Cosmo D’s latest game Moves of the Diamond Hand is a direct sequel to Betrayal at Club Low, and while it’s still in early access with a developing road map, the vibes so far are transcendent. The story orbits around a big juicy mayoral election, which unfolds across the city as the player attempts to fulfil their own inscrutable goal of joining the enigmatic Circus X; I’m still playing a pizzaiolo, this time with an expanded range of talents (I can busk and do laundry and sew) and a bunch more dice systems to work with. Circus X is seemingly run by Murial, the handler from the previous Off-Peak games, and it’s not explicitly clear whether this establishment has anything to do with The Circus spy agency, which was your previous employer from Club Low days. The first two chapters are out now, but it’ll be a hot minute (probably in the later half of this year) until we see how everything plays out.
