The Red Pearls of Borneo
What is The Red Pearls of Borneo?
A Colonial Noir Mystery The Red Pearls of Borneo is an atmospheric deduction game inspired by Type Help, Return of the Obra Dinn and The Case of the Golden Idol. You are a clairvoyant investigator in 1948 London, exploring the psychic echoes of a tragedy that occurred eight years prior on a remote p
A Colonial Noir Mystery The Red Pearls of Borneo is an atmospheric deduction game inspired by Type Help, Return of the Obra Dinn and The Case of the Golden Idol. You are a clairvoyant investigator in 1948 London, exploring the psychic echoes of a tragedy that occurred eight years prior on a remote plantation in Borneo. Your tools are simple: a box of old photographs, a scrapbook of documents, and your unique ability to step into the past. Echoes of the Past: Explore a non-linear timeline. Jump between witness perspectives and moments in time to uncover motives, secret meetings and fatal mistakes. The "Mind's Eye": Use a unique node-based deduction system to visualise the movement of guests across the island. Connect the dots to prove who was where, and when. Make notes of everything everywhere: You can keep notes on all aspects of the game. From characters and locations to items and snip
The Red Pearls of Borneo controls
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What is The Red Pearls of Borneo?
A Colonial Noir Mystery The Red Pearls of Borneo is an atmospheric deduction game inspired by Type Help, Return of the Obra Dinn and The Case of the Golden Idol. You are a clairvoyant investigator in 1948 London, exploring the psychic echoes of a tragedy that occurred eight years prior on a remote plantation in Borneo.
Who made The Red Pearls of Borneo?
The Red Pearls of Borneo was made by bushmonkey.
Can I play The Red Pearls of Borneo on mobile?
The developer does not list mobile support. It runs in a desktop browser.
About this game
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A Colonial Noir Mystery
The Red Pearls of Borneo is an atmospheric deduction game inspired by Type Help, Return of the Obra Dinn and The Case of the Golden Idol. You are a clairvoyant investigator in 1948 London, exploring the psychic echoes of a tragedy that occurred eight years prior on a remote plantation in Borneo.
Your tools are simple: a box of old photographs, a scrapbook of documents, and your unique ability to step into the past.
- Echoes of the Past: Explore a non-linear timeline. Jump between witness perspectives and moments in time to uncover motives, secret meetings and fatal mistakes.
- The "Mind's Eye": Use a unique node-based deduction system to visualise the movement of guests across the island. Connect the dots to prove who was where, and when.
- Make notes of everything everywhere: You can keep notes on all aspects of the game. From characters and locations to items and snippets of text from clues.
- Identify the guests, determine their fates and solve the mystery of the Red Pearls
London, 1948.
Jeremiah Goodwill's tobacco plantation was supposed to be a paradise. But on the night of December 16th, 1941, as the Japanese Imperial Navy loomed on the horizon, the estate fell into chaos.
Sort through the lies. Reveal the faces of the strangers. Discover what truly happened in the Goodwill estate that fateful night.
Can you piece together the truth before the memories fade?
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Description from The Red Pearls of Borneo on itch.io, by bushmonkey.
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