"Retrace The Light" is a 2.5D top-down action adventure game that employs a space-time rewind mechanism, focusing on an integrated gameplay experience of combat, exploration, and puzzle-solving, allowing you to enjoy the thrill of challenges. In the game, players take on the role of an AI worker - Executor Shi, infiltrating the mental world of paranoid patients to uncover the causes of their paranoia and eliminate their obsessions.
Currently, "Trace of Light" has officially announced its release date for November this year!
I. Light Souls-like, Challenge Yourself
- The game combines hardcore combat feel with smooth gameplay experience. You can use various attack moves and quickly return to the battlefield from the save point after death.
- Boss battles come in different forms. Each enemy has unique behavior patterns and stage transitions, requiring observation, learning, and precise counterattacks.
- The combat system is both strategic and operational, demanding your timing and move responses.
II. "Light Slit" Mechanism, Unique Puzzle Solving
· The original "Light Slit" system allows you to break away from linear thinking and explore various interaction possibilities.
· For instance, when encountering a path that is temporarily impassable, you can leave a light slit at the mechanism's location and then use the backtracking mechanism to activate the mechanism, thus reaching the other side.
· Besides solving puzzles, you can also ingeniously utilize the backtracking function of "light slits" to dodge enemy attacks and counterattack!
III. Textured Art Style, Sci-Fi Aesthetics
- The overall art style leans towards future technology, with each map reflecting a different scene from a unique, eccentric individual, catering to your demands for diverse gaming experiences.
- Most scenes feature a distinctive top-down perspective, allowing you to control the character with ease. Additionally, there is a side-scrolling platformer mode, offering you a variety of gameplay experiences.
- Utilizing the Unreal Engine, dynamic lighting and particle effects enhance the immersion of battles, allowing you to fully enjoy the visual spectacle of skill releases and interactions with the environment.
IV. Fragmented Narratives, Piecing Together the Truth
· Breaking down the barriers between virtual and reality, it tells the stories of AI executors, each with distinct personality traits.
· You can gradually piece together the truth behind "Yuan" and the executors through fragmented dialogues and environmental texts.