Press kit
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Fact sheet
| Developer | Pavlo Hordiienko (solo developer) |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Pavlo Hordiienko |
| Platform | Windows 10/11, 64-bit, on Steam |
| Release | 2027 |
| Price | To be announced |
| Languages | English and Spanish: interface and subtitles |
| Mode | Single player |
| Controls | Mouse and keyboard, gamepad |
| Press contact | [email protected] |
Download
Logo (PNG, 3840 px), key art with and without the logo (3840 × 2160) and 20 in-game frames (1280 × 720), with a short fact sheet.
Images
The in-game frames come from the chronicler beetle journal. Screenshots at 1920 × 1080 and a trailer will follow.
About the game
A first-person puzzle expedition beneath the earth. Descend through 21 cave labyrinths, decipher the script of those from above, rebuild science's great experiments, repair their broken machines and outwit 13 guardians with their own arenas.
Descend where the light does not reach
The entrance has closed behind you. You have an emitter and a tablet. Ahead lie 21 labyrinths in natural caves: limestone gives way to sandstone, slate and basalt, the passages narrow, and light grows precious.
Read what those from above left behind
In 62 halls the walls carry signs of an unknown script. Build a dictionary, lay words on the signs and translate line by line. Beside each inscription stands a Sumerian tablet about the same event. The inscription says what really happened. The tablet says how the myth remembered it.
Rebuild the great experiments
92 puzzle halls of 89 kinds, made of bronze, basalt and dressed stone. Measure the Earth with two wells, as Eratosthenes did. Test the crown, as Archimedes did. Find the well where the cholera began. Cross the bridges without walking any twice. Every puzzle follows from a rule the game gives you, and every puzzle has exactly one answer.
Bring the machines back to life
35 machines of 25 kinds stand in the passages and grottoes. The priests broke them. Inspect a machine and a hologram shows how it worked and what is broken. Find the missing part, set it in place, power it with your emitter, and the labyrinth turns into your ally. The journal explains each machine's real principle and who discovered it.
Thirteen guardians
From the eighth labyrinth on, guardian spheres left by those from above hold the way down. Each has its own arena, and every arena is a puzzle. A fight lasts one to three minutes, and it is won by understanding, not by aim. Every arena has three medals, and cleared arenas wait in the Guardian Trials.
Key facts
- 21 labyrinths, 154 halls, 62 inscriptions to translate
- 92 puzzles built on real experiments and laws of science
- 35 machines of 25 kinds: repair them and the labyrinth becomes your ally
- 13 guardian arenas, 39 medals and timed Guardian Trials
- 4 emitter forms, 44 chronicler beetle records, 105 achievements
- 5 difficulty levels, step-by-step hints, help for every puzzle
- Mouse, keyboard and gamepad; spatial audio, 5.1
Please keep the last labyrinth a surprise for players.
About the developer
Ancientstone is made by one person: Pavlo Hordiienko, a solo developer.
Press and support: [email protected]