SCALE

Description

Brief: SCALE is a first person reality manipulation game that reimagines exploration with a unique resizing mechanic.

Briefest: Scale anything, discover everything.

Not at all brief: SCALE is a first person reality manipulation game about exploring environments by changing the size of the objects inside them. Instead of a gun, the player wields a device that can make any item any size. A tree, a wall, an enemy, a passing cloud, even the levels themselves are all "SCALEable". Space is relative in the game so progress is as much conceptual as it is physical. The player cascades through different orders of magnitude. Secrets are hidden in levels of understanding and paths are concealed behind unrealized implications.

History

SCALE started as a prototype at Tigjam in 2012. At the time Steve was super down about having to drag Shadow Physics out to the train tracks and bury it in a shallow grave. The SCALE prototype seemed fun and cool, though, and lots of people got really excited about it. But there was a lot of recovery needed after the Shadow Physics meltdown - physical, mental, and financial. So, Steve got a job as Lead Designer on Atlantis Remixed at the Center for Games and Impact at Arizona State University making games intended to replace certain science and literacy texts in American schools. That was enjoyable and fulfilling but eventually the itch of working on SCALE became too hard to ignore. Steve left ASU and started working on SCALE in earnest February 2013. Then other people like Eddy and Andrew and Dale came on board and everything was awesome!

Features

• Unique resizing mechanic in an open sandbox world.
• Handsome, textureless polygonal style.
• Immaculate sound design by Mike Wright and featuring tracks by Ben Prunty, DannyB, and others.
• Focus on exploration and the joy of discovery.