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Discolored to get a deeper shade with Episode 2

Jason Godbey's surreal 2019 puzzle-adventure Discolored raised more questions than it answered about its world drained of all pigmentation. Perhaps we'll soon get some of those narrative blanks filled in, as the indie developer has announced a follow-up installment due out next year. 

The series debut saw players transported suddenly to a small town that looked like it'd been ripped straight from 1950s television, black-and-white picture and all. Episode 2 picks up where the last one left off, although this time the stakes are higher and "the dangers even greater." Once again you'll be called upon to restore color in new parts of a world that's been completely deprived of it, only this time you'll also "need to evade the clutches of a shadowy organization" while you're at it. These "mysterious figures" are able to "use the power of color for their own demented purposes [and] will do anything to stop you from achieving your aim." If you're to succeed, your only hope is to get help from "a woman in red who may be holding the key."

As with its prececessor, Discolored: Episode 2 is a free-roaming, first-person adventure with a "surreal and otherworldly atmosphere." As you begin to "piece together a dark and uncanny narrative to uncover the secrets of the colors and their meaning," you must explore thoroughly and "employ logic and observation to solve mind-bending puzzles" along the way. But beware your adversaries, as here "color is power," and "only you can overcome the forces that threaten the balance and have the world once again be restored to its full spectrum of color."

There is no firm target release date for this game, but Discolored: Episode 2 is due to be launched on Steam for Windows PC sometime in 2023. (Giving you plenty of time to get caught up if you haven't already played the original.)

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