A Line Held Tight is a charcoal visual novel about a miner’s strike in the 32nd century and choosing your relationships wisely
A Line Held Tight is an upcoming visual novel about a miners’ strike in the 32nd century, developed by Humble Grove, the studio behind No Longer Home. It puts workers’ organising and the relationships formed during a strike at the centre of its story, an area the article says games rarely explore.
Players take the role of The Canary, a miner in a colony cut off from humanity, and make choices that shape their ties with friends, family and fellow workers as the strike intensifies. The game features hand-drawn charcoal artwork and a folk soundtrack; it has no release date yet, but a demo is available during Steam Next Fest.
In short
- A sci-fi visual novel centres on a miners’ strike.
- Choices shape The Canary’s relationships with others.
- A demo is available, with no release date announced.
Explained simply
A visual novel is a story-focused game in which readers follow scenes and make choices that can affect what happens. A Line Held Tight is set in the 32nd century, in a mining colony far from Earth and cut off from humanity.
The player takes the role of a miner known as The Canary as workers organise a strike. Their choices shape relationships with friends, family and fellow workers, making those personal ties part of the story of the dispute.