Dante's epic poem La Divina Commedia is getting turned into a videogame again
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Summary
Dante Alighieri’s 14th century poem, the Divine Comedy is the inspiration for a new RPG from indie developer Jyamma Games.
Descending through the circles of Hell, each representing a different Sin, is the narrative premise for the game La Divina Commedia.
However, the gaming adaptation will deviate from the source material with features such as combat classes, a choice of genders for the protagonists, a narrative alignment system, procedurally generated extraction dungeons, and customisable weapons and armour.
The studio behind the title, Jyamma Games, describe it as “an epic journey set in a world where The Divine Comedy has supplanted the old faith…”
There is no release date for the game, and Rock, Paper, Shotgun’s Adam Smith questions the inclusion of certain gaming conventions within the adaption, such as extraction dungeons, and muses on the notion of mining hell for crafting materials, a concept he would like to witness faced with an actual 14th century theologian.
