Thomas Was Alone

1/1/2013

Thomas Was Alone tells the story of the world's first sentient AIs, and how they worked together to, well, not escape: Escape is a strong word. 'Emerge' might be better. 'Emerge' has an air of importance about it, while keeping the myriad plot twists and superhero origin stories you'll discover under wraps. We didn't even mention the bouncing. That'd be overkill.\n\nThomas Was Alone is an indie minimalist 2D platformer about friendship and jumping and floating and anti-gravity. Guide a group of rectangles through a series of obstacles, using their different skills together to get to the end of each environment.

minimalism ꞏ Action ꞏ deliberately retro ꞏ non-humanoid protagonist ꞏ platform ꞏ steam achievements ꞏ easter egg ꞏ death ꞏ internet culture reference ꞏ abstract art style ꞏ jumping puzzle ꞏ playstation plus ꞏ voice acting ꞏ developer commentary ꞏ multiple protagonists ꞏ abstract ꞏ puzzle ꞏ achievements ꞏ Drama ꞏ pop culture reference ꞏ adventure ꞏ game reference ꞏ playstation tv support ꞏ puzzle platformer ꞏ level selection ꞏ digital distribution ꞏ falling sequence ꞏ checkpoints ꞏ steam ꞏ collectibles ꞏ flash game origin ꞏ declarative title ꞏ consolation achievements ꞏ on-the-fly character switching ꞏ narrative-driven ꞏ cross buy ꞏ 60 fps on consoles ꞏ moving platforms ꞏ blocks ꞏ male protagonist ꞏ steam cloud ꞏ retail games with steam activation ꞏ female protagonist ꞏ humble bundle ꞏ Indie ꞏ dynamic narrative ꞏ narration