Dev Blog #2 - Mount Holly Estate

Blue Prince

Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictable path lead you to the rumored Room 46?

[h2][b]Living Wills and Dead Ends[/b][/h2] Mount Holly, ‘the House of Shifting Rooms’ (as the locals call it), is a sprawling estate resting in the saddle of the Reddington Mountains directly south of the tree line. Once the esteemed domain of your great uncle, Mount Holly now falls under your ownership. Yet an intriguing condition accompanies the inheritance: you must locate the hidden 46th Room of this mysterious 45-room estate. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40356052/1a555432b307102697ead91ffe285e05ff192cec.png[/img] One of the most interesting features of this unique house is the way the rooms work. In Mount Holly, opening a door does not always lead to the same room. Floorplans shift, things move around and each day the entire blueprint of the house changes. One day you may find a kitchen leading off from the Entrance Hall, the next, a gymnasium. You really can’t take anything for granted. The central mechanic of Blue Prince is a process that will at once be familiar to both architects and card players called [b]DRAFTING[/b]. When you open a door on the estate, you will be given three potential room options to choose between. As the architect, [i]you[/i] decide from those selections which floorplan you want to build. Each door in Mount Holly is a choice, and the choices you make will shape your adventure. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40356052/1b3c25d87dfc4099e2e70faf45cdf2b69536089c.jpg[/img] Mount Holly provides a wide variety of rooms for you to choose from that range from commonplace to rare. From this pool of rooms, you will progress each day, drafting one room at a time, expanding and exploring the house and its many mysteries as you progress. When you can no longer make progress, for example, if you can’t find any new doors to open, you may [b]‘Call it a Day’[/b] to reset your house and start fresh the next morning with a brand new blueprint. Mount Holly is an architectural conundrum and there’s so much more about the house we could expand on but I think it’s best if we leave the majority of its many mysterious doors closed… for now. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40356052/f4fbf6485edf89e5fbc09cf0e1c55dba4b3b2f98.png[/img] We’re really excited for people to soon be able to get hands on with the game, if you’re as hyped as we are we have a [url=https://www.discord.gg/blueprince]Discord[/url] server for all things Blue Prince, join us. Blue Prince is coming to Steam soon. Wishlist now! Follow us on [url=https://www.twitter.com/dogubomb]Twitter[/url]