![]() That means entering the memories of people precious to their living existence, learning about their treasured objects from memory slideshows, and then discovering said objects in the expansive environments they inhabited. To find these ghosts and convene with them, Sparky needs to smell possessions from their lives that were precious to them. This sets Lupton and Sparky on a quest around the island to convene with a number of ghosts who could be reasonable candidates for a Custodian replacement. If the people of Shelmerston are to survive, a new Custodian must be found and it can’t be someone who died recently, so unfortunately Lupton is off the list of possible candidates. That Custodian is weakening to a point where they can’t keep the volcano calm for much longer. Or rather, the volcano is supposed to be dormant, but it has started becoming active because it was kept in check by a Custodian who soothes the island. ![]() See, Shelmerston is home to a dormant volcano. Lupton discovers the spirit of his likewise deceased pet and best friend Sparky, who tells him there is trouble brewing on the island. In I Am Dead, you play the role of Morris Lupton: A kindly old recently deceased fellow hanging around the tiny island of Shelmerston where he once lived. There’s some extra baggage here that I find unnecessary, but the narrative and gameplay loop of I Am Dead is definitely an extraordinary one. It’s an interesting experiment, not quite in bending blocks, turning keys, or meddling in contraptions, but rather in using ghostly influence to see the world the way you need to see it to find answers. Developed by Hollow Ponds and designer Richard Hogg (Wilmot’s Warehouse), I knew I was in for a puzzle and a narrative about ghosts, but I Am Dead has quite some quirk and charm past what I expected. I wasn’t quite sure what I was in for when I checked into Annapurna’s latest quirky adventure, I Am Dead.
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