Semblance

Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It asks what would happen if you could deform and reshape the world itself, taking the idea of a platform in a platformer and turning it on its head, so that platforms become part of how you solve problems.

You explore a world where the default is soft and the property of hardness does not exist. Each of the game's three worlds explores a new consequence of a planet that can shift, change and deform, as you beat back a strange, crystalline infection of hard material by freeing the world's life essences and uncovering the dark cause of its appearance.

The deforming gameplay is genuinely unique: cannot reach a collectible, elevate a piece of ground so your jump starts higher; spikes in the way, push the ground down to slip past. You squish, bounce, squash and transform both the world and yourself. The game pairs a beautiful minimalist aesthetic across three colorful worlds with a dynamically layered score carrying a hint of African aural distinction, and lets you explore non-linearly, moving between puzzles freely and piecing together the story yourself.