Roadmap

ABOUT SONDER & TEAM

Why hello there, fellow exploration game fans! :3

The developers behind SONDER are a bunch of friends from Austria (Europe - ...no, not the one with the kangaroos! :) ) who continue developing this game in their spare time. Originally, we started this game as our master project, exploring the depths of knowledge-based progression systems in video games, being a case study for cozy post-apocalyptic environments, and delving into sound design in time manipulated settings. Feel free to reach out and chat with us! =D We’d love to hear about you and your ideas! <3

We're developing SONDER in our spare time, so the release date might be a bit fuzzy. Current roadmap aims for a release this year~ Stay tuned (wishlist SONDER: Embrace The World on Steam and tell your friends about us! It really helps us out ALOT)! ( ~'w')b

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

All developers of SONDER strive for a progressive use of new science & technology. 
We cannot overlook current issues that come with the use of generative artificial intelligence, and the global threats it opposes in:

• the environment

• cybersecurity, data privacy

• politics, misinformation, manipulation, transparency, biased information

• ethics, intellectual property, job market, creativity

Because of this, SONDER does NOT use any type of AI-generated art, meaning that all assets and code (incl. 3D models, 2D art, story, text, marketing material etc.) are self-made.

About the Game

Time flows back and forth in this narrative, open-world cavern, harbouring a young research civilisation in the face of disaster. Embrace environmental clues that add up to an interwoven story of fear, resolve and a constant sense of discovery, defying the laws of time and space.

SONDER: Embrace The World

WELCOME RESEARCHERS! TIME FLOWS STRANGELY…

You wake up in an enormous cave system, and all you remember is your research mission to save your civilization from an imminent flood in a world in which time now suddenly started flowing back and forth.

STORY-RICH HISTORICAL CAVES

Carefully assess hints and environmental clues in this handcrafted environment that add up to a gripping, interwoven story about existential fear and unmatched resolve. Discover an abandoned underground city and unveil each layer of detail, some of which you won't notice at first - and all of this at your own pace and in your own style.

EXPLORE, ADAPT, EMBRACE THE WORLD

The caves of SONDER are packed with hidden mysteries giving you a constant sense of discovery. Adapt to rising water levels and the changing flow of time, accumulate all your knowledge about the world, and think outside of the box to reach undiscovered corners of the cave system.

RESCUE YOUR CIVILIZATION

What is Project R*? What lies in the centre of the Ascendance’s Vault? Find the key to save your kind from a fatal destiny. Take a deep dive in this short, quiet and easy to finish adventure without combat, jumpscares or stressful timers...