TWELVE MINUTES | Reveal Trailer
"12Minutes" or 12 minutes is one of the most promising independent games announced at the Microsoft conference at the E3 2019. The teaser show you can see above shows us a man who can predict the future, but when Vtrah always focuses on living the same horrific minutes again and again.
The game developer Luis Antonio (who worked for Ubisoft and was the director of "The Witness") allowed some people to try the game in particular, and talked about how the time rings worked in his game. The developer wants to present a story in a nonlinear and direct way, using "The Shining" and "Momento" to inspire him.
The developer said: "Every time you play in a time loop, you will know more and more about your situation and you will use your explanation of events to decide what to do." "The game will not give you any task or will not tell you anything about what you should do."
The name of the game is twelve minutes because each episode time lasts for this time. And these minutes pass as you pass in real time, and you can always find out the rest time by stopping the game and looking at the big clock in the game.
12Minutes contains only three characters: the husband (who you control), the wife and the mysterious policeman. Despite the small house in which the game will be built around it, it is full of details. For example, you can sleep in your bed to watch the time or open the cupboards to find some items that can help you. The mysterious policeman will always come and knock the door of the house three minutes after the time ring, and he will claim that he is here to arrest your wife for murder. If you let him in he will tie your hands and your wife's hands, and if you do not find a way to stop him, he will beat you until you lose consciousness.
Always when you lose consciousness you will move on to the next time loop by falling onto your home land as if you were falling from the sky. Your personality in the game will be confused when this happens for the first time and you will be surprised at what happens until you end up vomiting.
The interesting part of the game "Twelve minutes" is that you do not lose any progress when you enter the new episode, in fact is that everything you experience the rings of all time will increase the intelligence of your personality, and this will open new dialogues. For example, when you discover and learn new things, you will be able to tell the wife that you have seen all this happen before and that she must escape away before the policeman beats the door.
One of the most challenging things in the game is trying to convince the wife of the danger that is inside. You will have to search the house for signs that help break the time rings and save the life of your wife from a crime whether committed or not. During your attempts, Zaid will explore things about the wife's history and her relationship with the main character in the game.
The developer said, "There will be things in each episode to increase your curiosity to know. There is always something new to explore. I hope you never feel bored. "
The 12Minutes game will be released on PC and Xbox in next year. Personally, I am very excited about the game and I am looking forward to it. The design of the game looks distinctive, in addition to the very distinctive idea about the time rings and about the fact that you have full freedom to act.