
The Secrets of Da Vinci: The Forbidden Manuscript
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Company: Kheops Studio
Release Date: Jun 7 2006
Genre: Adventure
The Secrets of Da Vinci: The Forbidden Manuscript is an adventure game developed by Kheops Studio and published by Tri Synergy on June 7 2006 on the PC. In 2009 it was released on the Mac OS X. This is an investigatory game set in 1522 at Da Vinci's last home the Cloux Manor. Gameplay is standard for 3D first-person adventure games. This game was a co-production between Nobilis Elektrogames TOTM Studio Kheops Studio Mzone Studio in collaboration with the Clos Lucé. It was the first ever game created about the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci. In September 2005 the project was originally announced as ''Da Vinci Experience but this was changed to its current title in January 2006. It came out at a time when the culture was saturated with Da Vinci (including a book film and competing video game). Marianne Tostivint believes The Da Vinci Code projects helped get this game be sold to a publisher and financed. A lot of effort was put into making the Clos Lucé as historically accurate as possible. The designers had three key focuses to ensure an optimum player experience: gameplay ergonomy and interfaces. In terms of educational goals the designers wanted to make the game as historically accurate as it was fun to play. Coladia (who owned the publishing rights at this time) announced the release of the title on iOS devices in February 2011.