Title: Outer Wilds
Developer: Mobius Digital
Platforms: PC, Mac, Linux
In development
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The premise of Outer Wilds is simple: you're an alien traveler, exploring the solar system, following the signs and artifacts of an ancient civilization. From deep canyons to black holes, storm-swept ocean spheres and lava-encrusted moons, the cosmos is a unknown place full of weird planets and secrets. However..after twenty minutes, the Sun goes supernova and your galaxy is wiped from existence.
And then time resets. Outer Wilds is an experience spread across multiple playthroughs, as you explore new places and maybe even find the way to save the universe, using the knowledge gathered across multiple time loops.
I've been playing the recent IGF build and Outer Wilds is as engrossing as ever. A museum on your home planet teaches you about the galaxy; a child's drone lets you practice flight and landings. Suiting up, activating your thrusters, and leaving the atmosphere as the planet shrinks to a ball of swirling clouds against the backdrop of darkness and the fiery Sun never gets old. Witnessing an eclipse on the dark side of a moon, sending out your probe to scan an unknown world, passing through a black hole into the unknown....nothing captures interstellar exploration like Outer Wilds
This new and improved Outer Wilds will be expanded with a new art style, new locations, new mysteries, lore, and artifacts to discover. You can learn more about Outer Wilds and support it on FIG here. A new alpha build is available to check out as well.
Developer: Mobius Digital
Platforms: PC, Mac, Linux
In development
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A first-person space exploration game where you uncover the mysteries of a solar system stuck in an endless time loopOuter Wilds was one of the first games I wrote about, way back in August 2013. Even then, Outer Wilds was a wonderful experience, capturing the mystery of space exploration like few other games. Now the game is the first campaign of the new crowdfunding platform FIG and is being expanded into a prettier, grander experience.
And then time resets. Outer Wilds is an experience spread across multiple playthroughs, as you explore new places and maybe even find the way to save the universe, using the knowledge gathered across multiple time loops.
Outer Wilds still in development
Outer Wilds is a game I've praised several times here, a freeware game that captures the feeling and atmosphere of discovery in an unexplored space frontier. What I didn't realize was that the game was only an alpha and, in a recent update, developer Alex Beachum stated
Download the current version of Outer Wilds here.
Transistor available to preorder
SuperGiant's follow-up to its acclaimed debut Bastion, Transistor leaves The Kid behind and drops the player into a gorgeous sci-fi city. But the satisfying combat, atmospheric world, and RPG elements remains intact, as you guide Red in her fight against The Process and wield the powerful Transistor, an intelligent weapon that grants you devastating attacks and abilities
You can preorder Transistor through Humble or Steam. The game releases May 20th.
Twin Souls reveal
Path of Shadows was a very promising student project, a stealth game where darrkness was your weapon as you stalked through cell-shaded fantasy environments. I was happy to hear that the developers planned to expand the prototype into a larger experience. That game has finally been revealed.
Now titled Twin Souls, the game is described as a spirtual successor to the original student project, "a 3D indie stealth game in which you control a warrior with the power of Shadow Control. It combines the essence of Tenchu with the modern approach of recent gems like Mark of the Ninja and Dishonored." You can keep track of Twin Souls on the Lince Works and David Leon Twitter pages. A Kickstarter for Twin Souls is starting soon.
Outer Wilds is a game I've praised several times here, a freeware game that captures the feeling and atmosphere of discovery in an unexplored space frontier. What I didn't realize was that the game was only an alpha and, in a recent update, developer Alex Beachum stated
We’re currently working towards a full release of the game, which will feature (among other things) a completely fleshed-out version of the overarching mystery. The alpha release will remain available in the meantime, so feel free to check it out (if you haven’t already exhausted its secrets) while we work on the full release.
Transistor available to preorder
SuperGiant's follow-up to its acclaimed debut Bastion, Transistor leaves The Kid behind and drops the player into a gorgeous sci-fi city. But the satisfying combat, atmospheric world, and RPG elements remains intact, as you guide Red in her fight against The Process and wield the powerful Transistor, an intelligent weapon that grants you devastating attacks and abilities
Twin Souls reveal
Path of Shadows was a very promising student project, a stealth game where darrkness was your weapon as you stalked through cell-shaded fantasy environments. I was happy to hear that the developers planned to expand the prototype into a larger experience. That game has finally been revealed.
