Amanita Design isn't exactly a household name, but its thoughtful, unusual puzzle adventure games are nearly all winners. Machinarium and Creaks are two examples that spring to mind, though the team has made many others in a similar vein. The latest in this line of curious titles is Phonopolis, just announced and already looking good.
Currently in "multiplatform development", presumably meaning it'll eventually come to PS5, PS4, or both, the game is described as a hand-crafted adventure, with the world and its inhabitants all constructed from cardboard. Delivered with purposely choppy stop-motion animation, it has buckets of style, and the titular dystopian city carries an intriguing air.
You play as Felix, who has come to realise the more sinister side of Phonopolis, it's down to you to explore the city and discover its secrets. As with the studio's other games, it looks like this will play out with head-scratching environmental puzzles.
Though no platforms, aside from PC, have been confirmed yet, we're pretty excited to learn more about this one. We loved Creaks in 2020, so we have high hopes for this new project. The only downside is that it's not releasing anytime soon; Amanita Design says not to expect it in the next 12 months, so it'll be a Summer 2023 launch at the absolute earliest.
Are you looking forward to Phonopolis? Flat-pack some boxes in the comments section below.
[source eurogamer.net]
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I’m a HUGE fan of Amanita and I’m definitely digging the art style again here. All their games are top drawer and I’m really looking forward to learning more about this one.
Oh and by the way, Machinarium is one of my favourite ever games. Certainly in my top twenty.
@The_Pixel_King Another Machinarium fan! What a gorgeous game.
@OptionalStealth Oh man, I absolutely adore it. I even play through the game about once a year or so. I’ve beat it on iPad, Vita, PS4 and Switch, but seeing your Josef profile pic, I’m now kinda hankering for yet another playthrough. Maybe on PS5 this time… or my iPhone even. I just love Machinarium so much.
^Machinarium is how I discovered Amanita Design and their works, big fan of them.😊👍
I love how yall are doing more articles about indie games.
@The_Pixel_King That's so great! Not just another Machinarium fan, another Machinarium mega fan I've only played it on 3 platforms so you have me beat
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