The tale started in ‘Mothmen 1966’ continues with ‘Varney Lake’ Launch and ‘Bahnsen Knights’ Demo
VANCOUVER, Canada — April 28, 2023 — Varney Lake, the second visual novel in a series inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and ‘80s home computer graphics from developer LCB Game Studio and publisher Chorus Worldwide, investigates a vampiric tale today on PC and Mac via Steam, PlayStation 4 & 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. Get a taste of the next entry in the Pixel Pulps Anthology, Bahnsen Knights, with a demo included with Varney Lake.
This second entry in the Pixel Pulps Anthology following paranormal investigator Lou Hill, Varney Lake finds him investigating the story of a supposed vampire encounter in 1954. Jimmy and Christine have murky memories of their childhood vacation where they claim to have met a vampire. Their friend Doug, who was with them, has long since gone missing. Lou Hill must follow the tracks of aged recollections to deduce macabre truths and discover Doug’s fate.
Get to the bottom of these mysteries by setting up camp and navigating the surrounding wilderness via choice-based gameplay seamlessly affecting a branching interactive fiction. Meet a neighboring vampire with a mysterious wound and carefully handle tense scenarios by solving accessible puzzles. Uncover the paranormal investigator’s veiled past in a dual-timeline story inspired by books with choices and branching narratives. Sink into a gripping tale of time and terror as the reality behind Doug’s disappearance comes to light.
After concluding Varney Lake, play the exclusive demo for Bahnsen Knights, the next upcoming Pixel Pulps title, coming to PC via Steam, PlayStation 4 & 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch this Q4 2023. Put on the gumshoes of undercover agent Boulder and follow a doomsday cult as they go on ‘route exorcisms’ while biblical storms rip across the country. Uncover why Lou Hill found himself locked in a trunk by the cult in novelist Nico Saraintaris and artist Fernando Martinez Ruppel’s distinct written and visual style.
“Nico and Fer really nailed a new look for horror here,” said Shintaro Kanaoya, founder and CEO of Chorus Worldwide. “Mothmen 1966 stores a lot of its terror in the dark unknown, but with Varney Lake they’ve made horror bright with intrigue, and they truly nail what feels like the end of the world in Bahnsen Knights. We can’t wait for you to see the surprises they have in store.”
“The Pixel Pulps Anthology allows us to explore our many influences and taste in horror,” said Nico Saraintaris, writer and co-founder of LCB Game Studio. “Mothmen 1966, Varney Lake, and Bahnsen Knights all tell their own stories, but share multiple threads of connective tissue.”
Varney Lake is available today on PC and Mac via Steam, PlayStation 5|4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch for $9.99 / €8.99 / £8.49 with support for English, Spanish, German, French, and Japanese languages. Varney Lake also includes a demo for Bahnsen Knights, with the full version arriving Q4 2023 on on PC via Steam, PlayStation 5|4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.
For more information, join LCB Game Studio’s Discord, follow LCB Game Studio and Chorus Worldwide on Twitter, check out the PC demo on the official Varney Lake Steam page, and visit Chorus Worldwide’s website.
About LCB Game Studio
Based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, LCB Game Studio was formed by novelist Nico Saraintaris and artist Fernando Martinez. The pair first met in 2012 while working on literary projects, forming their own book publishing house known as Literatura Clase B. Since then, they’ve collaborated on short stories, illustrated novels, video games, comics, and non-traditional narrative experiments. Now, Saraintaris and Martinez are creating “Pixel Pulps,” a fusion of fast-paced writing and stunning illustration inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics.
About Chorus Worldwide
Chorus Worldwide is a global publisher composed of gaming veterans with experience at world-renowned companies including Microsoft, Supermassive Games, and Electronic Arts. Originally created to guide indie developers into the rapidly growing Asian markets, Chorus now works with talented developers across the world, including Argentina, Indonesia, and Malaysia, finding huge success in titles like the acclaimed Coffee Talk, and the Asian releases of The Room and The Room Two.
