Attractio

Platform(s): PC
Genre: Puzzle
Developer: GameCoder Studios
Release Date: 2013

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'Attractio' Picked Up By Namco Bandai - Screens

by Rainier on April 15, 2015 @ 5:43 p.m. PDT

Attractio is a FPS puzzle videogame where the players solve deathly and tricky puzzles manipulating the gravity at will, challenging their nerves and survival ability, all with customized advanced physics.

Millons of inhabitants of the Solar System look forward to the new season of the controversial reality show: Attractio. In this reality show, the contestants solve deadly puzzles knowing there is a high probability of not leaving alive. However, the winner will choose the Grand Prize: money, technology or even their freedom.

Dalek, Keir and Mia were chosen as the contestants for this season of Attractio. Each one will have to solve different deadly puzzles using gadgets that allow them to manipulate gravity. Little is known about the contestants' past, but as is usual in every season, the spectators will learn more about them during the contest. But there is something new: one of them knows something that will change Attractio forever...

Attractio takes place in the Entretainment Space Station (ESS), an artificial satellite orbiting Mars. This station was created for Attractio and has the necessary technology (unique in the Solar System) to change the gravity of any particular object. As usual, Darius will be the host of this exciting reality show.


The puzzles change the daily way of thinking the physics and gravity. In Attractio each object has its own gravity direction that can be changed by the player. The interaction between objects with different gravity direction opens wide possibilities that the player can use to solve, in many ways, each of the different puzzles across the game.

The player will be able to play three parallel character story lines where, helped with technology like Attractio Gravity Boots and the Attractio Gravity Gun they may be able to achieve their most valuable and mysterious interests.

The interaction between objects with different gravity directions presents various possibilities. Thus, the player can solve in many ways each of the different puzzles across the game.
Some examples of these possibilities are:

  • Creating a zero gravity object by colliding two objects of the same weight and opposite gravity direction.
  • Softening the character's landing with a box with gravity direction perpendicular to a wall. This happens due to the friction between the wall and the box.
  • Gravity-Boxes: A special kind of box that, when touched by another box, flips the second box's gravity direction. This is useful to automate some mechanics in the game and perform simultaneous tasks.

The player will play with three different characters, each one with different abilities, adding variety to the puzzles. Some puzzles can be solved by a contestant alone, but for some others the player will need to switch between the contestants. Attractio has a unique gameplay and puzzles that will entertain the player for hours.

This game was inspired by Valve's Portal.

Attractio is currentrly available as Early Access on GamersGate, Humble Bundle Store and Desura for $9.99.

 



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