Meta
A parody of amateur adventure design, this metagame consists of a simple treasure hunting game, and a complex editor needed to complete it. The editor and its assistant Cuppit are all part of the game; anyone…
Meta is an adventure developed by Crystal Shard, released 8 December 2005 on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Meta is
Meta is an adventure game developed by Crystal Shard and released in 2005. It is available on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Adventure Game Studio.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A parody of amateur adventure design, this metagame consists of a simple treasure hunting game, and a complex editor needed to complete it. The editor and its assistant Cuppit are all part of the game; anyone involved in game or level design should appreciate the humor. The editor is an exercise of twisted logic and lateral thinking. You have to see it to believe it; with its offbeat controls, inventory items that kill you, and intentional misspellings, it's the weirdest thing since sliced bread! META is based on Adventure Game Studio, the platform for most of our games, and is runner-up for two AGS Awards.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are comedy and educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Meta launched on 8 December 2005, within three weeks of Kingdom Hearts II, Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.
Released around the same time: Kingdom Hearts II, Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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