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A glimpse at Flashback creator's next game Subject 13

Successfully funded on Kickstarter.

Subject 13, the next game from Paul Cuisset, the creator of cult classic adventure Flashback, has been successfully funded on Kickstarter.

Subject 13 reached its modest target of $40,000 last night with four days of the crowdfunding drive drive.

In Subject 13, billed as Cuisset returning to his adventure game roots, you play Franklin Fargo, a physics professor who leads a solitary and bitter existence following the death of his fiancée, Sophie, during a robbery that should have targeted him.

The game begins as Franklin wakes up in an abandoned underground science facility with no external contact other than a mysterious voice that calls him Subject 13. You have to interact with the 3D environment, collecting, using and manipulating objects to escape.

Today indie publisher Microids released a work in progress video that contains a few brief clips of gameplay. It's below.

Subject 13 is due out on PC, Mac, Linux and mobile platforms.

Cover image for YouTube videoSUBJECT 13 - KICKSTARTER - EXPLORATION VIDEO