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Earlier this month PlayStation gamers saw the release of The Spectrum Retreat, a first-person puzzler ensconced within a deep narrative that sees players trying to escape the mysterious Penrose Hotel ...

The Spectrum Retreat is a neat narrative puzzle game we rather liked, thanks to a great setting and some very well conceived puzzles. It's a big achievement for Dan Smith -- a 20-year-old computer ...

I tend to gravitate to games like this: psychological experiences with stylized narrative delivery. Before I saw much of the gameplay, The Spectrum Retreat had a palpable air to it. Going into the ...

Narrative is a complicated thing, because what resonates with some fans will not resonate with all. However, I’m a firm believer that a good story is recognized by all. That being said, I don’t think ...

What Portal did with spatial gateways, indie British developer Dan Smith hopes to do with colours when his first-person 3D puzzler The Spectrum Retreat launches on PC and consoles this summer. The ...

The Spectrum Retreat is a challenging, first-person puzzle game set in the near future. You awake at The Penrose hotel, a peaceful yet unsettling refuge from the outside world. As a valued guest, your ...

We all know that feeling of waking up in a hotel room, not knowing where the hell we are, what we did last night, and why we're there. The Spectrum Retreat is just like that, only worse, in the most ...

The Spectrum Retreat does for colors what Portal did for physics. It’s a puzzle game that presents a series of rooms which must be escaped by figuring out the convoluted logic of colored boxes, ...

Ripstone Games has revealed that the upcoming sci-fi puzzle adventure The Spectrum Retreat will be launching on Nintendo Switch next week. The game comes from Dan Smith, winner of 2016's BAFTA Young ...

Dan Smith was only 18 when he won the BAFTA Young Game Designers Award in 2016 for the prototype of his first-person puzzler. Now, his creation is almost ready to hit your consoles: video game ...