Micropsia Games has announced that The Watchmaker, a platform-adventure full of puzzles and time travel, will be launching on Nintendo Switch this October.
The game has players taking on the role of Alexander, who must use his engineering skills to navigate "gigantic environments". The game consists of five worlds in total, with giant bosses to fight and special powers to unlock.
Alexander has a magnetic glove which allows him to transport objects in the air, and a second device on his back sounds even more intriguing. Get a load of this official blurb:
In The Watchmaker the pace of time will be one more enemy to beat, and we will have to collect hourglasses to reverse the relentless aging of our hero. The device that Alexander carries on his back shows a marker with his age: if he exceeds 90 he will die helplessly.
Fortunately, the time break offers some advantages: we will be able to slow down the pace of time to overcome obstacles and solve puzzles. You can even dodge death when you take a bad jump and fall into the void: you can "rewind" the action for a few precious seconds to get a second chance.
The game's launching on Switch on 8th October.
Interested in what you've seen? Think you might give this a go? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below.
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Interesting concept. I'll definitely keep an eye out for this one
3D puzzle platformer? Yes please!! Really hope there will be a physical
Took me a good two minutes and a mini-stroke to make sense of that headline. In my defense it’s early (here) 😆
looks interesting, will keep an eye and if gameplay is good then I am in.
@Nintendolife crew: Please stop with writing all the headline words with a starting capital letter.
It gives so much confusion with some headlines and feels so amateuristic for such a big site.
You want to get bigger and better? Fix these things!
@Tstar thanks for the suggestion, however, we're using 'Title Case' (info: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/capitalization/title-case) as our preferred format for headlines and have done so for a very long time and unlikely to change it.
This actually looks very interesting. I love 3D games with puzzles. I especially miss games like the old Tomb Raider games. Will be keeping my eye on this one.
@antdickens @Tstar I Can't See What The Problem Is I Think It Looks Good. What About The Capital Letters Is Getting You Confused?
Looks like a fantastic 3D platformer. May definitely check it out.
If I Buy This Game, Can I Skip Thu Quarantine??
I like the look of this and will be keeping my eye out for it. The arts type is lovely, and from the snippet of dialogue showcased, it sounds like it should be a lot of fun. Add in puzzles and a 3D platform style and it’s sure to be a winner in my book!
Ah, just like Prince of Persia Sands of Time and Braid!
Looks neat, but I don't know how I feel about the entire game being on a timer.
@antdickens I agree with the @Tstar, I regularly have to re-read headlines, and sometimes even then, there is a lack of Clarity. How about using inverted commas around titles if games?
@SNES_Chalmers glad I am not the only one!
@Wraggadam1 I couldn't tell you the number of times I was unfamiliar with a generic game title and the headline for an article made absolutely zero sense to me.
It looks amazeballs. Kinda reminds me of American McGee's Alice.
Definitely pushing some buttons for me!
Who watches the Watchmaker?
I'll be keeping an eye on the PC version. ^^
Looks interesting, but the VO...hopefully it's only in the trailer?
sounds sort of new, time travel and puzzels look different . i'll buy it.
Looks interesting. But the voice-acting is a bit weird.
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