Demo released from Stonewall Penitentiary
Stonewall Penitentiary has certainly done its time. Originally announced way back in 2005, then under the title Awaken, the game was locked away for a very long time before being revisited by indie developer Chris Brendel and Unimatrix Productions. Now the game is finally nearing completion, and a demo has been released for an early glimpse of the first-person prison thriller.
Although part of Unimatrix's Storycentric Worlds universe, unlike Brendel's recent text-based remakes Stonewall Penitentiary blends "all the standard adventure game mechanics – exploration, player inventory, puzzle solving, and character interaction – and presents it in a unique format reminiscent of visual novels." These elements are all on display in the playable PC demo that is available now for download.
While there is no firm release date for the finished version of Stonewall Penitentiary just yet, it is currently on track for launch sometime before the end of the year for PC, iOS and Android devices.