Episodic Adventure Game Site Launches Soon
Touting itself as a "channel of episodic stories," the new website Identifiction opens on October 15th. They are committed to producing weekly, browser-based episodic gaming with heavy story-based episodes that are as immersive and innovative as any television series.

The first game available on the channel is a science-fiction / adventure entitled "Aosphere." It involves the crew of starship called the Icarus (I can't hear about a space ship by that name without thinking of the Babylon 5 storyline, but that's just me...), one of several ships sent out with a mission to find and settle habitable worlds in deep space. The crew is supposed to be in cryogenic suspension during their 22-year voyage. I would expect, in the first episode, that something goes wrong... :)

Two more series are planned in short order, and will be available in multiple languages. Each episode is geared for adult (meaning "grown up") audiences, inexpensive to play, and will be relatively short in length - something you could play through on a lunch break.

If you are interested, there's a beta sign-up available now. You have until September 5th to apply.

I have to admit, I'm intrigued. Intrigued enough that I would like to try it out, but probably not for the beta. I think this a really good chance of being one of many, many gaming start-ups that shrivel up and die within the first two years. It sounds like they have plenty of big dreams and high aspirations, but the question is whether or not they have the professionalism, skill, and marketing expertise to pull it off. However, it also possible that this could turn out to be pretty cool.

Check out Identifiction.

Hat-tip to CasualGameChick for the heads-up.

Labels: Adventure Games, casual games

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