his family is gathered. He may sit down on the bench, which results in his death, or continue onward. At last, the man enters a vast chamber, where countless other people stand before a trio of alien entities. The entities summon another simulation of the man's house and family. There are three outcomes depending on how the man responds. First, he may enter the simulation, surrendering to the aliens to be with some semblance of his lost family again; the post-credits scene shows the false house surrounded by a still sea, and it is unlit and seemingly devoid of life. Second, he may ignore the offering, and appears to sacrifice himself to destroy the alien entities and defeat the invasion; the post-credits scene shows the dog sitting alone in front of the family's now-overgrown house, with fallen alien vessels crumbling around it, and as an unseen craft approaches the house from above, the dog looks up and wags its tail. Third, he may summon a cell holding his family, and sacrifice himself to release them. Over the course of his journey, the man sees alien orbs communicating with each other. When the man repeats these signals, the alien entities let the man reunite with his family and transport them all back to the house, with the spaceships starting to return to space. Development Dino Patti was a co-founder of Playdead, the studio behind major independent successes Limbo and Inside. Following Insides release in 2016, Patti left Playdead, stating he felt he had helped bring the studio to a point where it could stand on its own. On June 27, 2017, Patti announced that he had formed Jumpship along with UK film animator Chris Olsen, and that they were working on a game titled Somerville. The announcement was accompanied by the first teaser trailer for the game. Olsen started preliminary work on Somerville in 2014, and development of the game expanded after Olsen formed Jumpship with Patti as executive producer. The game was described as a "sci-fi action adventure that chronicles the lives of key individuals in the wake of a global catastrophe". More details about the game were featured during Microsoft's presentation at E3 2021, including the planned 2022 release date for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X and Series S. Olsen stated that many gaming outlets mislabelled Somerville as a puzzle-platformer based on this trailer and apparent