A Beauty Cold and Austere
That survey course in conceptual mathematics seemed like a good idea at the start of the term - no graded homework, no midterm exams - just an oral final at the end. But now that final is tomorrow morning…
A Beauty Cold and Austere is a video game developed by Mike Spivey, released 1 October 2017 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What A Beauty Cold and Austere is
A Beauty Cold and Austere was developed by Mike Spivey and released in 2017. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Inform.
The premise, in the publisher's words
That survey course in conceptual mathematics seemed like a good idea at the start of the term - no graded homework, no midterm exams - just an oral final at the end. But now that final is tomorrow morning. After months of procrastination you've got one night left to learn enough to pass the course. You might even be desperate enough to try one of your roommate's sketchy memory pills.
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
A Beauty Cold and Austere launched on 1 October 2017, within three weeks of Cuphead, South Park: The Fractured But Whole, Middle-earth: Shadow of War and Divinity: Original Sin 2.
Released around the same time: Cuphead, South Park: The Fractured But Whole, Middle-earth: Shadow of War, Divinity: Original Sin 2.
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