Fez

This morning I got an email from one of the team members working on an indie game called Fez. After watching the trailer, I'm intrigued. The main character is Gomez, a 2-dimensional being who one day realizes his world has an extra dimension, and sets out to explore it. The game itself uses a cool rendering engine the people behind Fez, an organization called Kokomori developed themselves. The heart of this technology is called trixels.

This gives the world of Fez a very 2D isometric look and feel when in reality everything is rendered in 3D. The world can turn and pivot, similar to Paper Mario on the Wii. That could present some interesting puzzles and platforming challenges.

The game was built using Microsoft's XNA for PC tho that means it's technically feasible to get it running on the XBOX 360. Hopefully we'll see more of the game at the upcoming Independent Games Festival.