Press release:
Barcelona, Spain – February 26th, 2024
Abylight Studios and SciFun Games present “Exographer“, a unique 2D adventure based on science. Join INI, the exographer, in a rescue mission on a stranded planet. Find clues of an extinct civilization, use their technology and discover the origin of the absurd matter invading six different atmospheres.

Exographer is a game imagined by physicist and sci-fi author Raphael Granier de Cassagnac. Gameplay is based on exploration, platforming, puzzle solving and the use of 4 powers based on science. But players will discover this only through an immersive adventure.

You will get to know some alien characters, the natitans, inspired by true scientists, visit locations based on laboratories and observatories from real life and discover many other easter eggs taken from particle physics.

Enjoy a beautifully crafted pixel art planet, full of dangers and enigmas. With music composed by Yann Van Der Cruyssen (Stray).

EXOGRAPHER FEATURES:

A 2D “metroidvania” adventure based on exploration, puzzles and platforming.
Science based powers, puzzles and narrative.
Discover traces of an ancient civilization on an alien planetoid.
Overcome obstacles using and combining 4 powers: Gluon Boots, Photon Sphere, Wedic Waves and Zediacal Boxes.
6 different atmospheres, 20 levels, 9 scientists and 139 hidden pictures to reveal. Find 17 pixules (corresponding to real elementary particles).
15 hours of gameplay
Soundtrack composed by Yann Van Der Cruyssen (Stray, Cave Story).

Exographer is set to release in 2024 for PC and consoles (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox).

SciFun Games
Is a team gathered by Raphael Granier de Cassagnac to develop a unique project like Exographer. Veterans from video game industry, that were living and working together in a research center at Ecole polytechnique in France.

Abylight Studios
Is the indie publisher that brought you titles like Cursed Castilla (Metacritic: 81), Super Hydorah (Metacritic: 82), One Military Camp, Citadelum, Hermetica or the award winning Hyper Light Drifter: Special Edition for Switch and iOS – Game of the Year on iPad 2019.

Jonas “O.J” Ek
The Gaming Ground
Twitter: @TheGamingGround

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Tags: 2D, Abylight Studios, Exographer, Indie games, Metroidvania, PC games, Sci-fi, SciFunGames, Steam