[3] Gonzalez listed The Dagger of Amon Ra (1992), Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (1993), Grim Fandango (1998), L.A. Noire (2011), and Deus Ex: Human Revolution (2011) as influences for the game.

It comes at a time when the genre is making a comeback with Telltale Games finding success with The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us and titles like The Room series getting critical acclaim.

[6] The plot is described as follows:[7] Set against the backdrop of the Florida Land Boom of the 1920s, A Golden Wake is a story of an innocent man's descent into greed and corruption, and his eventual redemption.

Based on actual events and featuring real life locations and historical figures, you must guide Alfie on his journey to reach the top of the real estate game as he deals with shady salesmen, cutthroat bootleggers, corrupt politicians, and much more, all while swept up in the events surrounding the inception of Coral Gables, Florida, The City Beautiful.Hulking Reviewer explains the gameplay:[8] The controls are the standard point-and-click scheme with the left-click used to interact with an object and the right-click to look at an object.

"[9] In a preview, Hulking Reviewer wrote "The deliberate story build-up suggested a well-crafted tale that wasn’t just about going through the motions from one puzzle to the next but trying to pull you into its world completely.

[10] Rock Paper Shotgun wrote "Expect shady salesmen, cutthroat bootleggers, corrupt politicians, and (of course) the mafia to play major roles.