The ambition is to make our players feel less alone in their feelings about death, and orientate them towards suitable philosophical thinking, providing comfort and the opportunity for their own journey of discovery.

This ambition is sits at the heart of the game through The Death Dial, the philosophy mechanic which learns about and reveals our player’s attitudes towards mortality through their play. As the player progresses through the game world, they are asked questions which require a binary response (“Do you think animals fear death?”), and it is these answers that shift the players around The Death Dial’s polar-axis. Moving between four thought-quadrants (Truth Teller, Mystic, Awakener and Crusader) the player’s answers position them in a philosophical landscape of famous thinkers including Mahatma Gandhi, Marie Curie and Ayn Rand. Perhaps most crucially, it shows their position in relation to their Facebook friends.

Set across the three worlds of mind, body and spirit, the player must use a unique shadow ‘n’ light mechanic to solve physics-based puzzles, answer questions and battle the world’s Guardians. The ultimate prizes are the 19 Death Objects, ranging from a ‘Memorial Diamond’ to a ‘Daredevil’s Helmet’, which deepen a player’s contextual knowledge of death and help them progress through the game.