Sharing the forgotten realities and stories of people who lived there, this skin-crawling first-person tale explores the contrast between the idyllic Tuscany the world sees, and the darker reality lurking beneath the surface. Set in Tuscany during the second World War, Martha Is Dead aims to show the picturesque region in an entirely new light. “You’re making me think now that this probably caused me a little trauma,” Luca Dalco, creative director at LKA games reflects with a laugh, “The game’s beauty in the days and the horrors at night is probably connected to my experience as a child sleeping there – It’s actually the first time I’ve ever thought about it…” It’s fair to say that this experience stayed with Luca, as 40 years later, that same house is the setting for his psychological horror game, Martha Is Dead. READ MORE: ‘Jurassic World Evolution 2’ hands-on preview: can life find a way?.Try as Luca might to calm himself, panic coursed through his veins like blood, and every night he’d wake in a cold sweat. Peering out of his bedroom window, he’d stare in horror as trees in the graveyard opposite swayed like demonic hands in the wind.
Whisked away from the bustling city of Rome once a year, the ominously silent Tuscan hills filled him with dread. The Martha Is Dead boxed edition includes an exclusive reversible inlay and fold out double-sided A3 poster, along with a collectible sticker set and a digital download tarot card pack, based on the cards in-game.When Luca Dalco visited Tuscany in the summer as a child, he found himself utterly terrified. The hunt for the truth is shrouded by mysterious folklore and the extreme horror of war that draws ever closer. Martha is dead, and her twin sister Giulia, the young daughter of a German soldier, must alone deal with the acute trauma of loss and the fallout from her murder. Martha Is Dead is a dark first-person psychological thriller, set in 1944 Italy, that blurs the lines between reality, superstition and the tragedy of war.Īs conflict intensifies between German and Allied forces, the desecrated body of a woman is found drowned… Martha!
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