Fan-made Twin Peaks video game brings retro PS1 aesthetic to the cult series
A fan-made video game titled 'Twin Peaks: Into the Night' has been released as a demo, paying tribute to the iconic 1989 television series created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. Developed by French friends Jean Manzoni and Lucas Guibert starting in 2022, the game uses the Unity engine with a custom rendering pipeline called HPSXRP that emulates the visual style of early PlayStation 1 games like Tomb Raider and Crash Bandicoot. Players control FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper as he investigates the murder of Laura Palmer in the fictional town of Twin Peaks. The demo was published in early August 2023 on the developers' YouTube channel, BlueRoseTeam, and is available for free on PC via the project's official website. The game is currently only in demo form, and the developers await legal clearance to proceed with a full adaptation of the Lynch & Frost saga.
Key facts
- Twin Peaks: Into the Night is a fan-made video game inspired by the TV series Twin Peaks.
- The game was created by French developers Jean Manzoni and Lucas Guibert.
- Development began in 2022.
- It uses the Unity engine with a custom HPSXRP rendering pipeline to emulate PS1 graphics.
- The demo was released in early August 2023 on the BlueRoseTeam YouTube channel.
- Players control FBI Agent Dale Cooper investigating Laura Palmer's murder.
- The game is free and available for PC as a demo.
- The developers await legal permission to expand the game.
- The original series was created by David Lynch and Mark Frost in 1989.
Entities
Artists
- David Lynch
- Mark Frost
- Jean Manzoni
- Lucas Guibert
- Valerio Veneruso
Institutions
- FBI
- BlueRoseTeam
- Unity
- Artribune
Locations
- Twin Peaks
- France