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  • 5/19/2025
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00:00Hey guys, my name is Ondrej and I'm a solo developer of Artificial, a first-person physics-based puzzle platformer inspired by Portal and Half-Life series.
00:09Artificial takes place in the underground colony of Astrored 2031XT, which is in the process of being captured and transferred into the Earth's orbit.
00:17This operation is suddenly interrupted by the appearance of the Corruption, an alien hive mind entity, which begets attacking the colonists and hunting down all the survivors.
00:25The game begins several months after this incident, with you, the player, returning from a scavenging mission, heading back to the last hidden base of the survivors.
00:33But that's enough for the story. Artificial heavily focuses on physical interaction with the environment and environmental puzzles.
00:40Everything is physics-based. Smaller objects can be grabbed and thrown to destroy logs, break planks, distract enemies or disarm various traps from a safe distance.
00:48Heavy objects can be slowly dragged and repositioned to block lasers, weigh down platforms or just to serve as a stepping stone for reaching an otherwise inaccessible place.
00:57You can interact with various levers and valves to control cranes and other intricate physics-based mechanisms, which are usually a big part of the environmental puzzles.
01:05However, not everything is about puzzles. Platforming and sneaking are also a big part of the gameplay.
01:11So don't forget to join our discord and add the game to your wishlist.