Fez

Rotating a 2D plane through 3D space, and its Indie Game: The Movie fame, typified the indie boom.

Released 2012 Developer Polytron Corporation Publisher Trapdoor Platform Xbox 360 Genre Puzzle-platformer Era Digital storefronts & indie Website fezgame.com ↗

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Fez inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Continuous Scrolling Playfield ~~1980~~Momentum-Based Platform Control ~~1985~~Hub-and-Spoke World Access ~~1996~~

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