Former Disco Elysium Writers Team Up for Psychogeographic RPG Hopetown As Gameplay Teaser Debuts

Developer Longdue has shared a first look at Hopetown, an upcoming “psychogeographic” role-playing game, set to launch for PC via Steam. Alongside the debut gameplay teaser trailer, the studio announced that Olga Moskvina, a key writer and editor behind Disco Elysium, has joined the development team to work alongside narrative lead Martin Luiga.

Hopetown drops you right into New Greenwich, an isolated mining town left stranded decades after a massive solar flare fried global electronics. Chaos hits the settlement when a corporate conspiracy unravels, whispers spread about disappearing miners, and the flow of a vital resource called Quicksilver grinds to a halt.

Stepping into the shoes of a local journalist, you get to spearhead the investigation across three playable classes: the camera-ready Correspondent, the trend-setting Columnist, or a clickbait-chasing Gonzo reporter. Uncovering the truth requires you to snap photos for clues, interview shady characters, and track down contradictions in the environment.

In Hopetown, everything connects through a dynamic publication system where your media bias is a literal gameplay mechanic. You decide exactly how to spin every story, choosing which angles to highlight or which pieces of evidence to completely fabricate. These published articles trigger real consequences, shifting political faction lines, changing your public popularity, and physically altering the state of the map.