#GAMESPOT MANIFOLD GARDEN REVIEW SERIES#

Further he wanted to make a puzzle game that he felt he could finish as a player, having learned that after playing through The Witness that there had been an entire section of puzzles he had missed there. Work on the game started in November 2012.

Seeking to change his work with sculptures, and finding other mediums cost-prohibitive, he decided to move to a video game with no space limitations. Development Ĭreator William Chyr had a passion for large-scale artwork and was previously known for massive balloon sculptures. Later puzzles will involve growing trees and natural elements to bring life back to the 'sterile' world. Because of this, many puzzles revolve around falling off a ledge from a lower part of a structure to land back on the top of the next version of that structure below. The game's worlds frequently appear to repeat into infinity into all directions. Several facets of the game's world may only be interacted with when the gravity is oriented directly, with these objects sharing one of the six colors.

To aid the player, the world's tone takes on one of six colors depending on which direction they have manipulated gravity. The player must solve puzzles using the world's geometry in addition to devices within the architecture of the world. The game takes place in a 'universe with a different set of physical laws' where the player can manipulate gravity, being able to 'turn walls into floors'. Video of gameplay Gameplay In Manifold Garden, the game environment repeats itself such that players who fall from a platform fall into another instance of the same structure

#GAMESPOT MANIFOLD GARDEN REVIEW SERIES#

An upgraded version of the game was released for Xbox Series X and Series S as a launch title on November 10, 2020, and an upgraded PlayStation 5 version released on May 20, 2021. Ports for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and Xbox One were released on August 18, 2020. The player must navigate an abstract series of structures that appear to repeat into infinity, while solving a progression of puzzles. It was released on Windows, macOS, and iOS on October 18, 2019. Manifold Garden is an indie first-person puzzle video game developed by American artist William Chyr.

Gamespot manifold garden review