Coil
Coil is an experimental "autobiographical" game that plays out more like a song or painting then an actual "game". I was basically trying to create an experience that put the player into an open minded space…
Coil is an indie developed by Edmund McMillen, released 1 February 2008 on PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser.
What Coil is
Coil is an indie game developed by Edmund McMillen and released in 2008. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Coil is an experimental "autobiographical" game that plays out more like a song or painting then an actual "game". I was basically trying to create an experience that put the player into an open minded space and let them question not only what the game was about, but what a game can actually be.
How it plays
It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Coil launched on 1 February 2008, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Burnout Paradise, Devil May Cry 4 and Audiosurf.
Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Burnout Paradise, Devil May Cry 4, Audiosurf.
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