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Impossible geometry

Other (objects, etc.) concept

Somehow deals with impossible geometry.

13
games
6
platforms

Alternate names: Impossible objects, Undecidable figures, Impossible figures, Impossible architecture

Antichamber (Windows)
Antichamber
WIN 2013-01-31
echochrome (PlayStation 3)
echochrome
PS3 2008-03
Back to Bed (Windows)
Back to Bed
WIN 2014-08-08
echochrome (PlayStation Portable)
echochrome
PSP 2008-03
The Bridge (Windows)
The Bridge
WIN 2013-02-22
Duke Nukem 3D (MS-DOS)
Duke Nukem 3D
DOS 1996-01-29
FEZ (Windows)
FEZ
WIN 2013-05-01
The Bridge
LIN 2014-05-19
Duke Nukem 3D
LIN 2014
Back to Bed
OSX 2014-08-08
Relativity
LIN TBA 2016
FEZ
OSX 2013
Simplest method to accomplish this when no visual component is needed is via a portal-based game engine. For when the impossibility is immediately observable, it requires far more interesting solutions.
See also: non-euclidean geometry

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Games by year

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The first Impossible geometry video game was released on January 29, 1996.

Bedtime Digital Games, Apogee Software and The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild published most of these games.

Related site

Wikipedia article

Platforms

Windows 4
Linux 4
Mac OS X 2
MS-DOS 1
PSP 1
PS3 1

Most common companies

Bedtime Digital Games3
Apogee Software2
The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild2
Polytron2