Frank and Drake (v1.0.1)

A crumbling Oriole City apartment becomes the meeting point for two men who can never share the same room. Frank works as the building’s troubled superintendent by day, while Drake’s dangerous sensitivity to sunlight confines him to the night, leaving the pair to communicate through notes scattered around their home. Their uneasy arrangement develops into a conspiracy thriller involving fractured memories, strange experiments, and the question of whether either man can trust his own perception. The mood stays intimate and eerie rather than action-heavy, mixing urban decay with a dreamlike sense that reality is constantly slipping out of place.

Players alternate between Frank and Drake as their opposing schedules open different versions of the city. Investigations involve examining environments, talking to an offbeat cast of residents, following clues, and tackling puzzles that often require one character to leave information or alter circumstances for the other. Decisions steer conversations, relationships, and major revelations, so the story does not simply unfold along one fixed route. Frank and Drake rewards careful note-taking and repeat runs, since alternate choices reveal scenes, puzzles, and perspectives that a single playthrough can miss.

Its rotoscoped presentation gives every movement a subtly uncanny, hand-drawn quality that fits the protagonists’ unstable lives far better than conventional cartoon art would. Oriole City feels lived-in despite its compact scope, balancing mundane places such as diners, streets, and apartments with increasingly surreal intrusions. The split-day-and-night structure is the standout idea: cooperation becomes a puzzle in itself when the two leads can only affect each other indirectly. Fans of narrative adventures like Oxenfree, Kentucky Route Zero, or classic point-and-click mysteries should find plenty to enjoy, especially if they prefer character-driven stories and branching secrets over fast reflex challenges.