News

Here’s Your First Look at Jonathan Blow’s Next Game

Get a very early glimpse of The Witness and Braid creator's upcoming title.

Jonathan Blow's New Game

Jonathan Blow is renowned for his work on indie darlings Braid and The Witness, with the former garnering praise for helping to usher in the indie game development boom of last generation. So, naturally, he’s now making a game where you push blocks around.

Recommended Videos

During a presentation at Reboot Develop 2017 in Croatia, Blow offered a brief glimpse of what he described as a “not remotely final” build of his previously unannounced next project. There isn’t a whole lot to see in the footage, which begins around the 5:32:46 mark of the video this Twitch stream. The single level shown features a man pushing a block around a platform suspended over a waterway.

“This is a work-in-progress,” Blow explained. “These are not final visuals, but it’s a nice little grid-based game. I’ve got a guy who can run around and push blocks and stuff.”

Since Blow’s presentation was geared towards developers, the details he shared aren’t the sort of thing most gamers are likely to get worked up over. For instance, Blow revealed that the game will feature lightmaps, shadow maps, and nice tone mapping, if you’re into that sort of technical graphical inside baseball stuff.

The designer did reveal that he’s been working on the title for the past year and that he’s built about 25 hours’ worth of gameplay so far.

MORE NEWS

About the author

Nick Santangelo

Nick has been a gamer since the 8-bit days and has been reporting on the games industry since 2011. Don't interrupt him while he's questing through an RPG or desperately clinging to hope against all reason that his Philly sports teams will win something.

Comments
Exit mobile version