Aarik And The Ruined Kingdom

Aarik And The Ruined Kingdom is a cute perspective puzzle game inspired by Monument Valley and the works of M.C. Escher.

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Story

Aarik And The Ruined Kingdom is a relaxing perspective puzzle game contained within an epic adventure. Travel through castles, forests, deserts, swamps and tundra. Explore a myriad of unique levels (filled with devious puzzles) in search of your mother in a quest to pull your family back together.

Our story follows Aarik, a young prince left alone in a forgotten castle.  Aarik's father (the King) is found lying sickly in his bed as the kingdom crumbles around them. Aarik must take up the mantle of his fathers magical crown use to locate his missing mother and help her to return order and safety to the Ruined Kingdom.

Gameplay

• Spin Aarik's crown to control the world camera and move through perspective.
• As the game/story progresses add to the crown's powers to control characters in the world, move and repair structures and manipulate time.
• 32 levels with 1 - 3 puzzle areas per level (96 puzzles in total).
• Hidden crowns in each level to add intreague.
• 40+ Achievements 
• Playtime of around 2h.
• Control moves between Aarik (in the main) and the Queen (on ocasion).

Novelty

Aarik's gameplay flips the script on traditional perspective puzzles by giving the player permanent control of the camera. This allows the player to fully explore each puzzle area. 

Key Features

• A colourful isometric world full of diverse landscapes to explore.
• Challenging and unique puzzles that increase in complexity.
• Hidden secrets to discover.
• Calming and relaxing to play.
• Choose your control method, mouse, keyboard or controller (touch, controller, docked or tabletop for Switch).
• Family friendly.
• Meet friendly characters along the way to help you progress.
• A relaxing and calming soundtrack.

Platforms

• Nintendo Switch™ - Recently Released
• Steam (PC, Mac, Linux) - Released - 87% positive
• iOS - Released - 4.4/5
• Android - Released - 4.3/5
  
  

The Team (Shatterproof Games)

Is a small indie studio centred around “thinky games” and the joy of solving a problem or puzzle. The studio was launched by Richard with the hope of expanding the indie scene and re-discovering simpler, more calming gameplay.

Richard Kirk

Director, Tech Artist and creator of Aarik And The Ruined Kingdom. Richard has been working various jobs in the games industry for 15 years and has finally decided to create his own game.

Ben Morgan

Ben is creating the score for Aarik’s world. A proficient musician, this is not his first time creating music for games. Ben’s relaxing style has helped to bring the Ruined Kingdom to life.

Awards

Finalist GDWC Best Mobile Game

Finalist Pocket Gamer Best Indie Dev

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Website:  https://www.aarikgame.com/ - Trailer

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