One of the sizzle reel entries in today's Indie World showcase was SCHiM, a delightful-looking platformer that will be making the leap to Switch on 18th July.
This one has been on our radar for a little while now (you might remember seeing it at the Future Games Show back in 2022) and that's because of how darn sweet it all seems.
In this platformer, you play as a little black dot, a 'SCHiM' — "the soul and spirit of an object, thing, or living thing," obviously — and set out on a journey travelling in the shadows. Literally. The only way that you can move is in darkness so you'll be leaping from shadow to shadow to get where you want to go.
There's some gorgeous art on display here and the central sun-dodging concept seems like a good one from what we have seen so far. Check out some of the colour palettes on display below.
We still have a little while to wait before this one jumps our way this summer, but hey, a few more months can't hurt, can they?
Will you be picking up SCHiM this July? Jump down to the comments and let us know.
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Sweet! I remember hearing about this one from dunkeys e3 2022 video. This is totally the type of game I’d be down to try sometime
This is one of the games in the sizzle reel that caught my eye the most, really interesting concept so I'm definitely interested in giving it a try at some point!
Jumping from shadow to shadow, kinda like Dr. Facilier minions from The Frog & the Princess.
Interesting concept, certainly looking forward to trying this one out!
I really like this concept. So it’s a platformer but the platforms are the shadows on the ground. Cool.
Not gonna lie I like the look of nearly every game in the most recent Indie Direct.
Yeah saw a longer showing of this on some previous games presentation and it looked good, happy to see it reappear
Hadn't heard of this one prior to today myself but holy hell I am IMMEDIATELY enraptured with the premise/execution. It comes out right when I get my holidays too so yeah: extremely tempted to pick this one up as soon as I can!
The unique artstyle of this game has piqued my interest.
Yep, the visuals in this one look cool, will definitely add it to the wish list.
Love the concept of this game!
The more monochromatic visuals didn't catch my eyes at first, but once the trailer went on, I was sold and even appreciate them a lot now. Very creative and looks fun, I hope it succeeds!
Like everybody else, I think that's a really cool idea for a platformer. Just curious how it works. Like when you're in the golf ball shadow, is it automatic? Hope they'll make a demo for this one.
@GrailUK Haha, not your predicted catepillar platformer, but instead another nice new twist on the Platformer-genre .
I am not sure if I already really understand what is going on exactly gameplay-wise, but I love the artstyle and potential new-ness-ish it shows so far .
@Definitely-Not-Leon Staying in shadows is enough of a gameplay concept for me to be interested As for my prediction, well, they never come to fruition (although one indie Direct I did predict a game controlling a hand and we got Freedom Finger - so I'll take that) But it's much more fun to make something up instead of leaning on rumours and hoping they are right
Wouldn't leaping out of one into another bring the dot/player into the light? There's light between darkness. Guess this game might be unplayable/unbeatable.
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Gorgeous looking and creative concept; reminding me of parts of Chicory
They gave this a longer look on the Japanese direct. It looks really nice!
@Spider-Kev The name definitely rings a bell, but I don't think I've ever watched it so I'll keep it in mind, thanks for the recommendation!
This looks great, and hopefully looks like the type of game either Super Rare Games or Iam8bit might release as physical, well fingers crossed anyway
@GrailUK Haha, well I like reading stuff like the things you are predicting, it opens up a part of my brain I like to remain as active as possible for as long as I live. So keep those comments coming .
And you never know, maybe your predictions plant small seeds in the minds of developers and one day your ideas do come to fruition .
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