SNOW
Developer Loeding
Publisher TBA
Format PC
Origin Norway
Release TBA
The opening sequence of this narrative adventure from Norwegian micro-studio Loeding is one of the most distinctive intros we’ve encountered in a long time. It all happens in a child’s mind: 12-year-old Oskar dreams of a world presented in a 2D ASCII aesthetic, with code built from letters and symbols. These form a top-down maze, within which we collect strings of code, allowing Oskar to establish something referred to as ‘true connection’. What follows involves a startling transition that’s almost like an accelerated history of videogames, taking us from the medium’s most rudimentary building blocks to its cutting edge in a matter of moments.
As we complete a simple puzzle, nudging a block onto a pressure plate to keep a door open, the maze starts to
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