The Magic Circle

by Question

The Developer Says...

In this darkly comedic story, you are the hero of an unfinished fantasy game, and your designers have failed you. Steal the power of a game god - trap their creations, swap behaviors and body parts, crafting your own unique solutions to free-form puzzles. Can you release a game ...from the inside?

Players Like...

❤ Gameplay Overview

You take on the role of a playtester inside an unfinished fantasy game. The core gameplay loop revolves around exploring the world, capturing various creatures and objects, and modifying their behaviors to solve puzzles and progress through the story.

❤ Nonlinear Puzzle Solving

Rather than presenting traditional puzzles with single solutions, the game embraces an open-ended approach. The world is filled with half-finished, buggy, and abandoned game elements that you can interact with and manipulate in creative ways. There are often multiple viable solutions to each puzzle, allowing you to experiment and find your own unique approaches.

❤ Capturing and Modifying Entities

Your primary means of interacting with the world is by "capturing" creatures, objects, and environmental elements. Once captured, you can edit and recombine their attributes and behaviors, such as movement types, attack abilities, and allegiances. This allows for a vast array of potential combinations and solutions to puzzles.

❤ Exploration and Progression

As you progress, you unlock new areas filled with additional capturable entities, optional narrative content, and easter eggs to discover. The nonlinearity of the design means you can often tackle challenges in whichever order you prefer, allowing for a high degree of agency and flexibility.

❤ Emergent Gameplay

The combination of freeform puzzle design and the ability to edit entities leads to a high degree of emergent gameplay. You are encouraged to experiment, tinker, and find your own unique solutions, which can often result in unexpected and amusing outcomes.

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