Somewhere in a Clay Nowhere

$5.99

Release Date:: Nov 21, 2021
Developer:: Louie Waynward
Publisher:: Louie Waynward
Platforms:: Windows

Indie Action Family Sharing Single-player

About This Game

Somewhere in a Clay Nowhere is an exploration-based language decoding game. Go out into the world, gain insight, and use it to decode the alien language of the planet's inhabitants.

You have crash landed on an alien planet in which everything is unknown. Explore the world and figure out the many ways to interact with the creatures and environment, either on your own or through the advice given by the planet's friendly inhabitants. You will need all the information you can get to repair your ship and return home.

Features

Graphics made of clay
A small but highly detailed open world to explore
Unique characters to have conversations with
A language decoding system to let you slowly understand advice and lore
Mechanics that let you overcome obstacles with creative use of items, creatures, and environmental features

Screenshots

User Reviews

Overwhelmingly Positive

2 user reviews

100%

Positive

User #941322 english

2 hrs at review

Recommended

The Dark Souls of Claylikes™ Sincerely, though - the game captures a similar air of mysterious, lived-in ruins. You are a visitor, in a world with rules and ecology that you're constantly learning about and adapting to. The game isn't horror, though - you're in a hostile land, but it's not looking to scare you (thus far, anyway). Don't trust the snails, though. The translation mechanic is straightforward but fun, especially as you try to narrow down just which words are actually important and which you can infer. (Got to save that Insight 👁‍🗨👁‍🗨). Overall, the explore->find->chat->understand loop works very well. Combat is indirect, mostly through exploiting a creature's movement and momentum, but the frequently-high stakes of dying mean that it's a tense affair. I was reminded of trying to slip past zombies in a Resident Evil hallway. I haven't finished it, and got pretty lost last time, but I know I can follow my compass in a place I don't know the name of yet a...