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IDEA is a game about discovering and sharing. Explore gorgeous landscapes, roll down highways and stumble upon welcoming cottages and abandoned dumpsters. Help your ideas find their way – and share them with the world when they stop, before beginning your journey anew.
All Reviews:
Mixed (23) - 60% of the 23 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date:
Mar 9, 2023
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Publisher:
TLR Games, Shinyuden, IndieArk

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English ✔ ✔
Spanish - Spain ✔ ✔
Japanese ✔ ✔
Simplified Chinese ✔ ✔
Korean ✔ ✔
Awards

INDIECADE 2022
Winner:
-Visual Design Award
Nominated for:
-IndieCade Jury Prix
-IndieCade Grand Jury
-IndieCade Developer’s Choice
-Innovation in Interaction Design
-Innovation in Experience Design

WEIRD MARKET AWARDS 2022
-Most innovative video game

SOWN - TOKYO GAME SHOW 2022
-Finalist

BIG CONFERENCE 2022
Nominated for:
-Most innovative video game

INDIE GAMES MALAGA 2022
Nominated for:
-Best PC game
-Best Tech/XR

INDIE DEV DAY AWARDS 2022
-Most innovative video game

GAMEPOLIS INDIE AWARDS 2022
-Most innovative video game

INDIE GG AWARDS 2022
-Best business project
-Most innovative video game
-3rd Best Music

ZOOM INTERNATIONAL AWARDS 2022
Nominated for:
-Best video game

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About This Game

It’s time for the world to learn about your IDEA.

From the co-creators of The Longest Road on Earth comes IDEA, an art game about wonder, discovery, and sharing.

Send your ideas, represented by a white lightbulb, out to explore the world. Watch them from a bird’s eye view as they roll and fall, bouncing around gorgeous landscapes recorded in 4K resolution by award-winning filmmaker Olli Huttunen, with no loading times between screens.



Your idea will get stuck every now and then – houses, guardrails, or even trees can become a barrier. But twice per screen, you can help it out and clear its way, so it can keep advancing. Who knows where your idea may arrive…?



Sometimes, your idea will end its journey without reaching its destination – but it can help other people’s ideas in the future, or even yourself. Write a thought, a piece of a song, a verse -- and share it. Now is out there, forever, for all the world to see.



And when you begin a new journey, you’ll see other people’s ideas. Save your favorite ones, and see how many people have saved yours. Enjoy this journey accompanied by a charming, soothing original soundtrack, in this game inspired by the award-winning short film IDEA, by Olli Huttunen.



KEY FEATURES

  • Explore gorgeous landscapes in 4K, captured with a drone by an award-winning filmmaker, with no loading times between screens
  • Spark an idea, represented by a white lightbulb, that will begin bouncing down the hard edges of every screen until it gets stuck
  • Twice per screen, when your lightbulb is stuck you can push it away from an obstacle, so it can continue its journey
  • Share your ideas: if your lightbulb doesn't reach the end of the screen, you'll be able to leave a message that other players will see when they pass near the that spot
  • Save your favorite ideas, and see how many people have saved yours
  • Getting Steam achievements will unlock new icons for you to use in your messages
  • If your lightbulb is still moving when the music ends, it reaches its destination, unlocking pieces of visual arts for your gallery

System Requirements

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macOS
    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS *: Windows 7
    • Processor: 1.8 GHz
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • DirectX: Version 10
    • Storage: 10 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 o superior
    • Processor: 2.4 GHz
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • DirectX: Version 10
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 20 GB available space
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    Minimum:
    • OS: macOS 10.12 Sierra or later
    • Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
    • Memory: 2 MB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory
    • Storage: 10 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: macOS 10.12 Sierra or later
    • Processor: 3.0 GHz Intel I3 or superior
    • Memory: 8 MB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 1GB or superior / ATI Radeon HD 1GB or superior
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 20 GB available space
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