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BACKBONE: ARTIFACT EDITION includes: Backbone Backbone: Original Soundtrack Backbone: Words DLC The top 3 reasons to play BACKBONE: ARTIFACT EDITION Backbone is a post-noir roleplaying detective adventure. Explore both flourishing and decaying districts of a now walled-off Vancouver. Uncover clues and collect evidence and solve puzzles and sneak around. About BACKBONE: ARTIFACT EDITION The Backbone: Artifact Edition is crammed full of diverse additions that help flesh out the varied and complex world of Vancouver and build around Howard’s journey. Featuring the base game and the accompanying soundtrack, the ‘Artifact Edition’ also includes the ‘Words DLC’, which features a script for Backbone that allows you to take a peek at the development process and what it takes to plan out a narrative game. Backbone is a post-noir roleplaying detective adventure, in which you step into the shoes of raccoon private investigator, Howard Lotor, and explore dystopian Vancouver, BC, beautifully rendered in high resolution pixel art. After years of small-time cases, lonely evenings, and just barely scraping by, Howard Lotor is swept into a job quite unlike any other before it. What starts as a menial case slowly unravels into something much darker, pitting Howard against the oppressive, systemic power hierarchies of the City itself. Backbone's gameplay is a modern take on the classic point-and-click adventure, featuring stealth, exploration, and elaborate dialogues inspired by old school CRPGs. As Howard, you will: Make meaningful connections with a diverse cast of characters in pursuit of truth. Explore both flourishing and decaying districts of a now walled-off Vancouver. Uncover clues and collect evidence. Solve puzzles and sneak around. Be a raccoon. Post-noir dystopia - Backbone’s