Claybook

Release Date: August 31, 2018

Puzzle, arcade elements, for 2 players, indie games, co-op, splitscreen, multiplayer, singleplayer

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A logic game with arcade elements, which lets you play with some virtual clay. You play from a perspective of a child, spending time in his or her room on viewing an amazing book. Each of its pages is a new world built entirely of clay. In-game levels offer a variety of action/logic challenges, most of which are based on the physics of objects – the engine mimics the movement of clay objects quite realistically.

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[1:06] Claybook trailer #1

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Claybook for PC, PS4 and XONE is a logic game enriched with arcade elements, developed by an independent Finnish studio Second Order. The game is the team's debut project.

Plot

The players take on the roles of kids, who get familiar with the unique, titular book. In practice, the book is on the table in a typical kids' room. While turning the pages of the book, colorful levels made of clay reveal themselves to the characters whose goal will be to solve numerous puzzles.

Mechanics

Similar to elements of the environment, objects used in the game are also made of clay. The player solves subsequent puzzles (environmental as well) through forming specific shapes from clay. Each shape has its unique advantages and disadvantages, and some of them have special powers.

The advanced, Clayfield physics engine governs the experience, making sure that interactions between particular objects go smoothly. Thanks to this engine, the in-game environment is highly modifiable. Cubes can form a bridge or crash through walls with their sharp edges; smaller elements get attached to a ball when it rolls over them.

Game modes

Claybook for PC, PS4 and XONE can be played in the singleplayer, but also in company of three other players. The cooperation-based multiplayer component gives an opportunity to experience the game in the split-screen mode. Apart from that, the game offers a level creation system, which allows the player to design their own puzzles.