You know how we often feature kickstarter projects on here? However, this is a new one for me: Trüberbrook. Instantly, when I saw the game in the Switch eShop as an upcoming game I was intrigued by the visuals. It’s only upon investigating that I found out that Trüberbrook is a former Kickstarter campaign!
Kickstarter Trüberbrook
So what is Trüberbrook about? This is from the campaign page:
The year is 1967. The world policy is dominated by the Cold War and Vietnam, Russia and America are racing to the moon. At the same time in Europe, students take to the streets from Paris to Berlin.
On a larger scale, the world is locked in turmoil, but most people are unaware of the events unfolding in an overlooked, sleepy part in the German province. Hans Tannhauser, an American student in his late twenties is caught by surprise: Out of the blue, he wins a trip to a small, German village, Trüberbrook. Truber-what? No idea! It doesn’t help he can’t remember taking part in any lottery in the first place … Happy to put some distance between him and his Ph.D. in quantum physics, he makes his way to Trüberbrook, Germany, bursting with curiosity.
The game is developed by btf, a former collective of art students from Cologne and Berlin, Germany. And when the project asked for funding on Kickstarter in November 2017 it got it. And how: within 30 hours the sum of € 80.000 was reached. In total, 5,078 backers funded the huge sum of €198,142!
SciFi adventure in cold war Germany
This is an adventure game, where you have to unravel the mystery to Trüberbrook. Pretty soon as Hans arrives in his room at the Guesthouse Waldeslust and steals a paper on physics. Who would want to steal that? As the story progresses he gets to know the various villagers and spa guests. Somehow one is even more peculiar than the other.
Only young anthropologist Gretchen Lemke, who is on a research trip to Trüberbrook, seems normal to him. Before he knows it, Gretchen becomes Tannhauser’s accomplice on the adventure of a lifetime! It slowly dawns on the aspiring physicist that his presence in Trüberbrook is not accidental – he is here to save the world!
Point and click your way around the environments, picking up items and chatting with NPCs. What’s especially worth mentioning is that every environment in the game is built by hand using miniature models. You have to solve puzzles by using your inventory in creative ways, get your clues from analysing bits of dialogue.
Fast forward the time to right now: the game is ready for launch on the PC and the Switch, PS4 and Xbox. It will get to consoles on April 16, and you can be sure we will have a review waiting for you here on LadiesGamers.