Aporia: Beyond the Valley
Aporia: Beyond the Valley is a single-player, first person, explorative and adventure game developed by the game development company Investigate North located in Copenhagen, Denmark. Aporia: Beyond the Valley is published by Green Man Gaming based in London, England, United Kingdom. It was released on July 19, 2017 through Steam, Green Man Gaming and Humble Bundle.[1]
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| Developer(s) | Investigate North |
| Publisher(s) | Green Man Gaming |
| Director(s) | Sebastian Bevensee |
| Producer(s) | Niels Wetterberg Ole Søndberg |
| Engine | CryEngine |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release | July 19, 2017 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure, Puzzle Game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Gameplay
Aporia: Beyond the Valley is an adventure puzzle game seen from a 1st person perspective. It has an emphasis on exploration and adventure. The player is tasked to complete the game by exploring a world filled with strange nature, ancient technology and puzzle elements.[1]
Plot
You awake after hundreds of years of sleep in the world of Ez’rat Qin - once a mighty civilisation, now a crumbled ruin. You roam the abandoned lands with no memory of your past. Your goal in the game is to investigate the world, discover your own identity and find out what happened to the world.
The world and story is experienced through paintings without text or dialogue with plenty of ambiguity, leaving you to devise your own interpretations.[2]
Development
Aporia: Beyond the Valley is created using CryEngine. Initial development started as a student project at Aalborg University Copenhagen, Denmark.
In late 2015 the team joined the production and video game company Investigate North and development speed of the game ramped up.
References
- "Aporia: Beyond The Valley on Steam". Steam. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- Scott, Richard (9 May 2017). "Green Man Gaming to publish Aporia: Beyond The Valley, a beautiful Myst-like puzzle game". PCGamesN. Retrieved 14 June 2017.