Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost is a first-person adventure video game from developer PolyAmorous and publisher All in! Games.

Story
"Walk the fine line between destruction and creation in Paradise Lost. In an alternate history version of WW2, you’re faced with the choice of staying on the surface or retreating underground, where world-changing secrets await."

- Publisher's summary

The setting of Paradise Lost concerns an alternative version of World War II that persisted for a further 20 years in which the Nazis managed to defeat the Soviet and the Allies which formed much later than in our time. With the deposit of Uranium in Africa, the Nazis managed to complete their heavy water experiment and managed to create nuclear weapons. However, when the Allies started pushing the Nazi War machine back into Germany, eventually forcing the Nazis to destroy Europe with nuclear weapons out of desperation to prevent allied and Soviet troops from advancing deep into the Vaterland. This was done with the intention of retreating into a network of secret underground bunkers, then emerging at a later date to strike back and retake the initiative. However, the Polish resistance, managed to infiltrate the bunker and wrecked havoc on the facility before the bombs were detonated.

It is one of these bunkers that is discovered by the game's protagonist, a 12-year old boy named Szymon, while wandering the nuclear-devastated wasteland of Krakow, Poland. Seemingly abandoned, the player navigates through this vast underground world, where modern technology mixes with primordial pagan folklore, in order to discover the fate of its inhabitants, and to help deal with the character's own personal grief.

Gameplay
Paradise Lost is a mystery adventure game in which the player character investigates the various environs and artefacts within the Krakow Bunker. Piecing together what happened to its former occupants and uncovering the bunker's history will reflect the journey through the five stages of grief. Decisions made by the player will affect what they see during this journey, such as the visual style of the environment and sound effects, through interactions and dialogues.

With its themes of human emotion, the game is intended to appeal to a broad audience, featuring simple controls to create meaningful interactions, and gameplay design that excludes the use of fail states.

Development
Paradise Lost is created in Unreal Engine 4 and is designed for PC and consoles.

The environments in the game will feature elements of both Eastern and Western culture, with Slavic pagan folklore and classic British literature connecting to retro-futuristic technology.

Source
Polyamorous official website