ORIENTATION
AN INTRODUCTORY ZINLET TO PSYCHO PATROL R
Release Date: March 23th 2025
Platform: Itch.io
The year is 2000 A.D.
The world's foremost superpower, the Federation of Pan-Europa, is heading into disarray. As infrastructure decays and violent militias carve up increasing swathes of its territory, the stability of its collective unconscious also finds itself under siege from a whole new kind of threat.
Psychohazards: viruses of the mind.
Whether through purposeful misinformation or rumors spiraling out of control, the threat posed by psychohazards has led to the establishment of a new kind of police unit: one meant to investigate and eradicate them at the source - by any means necessary.
Enter the "Psycho Patrol".
Founded by clamored criminologist Lorenzo Visconti as a new kind of high-tech, anti-hitlerite force guided by the principles of Wilhelm Reich, the European Federal Police's new "Psycho Patrol" is a fledgling institution unpopular among its peer organizations, but brimming with potential. The perfect place for someone like you.
So misunderstood, so full of potential.
So go ahead, grab this zine and get acquainted: featuring over 20 pages of useful tidbits, character insights and mildly disconcerting fanart, ORIENTATION is the perfect introduction to the peculiar world of PSYCHO PATROL R, the latest in FPS/RPG europolice simulation by CONSUMER SOFTPRODUCTS. This zine was composed with their blessing and help, allowing us access to the game for playtesting and design advisory purposes.
All in-game assets depicted, such as weapon models and character portraits, were sourced from CONSUMER SOFTPRODUCTS’ development archives, and all original writing therein was carefully vetted before finalization – to make sure each character’s individual neuroses are rendered accurately and faithfully.
As the only human left on Twin Terra with an iron backbone, a strong sense of justice and very few moral boundaries, only you can pull the Pan-European Federation back from the brink of disaster.