Hiversaires

Hiversaires is a first-person adventure game with minimal instruction and no written text (outside the game's own pictographic language) or spoken dialogue. The character is controlled by turning and navigating through the world, and progress is made through unlocking new areas by interacting with mechanical and technological devices throughout the world. Some items can be collected and replaced in order power devices in the world. According to the developer, the game is meant to encourage out-of-game problem solving including note-taking and map construction.

The game is made up of pre-rendered scenes as in Myst. By exploring the world and interacting with its devices in a trial-and error manner, the player makes discoveries that lead to unexpected non-Euclidian navigation of the environment. The game's visuals are high contrast, primarily monotone scenes, and is accompanied by a sparse soundtrack also composed by the designer/programmer.