The adaptation of Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile embraces a 1970s aesthetic, shifting from the traditional 1930s design. The decision to set the game in this decade introduces a distinctive style with vibrant environments, influenced by vintage fashion and technology. This stylistic choice allows for engaging gameplay, avoiding modern distractions like smartphones. The design focuses on a comic-book style that enhances character expressiveness while keeping production feasible for the small development team at Microids. The result is a creative reimagining that enriches the narrative experience.
Setting Murder on the Orient Express in 2023 came with narrative and gameplay challenges, mainly due to modern tech like smartphones and the internet. So with Death on the Nile, we looked for a more analog era that still had enough technology to support interesting gameplay.
Characters strut through richly coloured environments in sharp collars and bold prints, set against a backdrop of warm sunlit palettes and noirish city shadows.
We're a small team, so we couldn't compete with AAA-level realism. Instead, we leaned into a comic-book style that still felt human and expressive.
The 1970s aesthetic oozes from every pixel and is a conscious stylistic pivot, rooted in both artistic inspiration and production pragmatism.
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