Gallery: Upcoming: A Gorgeous Adventure Game That Mutates for Each Player

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    Future Unfolding is a forthcoming game from Spaces of Play, a small Berlin game studio.
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    Players are given a procedurally-generated forest to wander around, full of puzzles to explore and wildlife to interact with.
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    The aesthetic was inspired by Impressionist paintings. "If you think about an oil painting that is still wet, and how can move around the color on the canvas, that's kind of the feeling we want to have," says Marek Plichta, one of the game's designers. "It's abstract enough that you can see your own world in there."
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    Not only is the game world procedurally generated, but the critters are governed by algorithms, too. In one player's game world, for example, the fox might be a predator. In another's, he could be an ally.
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    The duo says they're about halfway through developing the game. They're aiming to have it out sometime late next year.
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