Summary

  • Welcome to Brightville is a new game by Kazakh developer Contrast Games, which combines Victorian/steampunk aesthetics with a musical twist.
  • The game world is built on “manapunk”, a blend of industrial Victorian architecture, neo-baroque extravagance, and futuristic cyberpunk elements, all set within a magic-meet-machines universe.
  • Players are spell-slinging automatons in a world controlled by a villainous AI, travelling through a nonlinear game world that offers branching storylines and immersive combat.
  • The game is slated for release on PC in 2027, and is Contrast Games’ first major in-house creation, having previously specialised in porting.
  • Welcome to Brightville’s appeal lies in its unique manapunk world-building, musical elements, and its variety of spell-based, stealth, and manipulation gameplay.

By Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

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