Stacking, Double Fine's latest digital-only title, is an adventure game with "a more immediate way of interacting with the adventure". Tim Schafer's team is making an adventure game. Excuse me, I just need to lie down for a second...
... Right, I'm back. Kotaku have a nice preview of the game, offering a really detailed look into exactly how the game is going to play.
But don't take just words for it, as GameTrailers have three new videos up covering the game's mechanics.
Oh, and while we're talking about Double Fine, for anyone who's played the Costume Quest expansion Grubbins on Ice, there's a strong possibility that there's going to be more DLC for that game as apparently it ends on a bit of a cliffhanger...
Source: Kotaku
The stacking mechanic kind of reminds me of the distaff in loom, actually. Something that probably won't be used in any other games, but still creates a lot of potential puzzle scenarios that wouldn't be possible otherwise.
Also, I won't play if it won't show up on the PC.
Edit: Right. Bizarre post caused me to overlook it.
I'm not saying the tag adventure is even wrong, mind you, and I think this game looks nothing short of incredible. I am scratching my head, however, that you need to lay down as I see everything they've ever made to be adventuresque (not really a word).
What is making my head explode is that there's two more things hidden from us for now, and that's what's been ANNOUNCED.
http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-ex-stacking/17-3629/
So there's that