The backdrop of Neo-Berlin is fantastic, with some amazing locations, however the cutscenes are strange and don’t feel in the same world as the game. The people and robots you meet are quirky, looking like they’ve just stepped out of an animated children’s show. Visually the world is very pretty with a lovely animated design. Thankfully, aside from that, ENCODYA is still an enjoyable ride. Granted, these are small niggles, but they need pointing out. And further to that, travelling between locations can get messy as the arrow you click on gets lost or decides it doesn’t want to be as responsive as it should. It’s very easy to miss items, even if you know they are there some kind of decent highlighting of interactable elements would have been preferred. It’s also tricky to find items in the areas, mostly as the visual palette sees them merge into the ground. However, there have been times when I’ve found certain puzzle solutions to be quite obtuse, and without the power of the internet, would have found some of the solutions to verge on the near impossible. Handily, a checklist of want you need to is always at hand with some clues – at least if you pick the easy mode – to help you out should you get stuck. From there, it’s all about heading to one location after the next, talking to people and gathering up missions. It’s the conversations you have with different robots and characters around town which will help guide you to where you need to be, and pretty much what you need to do next. You have a map which builds out as new places in the city are added, all as you move forward with the story to explore. You interact with objects and characters through the world, travelling across the city and different locations. If you haven’t checked it out yet, I strongly recommend it! If you’ve played it, please do share your thoughts in the comments or our Discord.Gameplay-wise and ENCODYA works as a point-and-click narrative adventure, set in 2.5D world. Oh, and there’s a fun secret you can find in the game that makes it look like the above screenshot. I’m delighted to have found this gem on itch recently and am anxious for the team to continue development! I wish I had been aware of the Kickstarter while it was going on, but it’s pretty neat to be able to play the demo for free. A secret from the demo that makes the game a classic adventure game. There are multiple artistic pieces alluding to how life was before all the technology, but there’s nothing definite so far. other than them trying to survive this all too possible Bladerunner-esque world. There’s little to no information on what the story is for Tina and S.A.M. Check out a short video of gameplay below to see what I mean. It’s also good for those of us that didn’t read the itch.io page and were clearly too excited to jump in and try the game. Then, I realized that the game is still in development and found this to be a clever way to tell players that missed the Kickstarter. Remarking on this occasionally was fun and good-natured but doing it constantly made it seem like the team wasn’t able to justify, or flesh out, the world they had put these characters in. Dialogue from both the playable character and NPCs reference the development and developers for why things are the way they are. Initially, the game broke the fourth dimension a little too much for my tastes. The world is immersive and believable, but there’s still a lot of work left for the developers to do. It’s not terribly distracting, and I only noticed it maybe once or twice in the demo. The writing is good, but it may be slightly noticeable that the dialogue was written by a non-native English speaker. Moving on, the voice acting is top-notch. The cursor must be nearly on the edge of the screen, and I often found myself clicking out of the game by accident. My only complaint is in moving from one area to another. The UI and controls are extremely easy to use, especially for anyone who has adventure game experience. Here, the puzzles begin! An in-game screenshot of Encoyda during a conversation with an NPC. They need money to make it home, but of course, they have none. Surviving on foods scraps and the goodwill of others, the player begins with Tina and Sam at a bus station. It’s a futuristic cyberpunk dystopian where Tina, a young orphan, is cared for by a robot named S.A.M. The game is free to download, but you can kick in a donation like me if you’re a big point-and-click fan.Ĭreated in Unity, the game has a fantastic art style. I was fortunate to discover the game while browsing itch.io and stumbled across their page. This is the group’s first foray into video games, thanks to their Kickstarter stretch goals. Encodya is a beautiful game created by Chaosmonger Studios which is, in fact, a film company.
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