Miegakure

Miegakure
This article is about the unreleased computer game. For Japanese gardens, see Japanese garden.
Miegakure
Developer(s) Marc Ten Bosch
Platform(s) Mac OS X, Linux, Windows, unspecified video game consoles
Genre(s) platformer

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.[1][2][3]

Gameplay

The game plays like a regular Platform 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.[4][5]

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.[6]

References

  1. ^ XKCD 721
  2. ^ "xkcd Makes 4D Miegakure the Most-Sought Indie Game: What You Need to Know". Geekosystem. 2010-03-31. http://www.geekosystem.com/miegakure-4d-game-info-no-demo-download/. Retrieved 2010-06-04. 
  3. ^ "News - Road To The IGF: Miegakure's Marc Ten Bosch". 2010-02-11. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/27041/Road_To_The_IGF_Miegakures_Marc_Ten_Bosch.php. Retrieved 2010-04-03. 
  4. ^ "Miegakure - News & PR Daily". I-newswire.com. http://www.i-newswire.com/releases/miegakure. Retrieved 2010-04-03. [dead link]
  5. ^ Counterfeiters, Urban (2010-03-30). "Miegakure: Explore the Fourth Dimension Latest Update". Urbncounterfeiters.blogspot.com. http://urbncounterfeiters.blogspot.com/2010/03/miegakure-explore-fourth-dimension.html. Retrieved 2010-04-03. 
  6. ^ Miegakure Game Soon March 31, 2010 By dailypost (2009-05-24). "Miegakure Game Soon". Daily Postal. http://dailypostal.com/2010/03/31/miegakure-game-soon/. Retrieved 2010-04-03. 

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