{"id":414,"date":"2010-07-17T02:20:20","date_gmt":"2010-07-17T09:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the-witness.net\/news\/?p=414"},"modified":"2010-07-17T03:04:29","modified_gmt":"2010-07-17T10:04:29","slug":"a-game-to-watch-for-miegakure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the-witness.net\/news\/2010\/07\/a-game-to-watch-for-miegakure\/","title":{"rendered":"A game to watch for: Miegakure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/the-witness.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/meigakure-495x300.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-415\" title=\"&quot;Dense&quot;, a scenario in Miegakure.\" src=\"http:\/\/the-witness.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/meigakure-495x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"495\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMiegakure, by Marc ten Bosch, is a puzzle game where you travel through four-dimensional space (and manipulate objects in that space).  I was privileged to play an early version in 2009; just this week I got to play the most recent version, and it is coming along tremendously.  It is my Game of the Year, though it is unlikely to be released this year.  I find it easy to think of Miegakure as one of the great puzzle games of all time.<\/p>\n<p>If I can be said to have an agenda in game design, it has something to do with mind-expansion. \u00a0Because of that, I very much appreciate it when other designers make games with that kind of intention. \u00a0Games that are truly mind-expanding are very rare and very difficult to make, but this is one of them.<\/p>\n<p>Keep an eye out for this game, and when it comes out, play it. \u00a0Since it will be a while before release, so there's no demo available.<br \/>\n<P><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/marctenbosch.com\/miegakure\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/marctenbosch.com\/miegakure\/', 'Here\\'s an introduction to the game']);\" >Here's an introduction to the game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here's an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/27041\/Road_To_The_IGF_Miegakures_Marc_Ten_Bosch.php\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/27041\/Road_To_The_IGF_Miegakures_Marc_Ten_Bosch.php', 'interview Marc did with Gamasutra']);\" >interview Marc did with Gamasutra<\/a> with further details.<\/p>\n<p>To keep up with news on the game, you can <a href=\"http:\/\/marctenbosch.com\/news\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/marctenbosch.com\/news\/', 'subscribe to Marc\\'s blog']);\" >subscribe to Marc's blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miegakure, by Marc ten Bosch, is a puzzle game where you travel through four-dimensional space (and manipulate objects in that space). I was privileged to play an early version in 2009; just this week I got to play the most recent version, and it is coming along tremendously. It is \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/the-witness.net\/news\/2010\/07\/a-game-to-watch-for-miegakure\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the-witness.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the-witness.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the-witness.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the-witness.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the-witness.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/the-witness.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":421,"href":"http:\/\/the-witness.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414\/revisions\/421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the-witness.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the-witness.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the-witness.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}