AiliA

AiliA is a puzzle adventure about Ail’s journey across mirrored dimensions to rescue her twin sister, Lia, who is trapped in the Immortal Realm. Ail can pass through mirrors into reflected spaces that she can explore and interact with. She might ride a reflected train across a gap or press a reflected switch to open a door.

The mirrored world

You move and rotate mirrors to alter your surroundings, find new paths and solve puzzles that bring reality and illusion together. The seven Chapters draw on traditional Chinese art, from ink-wash bamboo forests to glazed mirror palaces. Each includes side quests, secret rooms and other hidden discoveries.

Puzzles and memories

The game contains over 100 puzzles, with additional challenges in hidden areas. Its spatial puzzles use mechanics including water reflections, mirror recursion and mirror-puzzle boss battles. You collect Mirror Fragments to awaken memories of Ail and Lia’s bond.

The story weaves together Ail’s adventure in the Immortal Realm, real-world memories triggered by breaking each Chapter’s Magic Mirror, and hidden memories unlocked by collecting Mirror Fragments across challenging stages. Soul shards scattered across the realm provide gameplay hints and add poetic reflections on the world. The story and ending-song lyrics draw on the developer’s experiences and explore reconciling with the world and oneself after losing a loved one.

Reflected soundtrack

Composer Mark Benis builds the soundtrack around a main theme that changes through techniques including note inversion, delay effects and reversed audio. Musicians who have contributed to Elden Ring, Street Fighter V and Final Fantasy XV: Assassin's Festival perform live on instruments including the erhu, xiao and dizi. The music accompanies Ail and Lia’s journey and their bond.