Hey everyone,
My partner Jessy and I have been working on this game for a long time now and we decided it was finally time to create a forum thread. Ionia is a first person single player game about exploring a surreal fantasy world and unlocking the secrets it holds.
The gameplay is a unique mix of puzzles and platforming. The world of Ionia is split into two dimensions. Most things in the game exist in both dimensions, but some things only exist in one or the other. You have the ability to swap the dimension you’re in at will; this is how you solve puzzles and traverse the world. Check out the alpha gameplay video below to see it in action.
There is a big focus on exploration and atmosphere, including an original soundtrack by me. We’re also very passionate about respecting the player’s intelligence, e.g. no disruptive tutorials. We enjoy learning how to play games through experience and clever level design; not a constant barrage of text and cutscenes.
We ported the game from UDK to Unreal Engine 4 last summer and we couldn’t be happier with the results. Working on a full game with two people is hard, but UE4 enables us to accomplish so much more than we could before. I’m programming all of the gameplay with Blueprint, which still floors me to this day. When we first ported the game, I was able to get all of the core mechanics up and running with Blueprint in a couple of weeks by myself. Jessy has helped script some gameplay elements with Blueprint, too, and she’s even less of a programmer than I am!
Last month, we put the game on Steam Greenlight and were blown away when it was greenlit in just 8 days. We can only work on the game in our spare time but we’re working hard to ship the game in late 2015. You can find screenshots and videos below. I’ll do my best to answer any questions you guys have when I’m able to find a spare moment. 
Ionia - Steam Greenlight Teaser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPDEslPjtOc
Ionia - Alpha Gameplay Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHzagCVnLJs
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