Miegakure
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Miegakure is an indie
video game platform where the gamer explores four dimensional space in order to solve various higher dimensional puzzles within a garden setting. Inspired by the classic science-fiction novella Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbot Abbot, Miegakure plays much like a regular three-dimensional platformer, but at the press of a button one of the dimensions is exchanged with its four dimensional counterpart, allowing for four-dimensional movement as the player explores this new dimension in the same way that a two dimensional being would explore the third, experiencing the various consequences of being able to move within a four dimensional space by allowing players to experience it first-hand, using trial and error.
Miegakure was popularized by an xkcd
webcomic
, which compared the game to Edwin Abbot Abbot's book Flatland, a strong inspiration for the game.
set in three-dimensional space
, but with the touch of a button the player can exchange one of the dimensions with the fourth dimension. This allows a player to go 'through' walls, look into them, and do various other things that would be impossible in three-dimensional space.
The game is currently in development. There is no announced date, although the goal is for it to be released in downloadable form for consoles and Windows/Mac/Linux as soon as it is made publicly available. There is also no publicly released demo at this time.
Independent video game development
Independent video game development is the process of creating video games without the financial support of a video game publisher. While large firms can create independent games, they are usually designed by an individual or a small team of as many as ten people, depending on the complexity of the...
video game platform where the gamer explores four dimensional space in order to solve various higher dimensional puzzles within a garden setting. Inspired by the classic science-fiction novella Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbot Abbot, Miegakure plays much like a regular three-dimensional platformer, but at the press of a button one of the dimensions is exchanged with its four dimensional counterpart, allowing for four-dimensional movement as the player explores this new dimension in the same way that a two dimensional being would explore the third, experiencing the various consequences of being able to move within a four dimensional space by allowing players to experience it first-hand, using trial and error.
Miegakure was popularized by an xkcd
Xkcd
xkcd is a webcomic created by Randall Munroe. The comic's tagline describes it as "a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language." It has been recognized in such mainstream media as The Guardian and The New York Times....
webcomic
Webcomic
Webcomics, online comics, or Internet comics are comics published on a website. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers or often in self-published books....
, which compared the game to Edwin Abbot Abbot's book Flatland, a strong inspiration for the game.
Gameplay
The game plays like a regular Platform gamePlatform game
A platform game is a video game characterized by requiring the player to jump to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles . It must be possible to control these jumps and to fall from platforms or miss jumps...
set in three-dimensional space
Three-dimensional space
Three-dimensional space is a geometric 3-parameters model of the physical universe in which we live. These three dimensions are commonly called length, width, and depth , although any three directions can be chosen, provided that they do not lie in the same plane.In physics and mathematics, a...
, but with the touch of a button the player can exchange one of the dimensions with the fourth dimension. This allows a player to go 'through' walls, look into them, and do various other things that would be impossible in three-dimensional space.
The game is currently in development. There is no announced date, although the goal is for it to be released in downloadable form for consoles and Windows/Mac/Linux as soon as it is made publicly available. There is also no publicly released demo at this time.