The Vale: How an indie studio is building an interactive radio drama

Countless games have grand storylines about troubled kingdoms and royal families. But not many of them are quite like The Vale.

Coming to PC in August, The Vale is a role-playing game with a twist: You experience the story primarily through dialogue, sound effects, and music. Aside from floating particles against a black background, The Vale doesn’t rely on graphics to convey what’s happening. You move your character around based solely on 3D spatial audio cues (developer Falling Squirrel highly recommends that you wear headphones).