Secrets of Rætikon soars above the clouds and into our hearts

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We all dream differently: The ocean is green to Bob and purple to Jane; Dave's teeth fall out and Carol's hair sheds from her head; Felix flies by flapping his arms and Martin floats above the ground effortlessly.

That last example is a real-world tale from two friends, Broken Rules co-founders Felix Bohatsch and Martin Pichlmair, and it's the difference that sparked their coming title, Secrets of Rætikon. It's a single-player exploration game set in a flattened, vectorized landscape, starring a bird as it searches for glowing slivers that revitalize ancient machinery scattered around the mountainside.

At Broken Rules, if there was a debate about which form of dream flight was more correct, it looks like Bohatsch won.

The aerial mechanics in Secrets of Rætikon embody a sense of controlled chaos inherent in the natural flight of most birds. It's a balance of pressing one button to flap the bird's wings and gain speed and power, or pressing another to immediately curve down and dive, and then simply guiding the bird along wind streams or behind cave walls to find all of the shiny objects littering the world.

The alpha version of Secrets of Rætikon already demonstrates a dreamlike quality with its art, gameplay and story, perhaps inspired by that initial spark. It's soothing and surprising, with the opportunity to be immensely challenging.

While playing Secrets of Rætikon at GDC Europe, I was on cloud nine.
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Secrets of Rætikon soars above the clouds and into our hearts originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 24 Aug 2013 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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