{"id":10865,"date":"2022-03-25T16:03:11","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T07:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=10865"},"modified":"2022-05-12T17:13:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T08:13:56","slug":"20220325-10865","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220325-10865\/","title":{"rendered":"Relash, a time-reversal puzzle game, to be released on Steam on March 30"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by. Eugene\u00a0Kamei-Oser based on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220324-196636\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>\u00a0(original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-03-24 15:44 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Japanese indie game development studio RetroGradeGames announced that <strong><em>Relash<\/em><\/strong> will release on Steam March 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Relash\u30c8\u30ec\u30fc\u30e9\u30fc\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TacFjZyDY8k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Relash<\/em> is a 3D puzzle action game where you collaborate with your past self to solve puzzles. Your goal is to escape from a mysterious facility. There are numerous rooms in the facility, equipped with gimmicks such as boxes and switches. However, many puzzles cannot be solved alone, requiring someone else\u2019s help. Simply moving the gimmicks is not enough to progress through this facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The key lies in \u201cusing\u201d your past self to solve the puzzle. Within each room is a gate that leads to a mysterious device. When you enter this device, time begins to reverse from that moment, as if you\u2019re playing a video backward. Blocks that fell will rise back to their original position, and closed doorways will reopen. This is how you use your past actions to solve the puzzles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Relash - PlayVideo\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iLBxNLvtjWQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Picture this: Suppose there\u2019s a switch in a room that opens a doorway when someone is standing on it. To open the doorway, you need to stand on the switch, but as you move away from the switch heading to the doorway, it closes. Escape seems simply impossible unless you reverse the flow of time. Stay on the switch for a few seconds, enter the mysterious device, and watch your past self in reverse action, activating the switch. You can now escape the room by proceeding through the doorway while it is open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trailer shows huge rolling balls, lasers that will zap you on contact, and a conveyor belt carrying blocks. It looks like players will be busy using the time-reversing machine to wade through many dangerous gimmicks.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220324-196636-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220324-196636-002.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220324-196636-002-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220324-196636-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220324-196636-002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220324-196636-002-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220324-196636-002-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220324-196636-002-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220324-196636-002-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220324-196636-002-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>Relash<\/em> is being developed by RetroGradeGames, a team of five students headed by Ryunosuke Matsumoto, a student at Kyoto University in Japan. According to the press release, the game is influenced by <em>Portal<\/em> and <em>The Talos Principle<\/em>. Like those games, we can expect to see mind-bending puzzles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Relash<\/em> can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1713260\/Relash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> on Steam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relash will release on Steam March 30.  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