The Multi-Medium

A failed broadcast turns a celebrated multiverse expedition into a lonely, strange, and often playful fight to get home. The Multi-Medium is a 2D puzzle-platforming adventure built around an interdimensional explorer stranded after portal technology malfunctions, leaving them to cross ten wildly different realities. Its mood shifts with every destination: one moment it feels like an offbeat storybook, the next like a surreal handmade nightmare. The premise may be familiar science-fiction territory, but the presentation gives the journey a personality few platformers can match.

Movement drives the experience, with running, jumping, climbing, swimming, swinging, throwing objects, and grappling used to navigate each universe’s hazards and puzzles. Levels regularly introduce a fresh gimmick rather than asking players to repeat one idea for the whole campaign, so progress depends on learning how each world’s rules and obstacles work. Exploration matters as much as reaching the exit, since hidden secrets reward players who inspect unusual corners and experiment with the environment. Seven bizarre boss encounters break up the platforming, while oddball inhabitants provide small stories and context for the places the explorer visits.

What separates The Multi-Medium from most indie platformers is its commitment to physical art: every world originates in a different traditional medium, then is scanned and animated in-game rather than digitally illustrated from scratch. That approach makes the changes between universes feel substantial, not merely like palette swaps, and gives the adventure a tactile, collage-like quality. Players who enjoy the inventive level-to-level variety of Rayman Legends, the curiosity-driven exploration of LittleBigPlanet, or surreal indie adventures will find plenty to appreciate. It suits newcomers thanks to its approachable platforming foundation, while veteran players who like searching for secrets and mastering shifting mechanics get the most from its ten handcrafted worlds.