IN OTHER WATERS tells the story of Ellery Vas, a xenobiologist who discovers extraterrestrial life while searching for her missing partner.
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Play as an Artificial Intelligence guiding a stranded xenobiologist through a beautiful and mysterious alien ocean. A non-violent sci-fi story, enter a world of wonder, fear and vulnerability, unraveling the history and ecology of an impossible planet. What will you discover together?
EXPLORE AN ALIEN OCEAN
Freely dive into an expansive section of seafloor, from shimmering reefs to inky depths. Unlock upgrades and make discoveries that allow you to open up new paths, uncovering strange creatures and environments as you do.
SEE THE WORLD THROUGH AN AI LENS
Navigate an elegant, intuitive UI via touch or mouse controls. Interpret signals, set headings, and map the ocean through experimentation and intuition.
BECOME A XENOBIOLOGIST
Discover and catalogue species through observation, scanning, taking samples, and interacting with alien life. Read Ellery’s notes, look at her sketches, and help her classify an entirely new ecosystem.
PLAN YOUR DIVES
Choose whether to study creatures, investigate secrets or dive new areas, then come back to your base to study samples in the lab, chat to Ellery or read her journals to understand more about this world.
BUILD A LASTING RELATIONSHIP
Through limited communication learn more about the person whose suit you inhabit, and help guide her towards a terrible truth. What you experience together will bring you closer.
ADDITIONAL DLC AVAILABLE
The Companion Book 'A Study of Gliese 667Cc' acts as both an epilogue and a xenobiological catalog.
The Original Soundtrack created by Kingdom series composer Amos Roddy.
DEVELOPED BY
Jump Over the Age is a one-person game development studio founded by Gareth Damian Martin (they/he)
“An accomplished world-builder” - Edge Magazine
“An immense talent” - Chris Plante, Editor-in-Chief, Polygon
Gareth is an award-winning writer, designer and artist. Their first game, In Other Waters won the Jury Prix at IndieCade Europe, and was widely praised by critics for its “hypnotic art, otherworldly audio and captivating writing” (Eurogamer). Gareth holds a PhD in literature from Royal Holloway, University of London, and has a long history of writing about games in a wide variety of forms, from Eurogamer and Rock Paper Shotgun to Edge Magazine and Frieze Magazine. They are also the editor and creator of Heterotopias, an independent zine about games and architecture, and have lectured on the history and theory of games and architecture at the world-renowned Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London.
GAME DETAILS
RELEASE DATE
April 3 2020
PRICE
$14.99 USD
PLATFORMS
PC/Mac
Nintendo Switch
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