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A Painter’s Tale: Curon, 1950 coming to Nintendo Switch next week

Fantastico Studio has announced its latest game for the Nintendo Switch: A Painter’s Tale: Curon, 1950, an adventure game originally developed by Monkey Tales Studio. It will launch on June 8th in Europe and North America, and will cost $6.99.

Here’s a trailer:

A Painter’s Tale: Curon, 1950 is an adventure game about Curon, a village that was flooded in 1950 due to the construction of a dam. You get to play as a painter who visits modern day Curon Vesta and ends up dragged into the lake by a mysterious woman. He wakes up in the past, at the time of the disaster.

Here’s some details and some screenshots:;

“A Painter’s Tale” is an adventure game that tells the story of the flooded village of Curon. What lies beneath the bell tower still emerging from the lake?

“A Painter’s Tale: Curon, 1950” is a story about love and resistance, an adventure game about historical memory. The bell tower that comes out of the lake is the last memento of the old village of Curon, flooded by the waters of Lake Reschen in 1950 due to the construction of a dam, despite the protest of the citizens. The plans for the dam started during the Fascist era, opposing the interests of a big industrial group to the wellbeing of the villagers, who were forced to leave their homes and pastures.

The main character of the game is a painter visiting today’s Curon Venosta, the new village built after the flooding. The painter is dragged into the lake by a mysterious woman and wakes up in the past, in the old village of Curon as it was before the flooding. Around him, the villagers witnessed the tragic event at the time.

“A Painter’s Tale: Curon, 1950” is not a documentary, but a tale where history and fiction overlap.

A Painter’s Tale: Curon, 1950 (Switch – eShop) comes out on June 8th in Europe and North America.

Source: Nintendo (North America)

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