The Gardens Between is a breathtaking puzzle game where best friends, Arina and Frendt, find themselves in a surreal world of garden islands.Arina, a headstrong girl, and Frendt, a boy wise beyond his years, fall into a series of vibrant, dreamlike island gardens peppered with everyday objects that hold a special significance to the duo. Together they embark on an emotional journey that examines the significance of their friendship: the memories they’ve built, what must be let go, and what should never be left behind.
Designed as an homage to the enduring power of friendship, The Gardens Between places you in control of not the characters themselves, but the force which will change and shape their relationship: time. In the mysterious realm they find themselves transported to, cause and effect are malleable and time flows in all directions. Solve puzzles to reach the apex of each isle and light up constellations of memories, illuminating threads of a bittersweet narrative.
The Gardens Between has been built with the ambition to create a game that anyone can play and enjoy. The goal is to encourage careful, mindful and stress free exploration throughout the game while providing in-depth puzzles and challenges.
The Gardens Between will come out Sept. 20 on Nintendo Switch, PS4, Steam and Mac App Store.
“It’s our hope that players are not only touched by the story of Arina and Frendt, but that they take time to remember their own special relationships growing up,” says Simon Joslin, co-founder of The Voxel Agents. “While so many of the objects featured in the gardens are from our own childhoods, we hope our audience will relate and recall a time when friendship meant everything.”
Pre-orders open today on Nintendo Switch and Mac App Store for $19.99.
Key Features
- A dreamy tale of adventure and exploration
- Backwards and forwards traversal of time makes cause and effect malleable
- Vibrant, storybook-like art style
- Hand-crafted puzzle design in a beautiful 3D world
- Free from language, designed for accessibility
- Meditative, ambient soundtrack by feature-artist Tim Shiel
The Gardens Between is in development for Nintendo Switch, PS4 and PC, scheduled for release Sept. 20, 2018.
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