News
Aporia Beyond The Valley Announced
London, UK, May 9th, in the year of our Lord 2017
- Green Man Gaming Publishing and Investigate North are pleased
to announce Aporia: Beyond The Valley, an experimental, story
driven, non-linear puzzle game coming to PC later this year.
Aporia: Beyond The Valley is a beautiful and immersive game
created in CryEngine by Investigate North, a company chaired by
Ole Søndberg. It is their second title, following the critically
acclaimed found footage mystery game, Cloud Chamber. Aporia:
Beyond The Valley takes a unique approach to storytelling,
allowing players to actively explore a puzzle filled, non-linear
environment that reveals a thrilling mystery surrounding ancient
technology and the ruins of civilization, all told entirely
without text or dialogue.
"The development of Aporia: Beyond the Valley started three
years ago," says Niels Wetterberg, producer at Investigate
North. "The writing of the story and the creation of the world
has been a real adventure in itself, but hopefully only half the
adventure of playing it. We can’t wait to have players immerse
themselves in the rich world we have worked hard to create. We
are excited to see how players will explore, react to and
interpret Aporia: Beyond the Valley."
Gary Rowe, EVP of Publishing at Green Man Gaming said that
"Bringing Aporia: Beyond The Valley to market represents Green
Man Gaming's continued support of talented independent
developers. It's been a labor of love for Investigate North, and
we're pleased to be publishing this beautiful first person
adventure".
Game Description
The mystical world of Ez’rat Qin - once a mighty civilisation,
now a crumbled ruin.
You awake after hundreds of years of sleep, in an abandoned land
and no memory of your past. Immersed in this world of dark
beauty, thrilling mystery and ancient puzzles, you embark on a
quest to find out what happened in this world, and to discover
who you are.
Aporia: Beyond The Valley is a first person puzzle game set in
the world of Ez’rat Qin. Explore a world filled with strange
nature, ancient technology, and haunted by a spirit roaming the
fog-covered forest. With a whole new story and puzzle mechanics,
Aporia: Beyond The Valley presents players with the challenge of
actively exploring and piecing together a non-linear story of
what happened in this mysterious world. Aporia: Beyond The
Valley brings a unique approach to the art of storytelling, by
not using text or dialogue. It offers new, interesting puzzle
mechanics, and elaborate environmental storytelling within an
immersive world.
Key Features -
An immersive, detailed world created in CryEngine.
Explore a story about humanity, technology and civilization told
without text or dialogue. Uncover clues, devise theories, and
make up your own mind.
Avoid traps and solve brain twisting puzzles made to make you
question what happened in The Valley.
Explore bizarre architecture and overgrown nature, choosing your
own path in the game’s non-linear world.
Fully original musical score.
Full controller support.