DreadXP Now Releases Demonic Comedy ‘Red Tape’
Josh Korngut
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DreadXP has a perfect gift for horror gamers this Valentine’s Day. Released today for Windows PC, Red Tape tells the hellish tale of an angel subjected to damnation due to a paperwork error. To right this egregious wrong, players must traverse the nine circles of Hell to get an audience with the big man himself: The Devil.
Check out the Red Tape launch trailer here:
Taking notes from Dante Alighieri’s extremely romantic poem The Divine Comedy, and originally conceived as a Ludum Dare Gamejam entry, DreadXP and developer Pollaris Studios’ Red Tape takes the idiom to literal lengths and tells the saga of a fallen angel trapped in the bowels of Hell seeking a way back to Heaven.
Much like real life, players will run, jump, queue, and experience a corporate culture so hellish they’ll be begging for a trip to the DMV. As if that weren’t enough, all demons and hellspawn are determined to complicate matters further with their petty nonsense, conflated egos, and sadistic requests. Players must cut through the red tape in their fight to restore the balance between Heaven and Hell.
The nine circles of Hell are, of course, sectioned into familiar corporate departments:
- LIMBO – Reception
- LUST – Human Resources
- GLUTTONY – Cafeteria
- GREED – Accounting
- WRATH – Customer Service
- HERESY – Marketing
- FRAUD – Legal
- VIOLENCE – Planning
- TREACHERY – Administration
Showcased in Dreadful Dev Diary: Pollaris Studios #01, developer Nathan Gabriel discussed how the Italian poem The Divine Comedy served as inspiration behind Red Tape, and how he has built out the world of a literal corporate hell. Much like the poem, the deeper the ring, the more severe the sin, and the higher level of authorization required.
Red Tape is available now on Steam and itch.io via Windows PC for $5.99, with a 10% off launch week discount.
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