While it’s straightforward to think about Undertale (and its follow-up, Deltarune) as a one-man challenge, there’s a really gifted workforce behind it. Today, artist Temmie Chang launched a small game, Escaped Chasm, a brief story a couple of unhappy younger woman alone in her home, haunted by desires of a magical world. It’s heartfelt, filled with nice artwork, some excellent full-screen animations, and even crams 4 attainable endings into its roughly-half-hour play-time. It’s additionally free, and to say extra could be risking spoilers. So go and provides it a spin here on Itch, then try the trailer and my ideas under.
Unsurprisingly, Escaped Chasm comprises some nice music. As you’d guess, it’s from the dev’s pal, Undertale lead Toby Fox, however the music heard on the TV comes courtesy of James Roach. An all-star help solid for what was a private studying challenge for Temmie Chang. Assuming you get the ‘good’ ending, the story of Escaped Chasm will act as a prelude to a bigger game that she hopes to make some day. Despite solely getting half an hour to know this character, her fears and her desires, I need to discover out what occurs subsequent, too. Some probably spoiler’y ideas under the trailer.
One factor that caught out for me about Escaped Chasm was its glorious use of color. The monochrome, mundane blue of its world being shattered (actually) by a lone character in reds and autumnal oranges is efficient. It comes simply because the woman’s isolation begins to really feel a little bit bit too actual and oppressive. The writing is terse however efficient, and amplified by cutaways to full-screen artwork for the issues that little 16-bitty sprites can’t absolutely depict, particularly expressions and physique language. If that is simply Chang’s try to be taught the instruments, then I can’t wait to see what a ‘full’ game from her appears to be like like.
You can seize Escaped Chasm free on Itch, though the developer does point out that utilizing the pay-what-you-want characteristic helps. There’s additionally a fast information within the Extras folder if you wish to know methods to attain all of the endings.
