Break Bounds: Exile

Break Bounds: Exile is an interactive story game set in a near-realistic science-fiction world. You play a legendary character and learn about yourself, other characters and their relationships to the world through dialogue, psychological analysis, environmental exploration and combat. These elements lead you toward mysteries about the world and the character.

Story and presentation

The game uses different artistic approaches to distinguish its settings and ideas. Some scenes combine 3D environments, presented like a stage, with 2D characters shown as actors. Figurative and abstract art forms also help distinguish the real world from the dream world. Cinematic footage connects seamlessly with gameplay, while music and plot are designed to support the atmosphere.

Current gameplay

The current version contains 1.5 to 2.5 hours of gameplay, covering background information about the world, the beginnings of the plot, environmental exploration and puzzles, psychological puzzles, interactions with scenes and characters, and basic action and combat. Its pacing begins with a calmer storyline and builds to a first battle, introducing these elements as you enter the game’s world.

Full version plans

The planned full version is designed to run for around 20 hours and expand substantially on the current gameplay. Its planned additions include more complex environmental exploration and puzzles as the plot progresses, more challenging psychological puzzles, expanded action and combat, regional map exploration, item collection and item crafting.

The full version is planned to include around 50 characters, each with their own stories, performances and interactions, as well as over a hundred background characters. It is also planned to have 8 to 10 chapters, guided by multiple main storylines. Each chapter will have its own style and presentation, and its tasks will be relatively independent.