DISCOVER EUROPE'S NATURAL AND CULTURAL WONDERS IN COZY 3D PUZZLE GAME HEXPLORANDO, SOON ON STEAM
Carefully place tiles to unlock forests, Roman ruins and other historical marvels to discover the rich European heritage in Hexplorando
Video Games Without Borders and a new indie team led by veteran dev Francesco Cavallari announce Hexplorando, a cozy 3D puzzle game that will challenge players to solve puzzles that unlock natural resources, human settlements, and historical landmarks around Europe. From the dunes of southern Spain to historical landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower, Hexplorando challenges players to discover Europe's wonders in a relaxed way and rewards their creativity with endless procedural quests in Sandbox Mode.
ABOUT THE GAME
The European continent is bursting with history, natural wonders and urban settlements. Its landscape is also a puzzle that explains our history since the earliest civilizations. Hexplorando is a relaxed, cozy 3D puzzle where players must put hexagonal pieces on the map. Each puzzle starts with a set of tiles and it's up to the players to find the right way to fit all of them into the available slots, taking into account that every tile can only be placed where its borders match the surrounding tiles. Once completed a puzzle players can choose the next one among the neighbouring ones, expanding the map little by little and unveiling the marvels of European heritage.
The game also features a Sandbox Mode for players who want to test their creativity. In this mode, tiles can be placed anywhere, even if their borders don't match their surroundings, but the score will be higher depending on how many of them match perfectly. All special tiles with Europe's natural and cultural heritage, once unlocked in Puzzle Mode, will be available for the players' creations.
Thanks to procedural quests, a variety of environments and a customization panel, Hexplorando offers an additional and never-ending relaxing game mode to reward creativity.
KEY FEATURES
- Relaxing and addictive gameplay
- Easy-to-use controls (you can play only with the mouse)
- No time limit, no game over, just play as long as you like
- Low-poly 3D art with a warm palette
- Put the whole Europe together, piece by piece, in Puzzle Mode
- Unlock hundreds of natural and historical landmarks
- Build endless and unique landscapes in Sandbox Mode
- Dozens of hours of play in Puzzle Mode, infinite replay value in Sandbox Mode
ABOUT VIDEO GAMES WITHOUT BORDERS
Video Games Without Borders (VGWB) is a nonprofit organisation and a global community of people that believe in digital games to change the world for the better. That's why they develop and distribute video games for social impact, starting with educational games.
Their flagship title, Antura and the Letters, helps Syrian, Afghan and Ukrainian children learn how to read and discover a foreign language to help their integration in a new country.
It has already demonstrated its positive impact in an independent test in Azraq refugee camp in Jordan and it has received several international awards and nominations. The game is completely free and open source.
ABOUT FRANCESCO CAVALLARI
Francesco is an award-winner veteran game developer with 25 years of experience having held both technical and leadership positions at Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video games producing companies.
At Ubisoft, he took part in the development of all sorts of games, including critically acclaimed titles (like Beyond Good and Evil or Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory) and casual blockbusters (like My Secret World by Imagine or Motion Sports), until 2014 when he decided to quit when he was Production Director of Ubisoft Barcelona.
Francesco is a firm believer in the potential of developing and using digital games for good. In 2015 he founded Video Games Without Borders (or VGWB) and has been overseeing its operations since then.
