Brazil’s GILP Studio is currently working on Areia, a thoughtful take on adventure games. The player moves around a variety of natural and abstract landscapes in a third-person view. Areia draws inspiration from Hinduism, Buddhism, and other spiritual beliefs to take players on a soothing emotional journey. The warm and cool color palette is familiar and expressive, and the pathways’ hypnotic patterns mirror the captivating emotional nature of the game. Areia is slated for release on Steam later this year.
We also thoroughly enjoyed checking out some of the sessions during the entire week as well! The sheer number of tutorials and retrospectives is staggering, and GDC provides plenty of ways to learn about notable games from the past and present. You can check out the recorded sessions on the GDC Vault. Here are some of our personal favorite retrospectives.
