Afterglitch

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Afterglitch
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Developer Hangonit
Publisher
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Designer Vladimír Kudělka
Engine Unity
Platforms Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S
Release9 December 2022
Genres Art, adventure
Mode Single-player

Afterglitch is an adventure game developed by Hangonit. It is an experimental science fiction game. [1]

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Development

The game was developed by Vladimír Kudělka who worked on it for almost 7 years. [2] He was inspired by paintings by Zdeněk Burian, Salvador Dalí and books on quantum physics. [3] The initial impulse for development was Zdenek Burian's illustration for the short story "Friends from Hadonoš" showing a small astronaut standing in front of a mass into which another figure is diving. The game visually references Salvador Dalí's work "Corpus hypercubus" which depicts Jesus Christ crucified on a tesseract or hypercube network. [4] The game was announced in September 2021 [5] and released on 9 December 2022. [6]

Gameplay

Player controls an astronaut on his multidimensional journey for an alien civilization. Player can just walk with his character. The game doesn't allow them to do anything else. Player's task is to figure out which way to go to progress to the next level. [7]

Reception

Afterglitch was nominated for the Nuovo Award and Excellence in Visual Art at 2023 Independent Games Festival. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Mančař, Michal (9 December 2022). "Vstupte do hyperprostoru. Vychází česká hra Afterglitch, spojuje výjimečný vizuál a filozofické sci-fi". CzechCrunch (in Czech). Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  2. ↑ Couture, Joel. "Afterglitch Seeks to Stir Unknowable Emotions in Utopian Space". gamedeveloper.com. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  3. ↑ "You have to have an open mind to play my game – says the author of the successful video game afterglitch". zvut.cz. Archived from the original on 7 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "AFTERGLITCH – Infinite Universes". Infinite Universes (in Czech). Archived from the original on 7 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  5. ↑ Malchárek, Jakub. "V české sci-fi adventuře Afterglitch od autora Rememoried prozkoumáte psychedelický vesmír". Tiscali (in Czech). Archived from the original on 7 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  6. ↑ Bigas, Jiří. "Česká sci-fi hra Afterglitch vyjde v prosinci". Vortex (in Czech). Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  7. ↑ Erlebachová, Nikola (30 December 2022). "Afterglitch – experimentální smyčka". Gaming Professors (in Czech). Archived from the original on 7 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "AFTERGLITCH ENTRANT 2023". IGF.com. 12 December 2022. Archived from the original on 7 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
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