Game

Broken Age 2014

Developed by Double Fine Productions

  • Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Broken Age is a point-and-click adventure telling the stories of a young boy and girl leading parallel lives. Vella Tartine has been chosen by her village to be sacrificed to a terrible monster — but she decides to fight back. Meanwhile, Shay Volta is living a solitary life on a spaceship under the care of a motherly computer, but he wants to break free to lead adventures and do good in the world. Adventures ensue. Broken Age is a hand-painted point-and-click adventure that tells two parallel coming-of-age stories the player can switch between at will. Vella Tartine is a young woman selected to be offered up as a willing sacrifice to a monstrous creature during her village's traditional Maiden's Feast, but she refuses to accept her fate and sets out to fight back. Shay Volta is a lonely teenage boy living aboard a spaceship, coddled by an overprotective computer that fills his days with hollow make-believe missions until he yearns to break free. As each teen struggles against the roles imposed on them, their seemingly separate worlds hint at deeper connections waiting to be uncovered.

Point-and-clickPuzzleAdventureIndieFantasyScience fictionComedyfemale protagoniststeammultiple protagonistsbirdsteam trading cardsdialogue treessacrificedancingsnakewormeaster eggPlayStation 4, Ouya, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS

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