| Iji | |
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 Iji logo. | |
| Designer(s) | Daniel Remar |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, macOS |
| Release | September 1, 2008 |
| Genre(s) | Platform, shooter, Metroidvania[1] |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Iji is a freeware 2008 video game featuring platform and shooting elements, developed by Daniel Remar using Game Maker over a period of four years. In the game, the player controls Iji Kataiser, a young woman enhanced with nanotechnology, as she navigates a research facility on modern day Earth in the wake of an invasion by the Tasen, an alien species. Awakening after an aerial bombardment, Iji finds herself enhanced with nanotechnology and, learning of the Tasen and their invasion, resolves to convince the aliens' leader to retreat from the planet, guided by her brother Dan via the complex's loudspeaker system. Iji was generally well received. Reviews praised the replay value, the player's ability to guide Iji on different moral paths, and that it was created by a single developer.
Iji was first released on September 1, 2008. The original version used version 5.3a of Game Maker; a major update, version 1.7, was released in 2017 that used the Game Maker 7.0 framework for better compatibility with recent OSes (e.g. Windows 10, macOs). It also added a sizable amount of new features, including new endings, more plot, a revamped upgrade interface, a new nonlethal skill tree, overhauled graphics, faster walkspeed, changes to the hacking minigame, and more interaction tracking for Iji's actions over the course of the game.
- ^ Miszczyk, Maciej (March 30, 2015). "Iji". Hardcore Gaming 101. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
[T]he gameplay is a blend of metroidvania and a cinematic platformer...
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