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Press release:
Rename Studio and Jaleo Games are today very happy and excited to announce that their open-world minimalistic adventure game “ALT 254” is coming to PC via Steam on September 4th, 2020.

Rename’s debut game will be available on September 4 on Steam for €9,99/$9.99 (check Steam for regional equivalents). The game invites you to a never-seen-before take of the action-adventure genre. You play as ■, a single pixel in a journey of self-discovery through a world you don’t understand yet. You will have to explore the world and overcome its dangers, enemies and hazards, all in the hopes of finding the meaning behind this world and your very existence.

Taking the key features and conventions of action-adventure games, Alt254 deconstructs one of the key genres in the history of games to express the true core of its key features. Alt254 will be released on Steam in English, Spanish, German, French, Chinese and Russian (other languages will be confirmed later on).

Lush landscapes are reduced to one of the smallest resolution ever seen in games, only 21×26 pixels, without losing its sense of wonder. Heart-stopping adventures and terrifying monsters are expressed with a single pixel. Weapons and skills are reduced to the bare minimum: you will need precision, speed and wits to beat enemies and overcome all kinds of hazards.

Embark on a fascinating minimalistic adventure where you will explore an open world, full of surprises and enigmas, where every location is different and brings its own challenges. The very first puzzle will be to understand the world around you, its rules and mechanics…. but that is just the beginning. In your adventure, you will find broken pieces of your memory — glimpses of a lost past, like a shattered mirror, its pieces scattered around the world. Maybe when you find them all, you will understand who you are and why you are here.

KEY FEATURES

Experience a unique adventure in an open world in a way you have never seen.
Put your imagination to work in a world where everything is reduced to a single pixel.
Unveil a journey of mysteries and self-discovery in a world full of dangers and challenges.
Discover a huge amount of secrets scattered around the world of Alt254. Perhaps that wall is hiding a secret door.
Fight enemies and monsters in a simple, clever way with a minimalistic combat system

ABOUT RENAME STUDIO
Rename Studio was founded in 2018 by Juan Carlos Guerrero and Antonio J. Marín, who met while studying a Masters Degree in Games Development in the University of Malaga. Cristina Calero, the third member of the team, joined Rename later on. Rename’s goal as a team is to break conventions and develop innovative games that brings new experiences to the table.

Alt254, their debut commercial game, won the 2nd prize in the awards for innovation granted by AEVI, the Spanish industry association.

The games Rename Studio has developed in game jams are testament to their creative philosophy: Kiwi is the Key, developed within the Ludum Dare 40, reached the 22nd position in the Innovation category, and Unfair Ritual (developed with some other colleagues) got the Most Innovative Game award in MalagaJam.