Gravity-bending puzzle platformer Etherborn is to be the primary unbiased game funded by FoxSubsequent Games, the games division of the least indie media conglomerates on earth; 20th Century Fox. Altered Matter’s puzzler looks as if a protected first choose – it’s a really fetching-looking game filled with vibrant, floating geometry and paths to stroll that bend gravity as you comply with them. The texture-light aesthetic, ethereal soundtrack and introspective story revolving round ‘finding your voice’ don’t appear very daring, nevertheless it’s nonetheless beautiful to have a look at. Take a peek on the game in movement under.
Etherborn jogs my memory just a little little bit of Monument Valley for iThings, though just a little extra action-oriented. There’s some operating and leaping to be carried out in amidst the contemplative puzzling, however no fight. Gravity is subjective – as long as you stroll a curved path to some extent, that’s the place your new ‘down’ is. The cell digital camera signifies that the game can’t replicate Monument Valley’s true Escher-styled perspective warping enjoyable, nevertheless it does imply they will mess around with actual house and the pull of gravity in ways in which remind me a little bit of Super Mario Galaxy. Altered Matter estimate there’s about 4-5 hours of brain-teasers within the game, however plan for a tougher mode on or close to launch to stretch that additional.
It’s been a protracted ardour mission for the small studio. Altered Matter say Etherborn has been within the works for over three years, and has secured funding from FoxSubsequent Games, Fig and Humble Bundle, although will probably be self-published in the long run. So far, FoxSubsequent haven’t introduced every other games for his or her indie incubator program, however I’m not anticipating something too daring. As a Disney-owned outfit, I’m anticipating them to play issues protected as they construct up a status.
There’s no date or value set but, however Etherborn must be out someday this 12 months. You can discover it here on Steam. You can see some good animated GIFs and an impressively large assortment of pre-release awards over on its official page here.
