Stylish puzzle/platformer Teslagrad's demo is out now, awesome

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Rain Games has released a demo of its delightful upcoming puzzle platformer Teslagrad on PC, Mac and Linux.
This evocative adventure stars a young Nikolai Tesla-eque lad who uses magnetic and electric powers to explore a haunting tower full of deranged machinery and monsters. The colourful backgrounds, expressive movements, and focus on puzzles over combat recalls a mix of Braid and Limbo, and having played the half-hour demo, that comparison seems rather apt.
Like Limbo, and more recently Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Teslagrad contains no words and conveys its story entirely through visuals. Its art style puts me in mind of several Guillermo Del Toro's films with a beguiling mixture of organic and scientific monstrosities fleshing out a derelict war-ravaged compound. It looks fantastic with smooth animations and lavish setpieces, and more than that, it's fun.
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