, during IGN's ID@Xbox presentation.^[4] It is scheduled to release Summer 2024.^[5] Several outlets previewed the game in May 2024.^[1]^[6]^[7]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b LeClair, Kyle (May 30, 2024). "Centum is Set to Be One Delightfully Bizarre Journey". Hardcore Gamer. Archived from the original on June 2, 2024.
^ Evans-Thirwell, Edwin (April 30, 2024). "Centum is a horror adventure about training up an AI, also featuring a demon catphone". Rock Paper Shotgun. Archived from the original on April 30, 2024.
^ Parijat, Shubhankar (July 9, 2024). "Centum Interview – Story, Inspirations, Art Style, and More". GamingBolt.
^ Ramée, Jordan (April 29, 2024). "An Unreliable Narrator Guides You Through This Creepy-Looking Adventure Game". GameSpot. Archived from the original on April 29, 2024.
^ Romano, Sal (April 29, 2024). "'Unreliable narrative-driven adventure' game Centum announced for Xbox Series, PC". Gematsu. Archived from the original on April 29, 2024.
^ Van Allen, Eric (May 31, 2024). "Centum is a strange, mystifying dive into a very haunted computer". Destructoid. Archived from the original on June 1, 2024.
^ Evans-Thirwell, Edwin (May 31, 2024). "Jailrat horror adventure Centum was the wrong game to play on this crowded London Underground train". Rock Paper Shotgun. Archived from the original on June 1, 2024.

External links[edit]

Hack The Publisher

[HG_preview-1] LeClair, Kyle (May 30, 2024). "Centum is Set to Be One Delightfully Bizarre Journey". Hardcore Gamer. Archived from the original on June 2, 2024.

[2] Evans-Thirwell, Edwin (April 30, 2024). "Centum is a horror adventure about training up an AI, also featuring a demon catphone". Rock Paper Shotgun. Archived from the original on April 30, 2024.

[3] Parijat, Shubhankar (July 9, 2024). "Centum Interview – Story, Inspirations, Art Style, and More". GamingBolt.

[4] Ramée, Jordan (April 29, 2024). "An Unreliable Narrator Guides You Through This Creepy-Looking Adventure Game". GameSpot. Archived from the original on April 29, 2024.

[5] Romano, Sal (April 29, 2024). "'Unreliable narrative-driven adventure' game Centum announced for Xbox Series, PC". Gematsu. Archived from the original on April 29, 2024.

[6] Van Allen, Eric (May 31, 2024). "Centum is a strange, mystifying dive into a very haunted computer". Destructoid. Archived from the original on June 1, 2024.

[7] Evans-Thirwell, Edwin (May 31, 2024). "Jailrat horror adventure Centum was the wrong game to play on this crowded London Underground train". Rock Paper Shotgun. Archived from the original on June 1, 2024.

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