The Art of Still Wakes the Deep announced – our deep dive book of a modern horror masterpiece! 🌊🚢
Dive into the horrifying world of a modern horror masterpiece with Art of Still Wakes the Deep, a comprehensive artbook and exploration of the development of Still Wakes the Deep – the latest release from beloved British studio The Chinese Room (Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, Dear Esther).
A first-time collaboration between Lost In Cult, the award-winning creative studio and book publisher preserving video game culture, and Cook & Becker, an international art gallery studio for video game art, design, and museum-grade quality prints.
Made in partnership with The Chinese Room, this joint effort of world-class design studios explores the development, inspirations, narrative, characters, art, and themes of the game with concept art, interviews, essays, and more.
Our campaign-exclusive Deluxe Edition brings extra physical memorabilia to fans, with in-game and narratively-linked items brought to life, and a limited Signed Deluxe Edition bearing the signatures of the team at The Chinese Room.
The Standard Edition of The Art of Still Wakes the Deep is ideal for the casual fan of the game, The Chinese Room, or anyone generally appreciative of the artistry behind video games and how they are made. Presented as a 200+ page hardcover book, with its cover based on an incredible piece of original concept art, this work explores the intriguing world of Still Wakes the Deep. The Art of Still Wakes the Deep provides a detailed and comprehensive look at how the game was made, exploring the art, sound design, production, characters, narrative, and themes and interspersed with official artwork, in-game advertisement posters, concept art, and other important, often never-before-seen visuals from the game and its development. We’ve also packed it with developer interviews, including talks with creative director John McCormack and lead designer Rob McLachlan, as well as artists, sound designers, coders and the BAFTA award-winning composer Jason Graves (Dead Space, Until Dawn).
Written by veteran author and journalist Lewis Packwood – a contributor to EDGE and The Guardian, and author of 2023’s Curious Video Game Machines – the book goes behind the scenes to reveal how The Chinese Room carefully built a highly evocative vision of life in 1975, the painstaking research that went into making the Beira D oil rig as realistic as possible, as well as the thinking behind the unknowable horror at the heart of the game. In addition to a wealth of artwork and analysis, The Art of Still Wakes the Deep features a myriad of unique elements, with a printed fore-edge resembling the horrifying caul fat from the game and a spot UV gloss to pick out movement from the water and rain on the front cover.
DELUXE EDITION + SIGNED DELUXE EDITION (limited to 500 copies)The Deluxe Edition is the ultimate, definitive version of our vision for The Art of Still Wakes the Deep, built for serious fans, collectors, art connoisseurs. Much like the Standard Edition, only the best, highest-quality materials are good enough for the embodiment of our work, and we’ve gone all out on the extras we and The Chinese Room always envisioned to include.
Available as an exclusive, limited time-limited piece only during our 35 day campaign, the Deluxe Edition comes housed inside a stunning slipcase with a die-cut porthole, emulating that of the in-game setting.
Entwined within its pages, the Deluxe Edition also includes a plethora of physical ephemera and memorabilia from the world of Still Wakes the Deep, including a workers union bookmark, Cadal poster, letters and greeting cards, oil rig map, holo foil pages tipped-in between key goop imagery, and a sheet of stickers inspired by the Beira D’s signage for you to adorn your book with.
The Signed Deluxe Edition, available in a very limited quantity of 500 copies, comes with a “Cadal” oil company-styled bookplate affixed inside, signed by the team at The Chinese Room – making it a truly special piece of video game culture.
The Art of Still Wakes the Deep is crafted to last – each copy demonstrates our commitment to sustainable business. Produced and assembled with high-quality artisan materials, we work with carbon-neutral, anti-corruption partners and factories.
We believe in ethical manufacturing as strongly as we believe in games preservation. So, treasure each page of our FSC-accredited book with the knowledge that your money supports well-respected labour. Our work is designed for preservation and to be kept, but if for any reason you decide to part with your copy, please consider regifting it.
