Swamp Motel are an award winning immersive virtual experience creators, with now a trilogy of games available to play. Each of these games give immersive entertainment that blurs the boundaries between theatre, film and gaming.

We’ve done a full article on who are Swamp Motel, which can be found here!

Swamp Motel have now released their third game in the series called The Kindling Hour. The third part of the trilogy of games that have been released over the lockdown period and this games follows and concludes the stories from Plymouth Point & The Mermaid’s Tongue. 

“Beneath the placid surface of everyday life a storm is brewing. You and your team must use all your skill and guile to evade capture, infiltrate the dark heart of a powerful organisation, and bring it down from the inside.

But who is the anonymous source trying to recruit you? How can you identify the true enemy? Who can you trust?

With every click they could be drawing closer, so you’ll have to think fast and rely on each other to stay one step ahead. Hack the system. Crack the codes. Find their weakness, before they find you.

The clock is ticking, The Kindling Hour approaches… it’s time for you to reveal the truth…”

Storyline & Themeing: 9/10
What more could you ask for in The Kindling Hour? The storyline flowed and incorporated everything you learnt and experienced from the previous games and brought it a conclusion that was to film quality. The themeing was premium, from the virtual setup to the cut scenes, not one bit felt out of place. 

Puzzles & Flow: 8/10
The puzzles have continued to be clever and integrated into places you wouldn’t even know. The use of every day websites to some technology based features all combine and flowed. The system that they use allowed for so much to happen and you really do have to think out of the box with this experience to get the answers. 

Uniqueness: 8/10
As we’ve praised before, the system is unique to the experience, which improved upon The Mermaid’s Tongue. This has mad e it feel even more immersive and thrilling. We loved how this opened up a lot more flexibility with what they could do compared to other places. There were moments where you thought is this really happening!? For a virtual game to do that is impressive.