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Semispheres Launches February 14th
Calgary, Canada - January 27th, in the year of our
Lord 2017 - Independent developer Vivid Helix today
announced that Semispheres will launch on February 14th, 2017
for Sony PlayStation 4 and for PC on Steam. Semispheres is a
beautiful, 2D puzzle game with a gorgeous, synth-led soundtrack
by Sid Barnhoorn, composer of Antichamber and The Stanley
Parable, that places dual realities at the heart of its
challenge. Featuring a bichromatic art style comprised of warm
blues and oranges, it’s a game that seeks to reunite two
parallel worlds.
"I’m super excited for everybody to finally play Semispheres.
From the first seed of an idea I prototyped at the Ludum Dare
game jam in August 2014, to what players are about to
experience, the game’s development has been an amazing
experience,” said Radu Muresan, designer of Semispheres. “Now,
with the game’s minimalist art style and an amazing soundtrack
by Sid Barnhoorn, Semispheres represents the completion of the
vision I had close to 3 years ago, striking the balance between
calming and challenging I’ve been looking for.”
In Semispheres, each analogue stick controls a different avatar
in environments that might initially appear identical but reveal
profound differences crucial to progression. Portals allow the
avatars to enter each other's reality, creating fiendishly
complex inter-dimensional puzzles, with success reliant on
methodical planning and skilful execution. It’s not all esoteric
brain workouts, though. Tension is introduced through the
sentries that guard these worlds, whose fields of vision you
must evade in order to find safe passage and the eventual
resynchronisation of the worlds.
With fiendish puzzles that escalate in complexity, Semispheres
presents a real challenge for both puzzle aficionados and
newcomers to the genre alike. Yet the game’s beautiful audio and
visual presentation ensure things never get too much, as
soothing an experience as it is challenging. Semispheres will
launch on PC via Steam and for PlayStation 4 on the PlayStation
Store on February 14th 2017. Controller support includes the
option to play with keyboard.
No word on a physical copy of this game at this time. Families
are required to pay for Internet usage fees to download this
game. For more information click
here.