“Building The Town of Light” Dev Diary

Today’s ‘Building The Town of Light‘ featurette will bridge the gap between what’s real and what’s virtual, the past with the future, and it’s all thanks to LKA.it and Wired Productions passion of bringing a rundown Psychiatirc Asylum to life in their previously released story-driven adventure title, The Town of Light.

The games first-person perspective helps the player experience what it feels like to walk through the real life abandoned Ospedale Psichiatrico di Volterra in Italy, which once homed over 6,000 patients. This haunting dev diary features behind the scenes footage on how they re-created this fascinating house of horrors for The Town of Light, available on Steam for just $19.99 USD.

Official Press Release

Discover How Award-Nominated Developer Brought a Crumbling Psychiatric Asylum to Life for Psychological Thriller, The Town of Light

Bridge the Gap Between Past and Future; Real and Virtual in Video Featurette, “Building The Town of Light”

Navigating the corridors, rooms and grounds of Italian psychiatric asylum the Ospedale Psichiatrico di Volterra today elicits a very different atmosphere to when it was still fully operational – right up until the late 1970s. Its walls have succumbed to nature and its roofs no longer protect from the elements, yet remnants of the pain once suffered on its grounds are still palpable in the air.

In the haunting behind the scenes video ‘Building The Town of Light,’ game developer LKA.it explores the asylum, its surroundings and the emotional scars it left upon its inhabitants, highlighting how LKA digitally restored it for the award winning, first-person psychological adventure game, The Town of Light. Other discussion points include the challenges of development, the endeavor’s jarring subject matter, and how the importance of the narrative meant LKA.it were determined to overcome anything to deliver one of the most compelling stories of recent times.

Winner of the indieDB Editor’s Choice 2015 award for “Best Visuals” and Game Connection Paris 2014 award for “Best Narrative,” The Town of Light is a first-person, story-driven adventure game set in the Volterra Psychiatric Asylum. The asylum was shut down in the late 1970s due to an Italian law that instructed all asylums to close completely and give back patients their civil rights.

About The Town of Light

Winner of the indieDB Editor’s Choice 2015 award for “Best Visuals” and Game Connection Paris 2014 award for “Best Narrative,” The Town of Light is a first-person, story-driven adventure game set in the Volterra Psychiatric Asylum. The asylum was shut down in the late 1970s due to an Italian law that instructed all asylums to close completely and give back patients their civil rights. Played through the fictional eyes of Renée, a 16-year-old girl who suffers from the symptoms of mental illness, players must search for answers to the many questions from her past while exploring and uncovering the place where she spent most of her youth. What happens next is a dark and emotional journey where the lines of interactive entertainment, storytelling and reality frequently tend to blur.

Developed by LKA.it and co-published with Wired Productions, The Town of Light is now available worldwide in both digital and physical formats the PlayStation 4 system, Xbox One and Windows PC for SRP $19.99/€19.99/£15.99. Existing owners of the digital Windows PC version will receive an update and acquire this enhanced release free of charge. The Town of Light has been rated “M for Mature” by the ESRB.