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Dimensional Gears

Dimensional Gears is a 2.5D puzzle platformer that takes place in a dystopian steam-punk future where household appliances are the only sentient beings left. Shift dimensions in order explore a dangerous 2.5D environment, escape the factory, and save your friends!

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DigiPen Institute of Technology
Release
September 17, 2022
3 years and 320 days ago
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Positive38 reviews94.7%

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Dimensional Gears is a 2.5D puzzle platformer that takes place in a dystopian steam-punk future where household appliances are the only sentient beings left. You play as Mike O. Wave the lovable microwave. You and your friends are stuck in an abandoned factory and must use Mike's supernatural ability to shift dimensions in order to escape. Make the most of this strange power to explore a dangerous 2.5D environment within a shifting, orthographic plane to escape the factory and save your friends.



  • Shift between four different dimensions! This game's a mindbender!
  • Pick up and throw objects to aid with platforming and defeating enemies!
  • Dynamic music! Be immersed with audio that will constantly adapt to the situation at hand!
  • The cutest microwave ever! He has some pretty adorable friends too!



This game was developed as a student project at DigiPen Institute of Technology and was created for educational purposes only. Please check out our publisher page for more information.
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