Has the most twee part of yourself ever ached to be in a Wes Anderson flick? Here's your chance to actually do it: students at New York University's Game Center have created a single-player puzzle game set in Anderson's fictive hotel with the color palette of an Easter egg.
Titled Maquisard, the game posits you as a lobby boy fashioned after Zero, one of the main protagonists in The Grand Budapest Hotel, played by Tony Revolori in the eponymous film. (For the unititiated, "maquisard" is a French term for a member of the Maquis, the French resistance during the Second World War).
With a bellhop cap planted jauntily on your head, your mission is to figure out the identity of a secret government agent currently in the hotel — using clues sent to you by fellow maquisards, eavesdropping on clientele and fellow employees, and plain old downright snooping.
According to the game's web site, Maquisard "draws on the visual aesthetics of Wes Anderson's film The Grand Budapest Hotel" — probably because, you know, copyright infringement is a thing.
An IndieCade Showcase official selection at E3 this past June, Maquisard is available to download for both Mac and PC. While the game is free, donations are strongly encouraged.
Check out the game in this trailer below.
Maquisard from Team Maquisard on Vimeo.
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