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About The Clockwork Heart of New Birmingham

The Clockwork Heart of New Birmingham is an immersive narrative-driven detective game set in a gaslit Victorian metropolis. At its core, the game challenges you to unravel complex mysteries through keen observation, deductive reasoning, and consequential choices. The ultimate objective is to uncover the truth behind a sinister conspiracy, but the path you take and the truths you expose will shape the fate of the city.

Game Modes

In Story Mode, you will guide private investigator Thomas Ashton through a deeply personal and branching main campaign. Your decisions will forge alliances, create enemies, and determine the ultimate outcome of your investigation, leading to multiple unique endings.

The Case Files mode offers a series of standalone, self-contained mysteries that plague the city of New Birmingham. From missing persons and blackmail to unexplained phenomena, these cases allow you to further hone your detective skills and explore the dark corners of the city outside the main narrative.

Game Rules & Mechanics

The game unfolds within the sprawling, rain-slicked city of New Birmingham. You begin your investigation from your modest office, equipped with little more than your wits and a cryptic note that sets you on your path.

The core gameplay mechanic revolves around investigative deduction. You will explore detailed environments to gather clues, interview a cast of unique characters with their own motives and secrets, and piece together evidence in your case journal. This journal automatically cross-references information, highlighting connections and inconsistencies that can break a case wide open.

A crucial limitation defines your journey: your choices carry permanent weight. Accusing the wrong person, trusting the wrong ally, or failing to find a key piece of evidence can close off avenues of investigation, alter character fates, and lock you into specific narrative branches. This demands careful attention to detail and forces you to live with the consequences of your actions.

The investigation continues until you have gathered enough evidence to confront the culprit behind the central mystery, though the definition of "victory" can vary—will you seek justice, vengeance, or personal redemption?

Strategic Depth & Learning Curve

The Clockwork Heart of New Birmingham masterfully combines intuitive point-and-click exploration with profound narrative complexity. New players can easily engage with the core mechanics of examining objects and conducting conversations, while the web of interconnected clues, moral dilemmas, and long-term consequences of your choices provides a deeply engaging experience for seasoned adventure fans. The rich, atmospheric visual design immediately draws you into its world, while the branching narrative ensures that no two investigations ever unfold quite the same way.

Prepare to immerse yourself in a world of gaslight and shadow where every clue matters and every decision demonstrates your skill as a detective. The truth awaits, but can you handle its cost?