There are over 50 locations to explore and 30 professionally dubbed characters to meet as you journey along.Įncodya is expected for release in 2020, but you can still support it on Kickstarter. Through various puzzles, environments and with plenty of weird characters to meet along the way, the two friends will discover what is means to be alive, and how they can affect the world for the better. The pair’s world changes forever when Tina realises her father has left her an important mission – they must ‘save the world from grayness’. They live together on the rooftops of the city, making a living from the scraps they find along the way. While the environment itself is bleak, the character design of Tina and her robot SAM-53 is Studio Ghibli like in its cartoonish sweetness. The year is 2062, and we’re in Neo-Berlin, a futuristic version of our world that looks like a combination of Fifth Element and Blade Runner. Originally starting life as a short film entitled ‘Robot Will Protect You’, Encodya follows a 9 year old orphan named Tina, and her robot guardian. The point-and-click adventure Encodya looks like it’s finally going to take a new perspective, and it just got fully funded on Kickstarter. But how many times have we actually seen the futuristic dystopia from the perspective of a nine year old girl? Usually its a genre exclusively reserved for men in leather jackets with a lil bit of stubble to show they’re going through some stuff. ** Find The Strawberry received a free key for Encodya from Assemble Entertainment.We know this genre, we’ve seen it on screen many times. The story and art in the game are what kept me investing time into Encodya, as I regularly found the finicky point and click components frustrating.Īs a novice point and click player, I seemed to need ‘super easy, show me all the hints’ mode! If you enjoy traditional point and click games, though, you will most likely have a great time with Encodya. It was interesting to see where the story would lead and who we would meet along the way. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, I just don’t think it’s correct to say there are no politics in this game. There is quite a lot of commentary on his policies and characters regularly state their dislike for him, plus there’s an election around the corner. The main storyline is centred around a corrupt mayor who will do anything for control and power over his people. The dev has pushed back on this opinion saying Encodya doesn’t have politics, but I would disagree. I enjoyed the story in Encodya though some don’t like the political aspects of it. The soundtrack brings a fantastic ambience to the game with a cyberpunk feel and sombre tone. Tina and SAM-53 find a huge ship in a fieldĮncodya has full voice acting by awesome voice actors Lizzie Freeman and Richard Epcar as Tina and SAM-53. The backgrounds and characters are detailed and a little melancholy, which is fitting for the drab dystopian world of Neo Berlin. It is pretty much the entire reason I played the demo and wanted to experience the rest of the game. This brings additional complexity to the game when solving puzzles. Some robots will only talk to SAM, and some humans will only talk to Tina. One big part of Encodya is that you can play as both Tina and SAM-53. This never seemed to work reliably for me. The easy difficulty enabled clues from SAM and highlighting of interactive items with the space bar. Two difficulty settings attempt to alleviate this issue, but I found myself having problems finding items even on the easy setting. The other issue with this is some of the items were very difficult to see, especially if the hulking SAM-53 was standing on them. I occasionally found myself combining an item with every other item out of sheer desperation. ![]() You can also combine items from your inventory and, in true point and click style, some of these combinations will induce groans and eye-rolls. Search for items and clues and try to work out what they all mean. ENCODYA has a Illustrated realism style and uses a Point-and-click control scheme. GameplayĮncodya is your classic point and click. ENCODYA is an adventure game, released in 2021 by Chaosmonger Studio. Together, along with the helpful (and not so helpful) people and robots of Neo Berlin, they need to uncover the code and solve the mystery. ![]() The game opens to Tina and SAM needing to find some basic supplies like food and shelter, but then they discover that SAM has a hidden piece of code and some people are eager to get their hands on it. Explore the dark cyberpunk world of ENCODYA in 2.5D with 2 playable characters. This is lucky for Tina, as Neo Berlin’s world is rough and not a good place for a child alone. About Encodya The sweetness and creativity of Studio Ghibli, the setting and atmosphere of Blade Runner and the humor and game style of Monkey Island: these are the ingredients that inspired ENCODYA, a point-and-click adventure game set in a dystopian future. All children are assigned a nanny bot at birth with the year as their model. Set in 2062, Encodya introduces us to Tina and Sam, a homeless child and her nanny robot, SAM-53.
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