Reblogged salbeitraeume
While the stylistic decisions made to bring Hotel Dusk: Room 215 to life are striking all their own, one unique approach that was decided upon was the actual orientation of the Nintendo DS console. Rather than held horizontally as normal, the game instead asks for the player to hold the DS in a vertical perspective, making it feel like a notebook in their hands. This matches very effectively with the theming of the narrative, with the player in the shoes of a detective trying to solve an odd and unusual mystery.
