Unleaving
Release date: Mar 27, 2024
Developers: orangutan matter
Publishers: orangutan matter
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Categories: Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing
Supported languages: English, French, German, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Turkish

Exploration Unleaving takes its title from Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem: 'Spring and Fall: To a Young Child.' It opens with the lines: 'Márgarét, áre you gríeving Over Goldengrove unleaving?' In Hopkins' words, as the seasons change, 'Goldengrove' loses its leaves, is a metaphor for the transient nature of life. Unleaving is a metaphorical game crafted through illustrations and puzzles context. Art Experience Unleaving is as much a video game as it is an extended series of multimedia paintings and drawings. Every frame is a hand-painting, seamlessly integrating pencil and graphite puzzle elements. The visuals come to life through traditional painting animation. Embracing a commitment to originality, each scene is new, with no repetition. Each chapter is based on a specific theme that guides the mood, emotion, and story and, by extension, influences the colors and style. Story Driven Puzzles Through the gameplay featuring puzzles and skill-based challenges each tightly knit into the story's fabric, players immerse themselves in the artistic experience. 

Press reviews: “Unleaving is a beautiful game with some impressive artwork and variety in its puzzles that keep you hooked until the very end” God Is A Geek “The power of the art and the music to bring me to such emotion…in a video game? This game certainly hit me in ways that I don’t recall experiencing before” The Gaming Outsider “Unleaving is a short and heartfelt video game that showcases the unique vision an indie creator can deliver” Softpedia