Unlike in most adventure games at the time, the protagonist's death is possible, after which the player starts from the last save point. Clues and other information are obtained by clicking on items in the inventory and on objects in the environment. The protagonist converses with NPCs via dialogue trees to learn about the game's puzzles and plot. To solve puzzles and progress in the game, the player collects items that may be combined with one another, used on the environment, or given to non-player characters (NPCs). The player uses a point-and-click interface to interact with the environment and to guide protagonist Robert Foster through the game's world. A sequel was greenlit during the Broken Sword: The Serpent's Curse 2012 Kickstarter campaign, but its development has yet to be confirmed.īeneath a Steel Sky is a 2D adventure game played from a third-person perspective. A remastered edition was released for iOS in 2009 (as Beneath a Steel Sky Remastered), which also received a positive reception from the gaming press.
It received extremely positive reviews at the time of its release and is retrospectively viewed as a cult classic and Revolution's greatest game besides Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars.
It was built using Revolution's Virtual Theatre engine, first used in Revolution's previous and debut release, 1992's Lure of the Temptress. The game has a serious tone, but features humour-filled dialogue, which came as a result of Cecil's and writer Dave Cummins's goal to find a middle ground between the earnestness of Sierra's and the slapstick comedy of LucasArts' adventure games.
Cecil was a fan of Gibbons's work and approached with the idea of a video game. Originally titled Underworld, the game was a collaboration between game director Charles Cecil and comic book artist Dave Gibbons, and cost £40,000 to make.
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