You Only Get One Shot In Between Horizons

Between jobs? How about Between Horizons? That’s some predicament, eh? Yeah, I went there, but this is just the introduction, so I can say what I like.

From the same creators as the excellent Lacuna comes this sci-fi detective tale from DigiTales Interactive and Assemble Entertainment, a 2.5D pixel art adventure that’s currently in development.

What’s Between Horizons about? You have to uncover the mysteries of your ship, the Zephyr, by finding out about its inhabitants and clues that establish story connections. However, as it’s written here, there’s a catch: you only get one shot to get everything right!

Key features include:

• A New Type of Experience : Between Horizons merges investigative-style gameplay with a branching sci-fi story in an ever-expanding Metroidvania-style environment
• Solving cases for yourself: The flexible evidence system lets players assign clues to cases, confront ship denizens about them, and submit any case with evidence players have connected to it. Everything found on the ship is connected, but figuring out how — that’s the challenge.
• At What Cost?: Underneath the game’s exciting and plausible sci-fi plot lies a number of thought-provoking problems inviting players to weigh intergenerational responsibility against personal freedom  
• Getting New Perspective: Timeless pixel art mixed with 3D environments and compelling visual effects come together in Between Horizons, creating a unique, beautiful art style
• Failure is Very Much an Option: There are no second chances — submitting wrong solutions means the story will go on and players live with the consequences. A new and improved auto-save system will make sure there is no going back, as the story branches and endings are based on player decisions, none of which can be taken.

Here’s the trailer thus far:

Between Horizons is due in Q4 2023 and will arrive on PC (Steam and GOG), Nintendo Switch, PS5, and the Xbox Series X/S.