Fantastic news for fans of books that make you write your own story: Steve Jackson's Sorcery!, AKA Inkle's adaptation of Steve Jackson's Sorcery!, AKA No Gravity Games' console port of Inkle' adaptation of Steve Jackson's Sorcery!, has a release date on Nintendo Switch.
Initially released for mobile devices, Sorcery! is a four-part adventure game in which your every decision has ramifications that you may not even discover for hours. From the game's beginning in The Shamutanti Hills to the convoluted timeloopiness of the final chapter, The Crown of Kings, there are tons of choices to make, regret, and re-do.
Inkle is a development studio known for their clever narrative tricks (they also made 80 Days, Heaven's Vault, and Overboard!), and Sorcery! is no different:
The full script contains over a million words, and several inkle tricks:
- procedurally self-narrating strategic combat
- conversational gambling
- characters who lie, like, all the time
- so many time loops, so many payoffs
- a powerful ally you can kill early on without realising
- 2 open worlds split across time you can freely remix; we still weep
Sorcery! will be out on the Nintendo Switch on June 23rd for $24.99 / £24.99 / €24,99.
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I just tried to preorder it as I'm a traditionalist but was refused. They told me "Sorry, no dice".
Ah brill, a bit of childhood digitised
Loved how choices over the course if the four books affected the plot overall. Think vols 2 & 4 were my faves. Never had the separate spellbook, sadly
@Rambler oh I remember that. I definitely had the Penguin version of the second book. Looked much better without the FF border that they added when they moved them to Puffin. Definitely buying this
@lord at last news of the game!
Buy it. It's really good. That's all I have to say.
@YorkshireNed
They were really cool in Penguin, but sadly, they only had those editions at the library. So I had to make do with the Puffin ones with the gold/yellow (I think..?) FF strap across the top of the cover when I finally bought my own copies
John Blanche's illustrations were so evocative and I'm sure that the second one had a puzzle in in one of the drawings?
@YorkshireNed
Totally OT, but I've just had a look at your website. Tago Mago and Neu! 75 are two of my favourite albums
@Rambler the artwork was amazing. I may have accidentally copy and pasted a little of it into gig flyers once or twice.
Honestly, I've been so tempted by this on my phone's app store but I hate playing games that way so this announcement really makes my day
@Rambler nice choices in albums! I've had a lot of milage out of my copies of those babies. I've used "Oh Yeah" and "Hero" as ringtones before
Wow spoilers in their blurb... why do that?
I've loved all of Inkles games, so I'll have to pick this up in one form or another. I still recommend 80 Days on mobile for anyone who wants a quick pick up and play on a train.
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