Inferno ²⁰²²

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Published on November 24, 2022 11:44:59 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNCYuxQ1CC4

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ABOUT THIS GAME
Inferno is a simple but atmospheric puzzle game where you follow the journey of Dante Alighieri through the Nine Circles of Hell. The game is an adaptation of his epic poem Inferno written over 700 years ago, and between levels it includes many memorable quotes from the poem together with colorized artwork.
Features
Over 100 unique puzzles
Nine levels of hell, each with its own athmosphere, lighting, music, and puzzle themes
Follow Dante's original poem between levels and use the built in dictionary to look up
words and the characters Dante meets. If you've never read Inferno, this game gives you an introduction
Fifty classical paintings and engravings by Gustave Doré and others, colorized for this game
Achievements on steam

Circles of Hell
The forest
Just like the poem, the game starts with Dante being lost in a dark forest. In this tutorial section you learn the controls and the physics of the game world. Gameplay here is centered around Sokoban-style box-pushing mechanics and ladders. The forest is brighter than most of the game, and the music is relaxing but somber. Dante meets Virgil who promises to guide him, and together they pass through the gates of Hell.


Vestibule of Hell
Before Dante and Virgil can enter Hell proper they pass through the Vestibule. Here you learn more about how gravity works, and how you can carry boxes on top of your head. The vestibule lies underground, but there are still trees, dirt, and some light from outside. Dante and Virgil meet Charon who takes them across the first river of Hell and to the first circle

The first Circle - Limbo
According to Dante, Limbo is inhabited by the souls who in life picked neither the side of good nor evil, as well as the unbaptized and people who lived before christianity. This first circle of hell also has trees and fresh green meadows - here Dante and Virgil talks to old Greek and Roman philosophers. The music is mysterious and slow, and the lights area greenish. Gameplay is about manipulating blocks that have ladders attached.

The Circle of Lust
This circle contains the souls of the lustful who "reason subjugated to appetite". Here Dante and Virgil meet Cleopatra, Tristan, Helen of Troy, and they listen to Francescas tragic love story. These souls of this circle are forever thrown around in an infernal hurricane. The circle has a blueish purple theme, with rainstorms and violent winds. The gameplay in the circle of lust is about locks and keys.

The Circle of Gluttony
The circle of Gluttony goes in brown and yellow, it is full of dirt, mud, rain and hail, with the music having a medieval vibe. The gluttons lie in the mud turning themselves around, their punishment for a life of excess. In this section Dante can first interact with the inhabitants of hell - pushing a glutton makes him continue moving in the same direction until he hits a wall.

The Circle of Greed
Here lives the avaricious and the spendthrifts - like Sisyphous they push huge bags of money around. This circle introduces "walkers" - souls that move in according to a simple patrolling movement pattern that the player can manipulate. The Circle goes in colors of green and gold and the music is relaxing but eerie.

The Circle of Wrath
In this section Dante and Virgil have to cross the swampy river Styx. Below the surface lies the wrathful, forever gurgling their throats. This section is very dark, and the music is creepy and oppressive. The gameplay is centered around manipulating lightsources - Dante has to carry them around, and combine lights of different colorsto break light-sensitive blocks.

The Circle of Heresy
Dante and Virgil pass through the City walls of Dis - the city of Hell - and enter the circle of Heresy. Heretics are those that rejected Christianity, here reside Greeks like Epicurus, and Anastasius II the heretical Pope. The heretics are standing in flaming tombs, forever being burned for their sin. The circle of Heresy has black walls, ramparts, and towers. The music is dark and mysterious, but gentle compared to the last circle. The circle of heresy has many classical puzzles implemented in the game engine - a sliding square puzzle, the towers of Hanoi, a tetris-puzzle and much more.


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM:
OS: Windows 7/8/10
Processor: 1.0 GHz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Storage: 800 MB available space
Additional Notes: Any machine running windows 7/8/10 should be able to run this game fast enough, gameplay does not require a high FPS

DEVELOPER:
Blue Vertex
PUBLISHER:
Blue Vertex