If you’re looking for a game to show off Apple’s ARKit augmented reality platform, you could do a whole lot worse than checking out Australian developer Halfbrick’s intriguing new AR game Shadows Remain.
Blending first-person adventure, hidden object puzzles, and horror elements, Shadows Remain places you in the role of a parent who moves into a new home, only to find that their kid has gone missing.
You’re then tasked with searching the strange new house for young Alex, who may or may not have somehow slipped into another dimension. This search involves numerous creepy flashbacks to previous time periods — in the process, pushing augmented reality tech in new directions that are beyond a lot of the AR usage we’ve so far seen in other iOS games.
It’s a big departure for Halfbrick, who are best known for colourful arcade titles such as Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride.
Shadows Remain debuted today — appropriately enough Friday 13th — in the App Store as a free download. This is the first episode of a series, with additional episodes to follow. If you want to find out when they are released, you can sign up for alerts over at ShadowsRemain.com.
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